A falling rupee and lower foreign buying in equities are signals investors should watch out for, says Devangshu Datta
Geopolitical climate and equity markets as supportive for gold's role as a risk hedge.
Investors booked profits in recent gainers dragging the indices into losses
India and Italy inked 15 pacts and finalised an ambitious action plan to further expand their ties following a virtual summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte that primarily focused on ramping up economic engagement.
India's exports shrank in January for the 14th straight month on continued weak demand from Europe
Non-resident Indians (NRIs) are very positive about India
The broadening of the market rally sends the signal that growth will be broad-based, observes Akash Prakash.
Investors lost around Rs 1.57 lakh crore in market valuation on Friday.
More and more Indians are opting for offshore properties as a second home in exotic locations.
'The variables to watch include the monsoon, resolution of NBFC liquidity issues, GST collections, and NPA resolution.'
European countries like Spain, Greece and Italy are among the latest property buying destinations for Indians in the holiday home segment after prices have crashed there, according to industry analysts and consultants.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended up 129 points at 26,843 and the Nifty50 ended up 39 points at 8,220.
Moody's expects macroeconomic policies to contribute to sustained robust growth.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-day visit to Britain has seen India and the UK agreeing on Rs 90,000 crore deals.
On BSE, 1,826 shares declined and 982 shares rose, while a total of 194 shares were unchanged
Global cues lift Sensex 364 points; Nifty ends above 8,650.
In 1910 the who's who of Wall Street met in total secrecy in an American town to work towards the first draft of the bill that would finally give the United States a central bank.
International Finance Corporation, the private equity venture of the World Bank Group, DEG, one of the largest European development finance institutions, are eyeing a stake in State Industrial Corporation of Maharashtra.
Among the private banking majors ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank were down 0.2%-0.5% each.
Maruti Suzuki was the biggest gainer among Sensex scrips, rising 5.89 per cent, followed by M&M up 5.29 per cent.
'India is possibly the most fiscally constrained market in the region.'
Shares of IT companies were in focus with the Nifty IT and S&P BSE IT index gaining more than 2% in an otherwise lower market
Major global indices - the Nasdaq, Bovespa, Seoul Composite, S&P 500, Dow Jones, S&P BSE Sensex, NYSE, DAX, Nikkei and, CAC 40 - have all gained 37 per cent to 75 per cent since their respective March 2020 low.
The broader NSE Nifty index too finished lower by 4.80 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 10,632.20.
Swiss National Bank shocked the currency markets on Thursday by abolishing their currency -- franc's three year-old cap of 1.20 per euro
Markets recovered in late trades, amid firm European cues, led by rebound in financials and gains in IT shares.
FII investments, movement of rupee against dollar and crude oil to influence trading
While enjoying long-awaited economic good times - and hoping they will last as long as possible - some caution and some prudence might be the best protection against bad surprises, says Claude Smadja.
IT exporters were the top gainers amid a weak rupee along with select index heavyweights.
Trading in Samvat 2074 on Thursday got off to a rocky start, with the benchmark indices ending more than half a percent lower and the gauge for banking stocks dropping 1.25%.
'Google and Facebook need to be tamed, their garb of 'Investing in India's future' need to be pulled off,' observes Vibhu Arya.
Wolfgang Schauble has done right by the Euro zone, but the Greeks believe that doesn't necessarily mean he has done right by them.
India's upbeat outlook contrasts with neighbouring China, where growth slipped to 6.7 in the first quarter
'We began foolishly bragging about Saudi-Emirati investment plans as indicative of the sheikhs 'distancing' from Pakistan, including on Kashmir,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The steelmaker's India basket grew after Tata Steel completed its acquisition of Bhushan Steel under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code process and its subsidiary, Tata Sponge, acquired Usha Martin.
Britain's vote to leave the European Union means uncertainty for markets and companies as London initiates at least two years of negotiations with the EU.
'Investors hate uncertainty and the demonetisation move certainly creates that.'
'An explanation perhaps lies in the culture of revisions that has grown deep roots in the government data collection system,' notes A K Bhattacharya.
Many fear that in practice if banks make their customers pay to hold their money, it might lead to a situation where consumers hold on to cash.
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