What stocks will gain from a normal monsoon?
It was because of strong inflows into debt-oriented schemes that saved 2019 from being a "dark-dull year of investing" as inflows into equity funds has dropped this year due to a volatile market.
While there is easy access to money, the flip side is the high interest rate and processing fees, points out Sarbajeet K Sen.
About 48.5 million shares, or 20 per cent of the shares on offer, are reserved for retail investors
After holding discussions with the FM, the Sebi chief said the government thought it was an opportune time to levy the LTCG tax as the "markets are booming."
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Nifty 50 firms' net profit estimated to grow by a modest 3.1% in Q2, reports Krishna Kant.
Promoters of 517 companies have pledged nearly 46.35 per cent of their shares, the highest since the 2008 global financial crisis.
Coming down heavily on MF players who in recent past chose to use shareholder fund to buy out debt of bleeding invested companies, Sebi said MFs can't have standstill agreements with companies and will take action against fund houses for such deals.
According to Rahul Rege, business head (retail) at Emkay Global Financial Services, it is difficult to track more than 10 stocks.
The BSE Sensex gained 104.63 points to end at 33,147.13, while the broader Nifty spurted 48.45 points to finish at 10,343.80.
India is Asia's other bad debt headache.
'If the Union Budget can provide incentives for animal spirits to come as well as induce demand stimulus and consumption, the Budget would have done a wonderful job.'
Of these 26, Bajaj Finance, Associated Alcohols and Breweries, Garware Technologies, Filatex India, Tasty Bite Eatables, Aarti Industries and GMM Pfaudler saw an over 10-fold surge in price since 2014.
The largest e-commerce entity of China is setting up its first India office -- an indication that it intends to capture a pie of the growing e-commerce market here. Raghavendra Kamath & Alnoor Peermohamed report.
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.
With RBI holding on to rates, investors should avoid longer duration funds for the near future, experts tell Joydeep Ghosh
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There is a narrow chance that the central bank may cut rates in the future, according to a poll of 15 economists and treasurers.
After a long time, real estate companies could hit the fund-raising trail. The reason is improvement in investor sentiment.
He noted that the Rupee has firmed recently but cautioned that the currency should not lose its competitiveness in global trade.
Gold prices are already moving fast to the key level of Rs 30,000 per 10 gms
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut its key repo rate by a bigger-than-expected 50 basis points.
Investors lost around Rs 1.57 lakh crore in market valuation on Friday.
The real benefits can be seen when prices stabilise, preferably at levels acceptable to both consumers and producers.
'The government's projections for 2019-2020 will be disappointing big time.'
Sentiments took a hit after broader Asian markets weakened, following a renewed sell-off on Wall Street on Tuesday as energy shares dropped after crude oil prices plunged to a 13-month low amid weak earnings and US-China trade disputes, fuelling worries about economic growth
Banks will introduce hybrid home loans with stiff penalty on prepayment and shifting.
Maruti Suzuki was the biggest gainer among Sensex scrips, rising 5.89 per cent, followed by M&M up 5.29 per cent.
If new goals have emerged, this is the time to make fresh investments.
Among the private banking majors ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank were down 0.2%-0.5% each.
The broader Nifty too fell for the second straight session and closed with a loss of over 62 points, or 0.54 per cent, at 11,520.30, after hovering between 11,496.85 and 11,602.55.
With cash -- the primary medium of exchange -- all but disappearing, it is now unlikely that the expected fillip to demand on account of a good monsoon and proceeds from the Seventh Pay Commission payout will materialise.
Most experts said indices would open higher on Monday and rally might sustain for a few sessions
Senior Executive Director & Co Head (Strategy) of Kotak Institutional Equities Sanjiv Prasad tells Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com that even if there are a number of challenges facing the Indian equity markets, there are certain sectors that offer a ray of hope.
Does the rally reflect expectations of improving fundamentals or they are likely to correct?
The 50-share NSE Nifty too closed down 168.30 points, or 1.58 per cent, at 10,498.25 -- a level last seen on January 3 when it closed at 10,443.20.
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%.
Experts say investors need not tinker with their debt portfolio as shifting won't be tax-efficient.
The most consistent wealth creators since 2008 are all consumer-facing companies, says Devangshu Datta.
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