The stocks Radhakishan Damani enters or exits are closely watched by fund managers, says Joydeep Ghosh.
In absolute terms, the year closed with the market capitalisation of all BSE-listed companies rising by Rs 45.5 lakh crore to Rs 152 lakh crore, or an increase of 42.8 per cent, compared to the closing value on December 30, 2016, says Pavan Burugula.
There is a lot of optimism across all markets and a large part of it is justified, says Samir Arora of Helios Capital Management.
NSC scores high on all three parameters that conservative investors are seeking -- safety, tax-adjusted returns and liquidity.
The Reserve Bank is unlikely to lower the interest rates.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
'Indians are great savers, but they are lousy investors.'
'Long-term retail investors should not worry about these sharp dips and jumps if they have chosen their stocks wisely.' 'Short-term volatility is a given and a rise and fall of two-three per cent should not worry them.'
Given its features as a retirement product (long lock-in and compulsory annuitisation), investors should have other investments they can fall back on in case they need funds
'We have seen a host of businesses across sectors generate economic value and wealth for investors.'
Index heavyweight RIL surged 3% to end above Rs 1,000 mark while IT majors were also the top gainers.
Select companies in infra, capital goods, private banks, auto, oil & gas, and mining could be considered by investors.
Market participants are hoping for a few tweaks on the taxation front which will encourage consumers and businesses to spend.
Markets ended at record closing highs for the second day in a row on institutional buying.
Unlike in the past, when old private banks compromised upon underwriting standards to take on the bulk, they've now realised that scaling up at the cost of quality isn't worth the while. These banks have also readjusted growth targets when required, and rebalanced books to preserve capital and asset quality.
Analysts attribute this outperformance to the government's proactive economic reform measures
Of the 30-share Sensex, 13 ended higher, while 17 led by Power Grid, Tata Steel, Bajaj Auto, Hero MotoCorp, NTPC, Tata Motors, Dr Reddy's, M&M, GAIL, Infosys and L&T finished lower, fell by up to 2.40 per cent
The 50-issue NSE Nifty too cracked the 10,200-mark and hit a low of 10,108.55 before finishing 104.75 points, or 1.02 per cent down at 10,121.80.
Sectoral performance was mixed with media and PSU banking stocks attracting buyer interest and healthcare, FMCG and metal stocks bearing the brunt of the bears
Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader and Gurgaon candidate Yogendra Yadav on Thursday declared his assets to the tune of about Rs 3 crore, which includes farm land, commercial booth and sizable amount of bank deposits and Provident Funds.
Relations with the government, the bank's majority owner, are a tricky issue for all SBI chiefs, and, like all his predecessors, Khara will be closely watched for his equations with the finance ministry representative on the SBI board.
HDFC, TCS, RIL, ITC and ICICI Bank dragged the Sensex by over 100 points.
In a bid to gain a bigger share of the customer's wallet, banks are ramping up their cross-selling initiatives.
Tata Motors was the worst performer on the Sensex, plummeting 10.32 per cent to Rs 436.55 after the company reported a steep 96.22 per cent decline in consolidated net profit for the December quarter.
Investors lost around Rs 1.57 lakh crore in market valuation on Friday.
According to Rahul Rege, business head (retail) at Emkay Global Financial Services, it is difficult to track more than 10 stocks.
Markets have witnessed a gap down opening mirroring losses in the global equities with US markets taking a hit on worries about the health of Chinese economy.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your stock market queries.
Notable losers were ONGC, Axis Bank, ITC, SBI, ICICI Bank, NTPC, Hero Motocorp, Sun Pharma and Bharti Airtel who fell by up to 2.80 per cent.
Insurance company will bear the cost of digitising. It will in turn benefit from lower expenses on servicing policies.
Ajit Mishra, Vice President, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' queries on a weekly basis.
'The 5.7% growth in the April-June period is an aberration because of GST.' 'Business activity in the last 15 days of the quarter was minimal or zero.'
The 50-share NSE Nifty gained 53.30 points or 0.61 per cent to 8,778.
The majority in the markets believe that a September lift-off is likely.
Sensex ends 134.91 pts down at 28,709.87; Nifty falls 44.70 pts at 8,712.05.
Among key stocks, Tata Motors, Hero MotoCorp, L&T, Wipro, ICICI Bank, Dr Reddy's Labs and ICICI Bank, all up between 1%-3%
Investors booked profits at higher levels after the Sensex and Nifty hit all-time highs in the previous session.
Rates on tax-free bonds are linked to government securities.
