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Foreign institutional investors have been net investors to the tune of Rs 55,000 crore (Rs 550 billion) in equity markets this year so far. In contrast, domestic institutional investors have been net sellers over the past three months.
Asian shares have begun the week on a plaintive note.
The trend still looks bullish but there are bursts of profit-booking above 7,250.
UBS reduced its Nifty target to 8,600 by December from 9,200.
The Nifty crossed the psychological 5,500 mark to register an intra-day high of 5510 at the onset of the trading session before shutting shop at 5479, up six points.
According to Merrill Lynch (BofA-ML) report, Domestic capital markets are likely to remain volatile in the September-November period due to factors like US Fed's policy action, second quarter corporate earnings and Bihar state elections.
The Nifty surged 159 points to 5,145. The BSE market breadth was positive. Out of 2,922 stocks traded 1,902 advanced while 927 declined.
Market cap of government companies has remained unchanged in the past 8 years.
The NSE Nifty closed at 4930, up 100 points. Out of 2921 stocks traded on the BSE, there were 1769 advancing stocks as against 1054 declines.
The rally was bouyed by metal and realty stocks. Market breadth on the BSE was positive. Out of 3,116 stocks traded, 1,780 advanced while 1,204 declined.
Investors are keenly awaiting the announcement of the macroeconomic data-IIP and CPI due on Tuesday.
Here is our take on the market trends to watch out for in 2010.
The Sensex ended at 17,098, lower by 21 points and the Nifty closed at 5,106, down 12 points.
The Sensex breached the 6,500-mark in the afternoon trades following a sharp surge in heavyweights and other select counters.
The 30-share Sensex stayed in the green for the better part of the session and hit the day's high of 38,297.70 as buying pace gathered momentum towards the fag-end.
CRAs are getting more business than they were getting a year ago. This could indicate expectations that investment demand will rise in the mid-term, says Devangshu Datta.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 538 points at 26,781 and 50-share Nifty ended down 152 points at 8,067.
Most of the session's gains for both the indices were wiped out as investors rushed to book profits ahead of F&O expiry on Thursday and also due to concerns over stretched valuations.
Among Sensex constituents, HCL Tech suffered the most by diving 2.26 per cent, followed by HDFC shedding 2.10 per cent.
HDFC, ONGC, Maruti Suzuki, HeroMoto Corp and Bajaj Auto gained the most on BSE Sensex
The NSE Nifty ended at 4,551, up 121 points. The breadth improved towards the end of the day, out of 2,826 shares traded, 1,494 advanced and 1,290 declined on Tuesday.
The bull market peak came in March 2015, at a Nifty intra-day value of 9,119.
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.
Most experts said indices would open higher on Monday and rally might sustain for a few sessions
Liquidity pushed benchmark indices 22% higher to become the best performing equity market globally
Systematic withdrawal plans in equity funds can spell trouble in a falling market, points out Deepesh Raghaw.
The biggest losers in the Sensex pack were Vedanta, Tata Steel, M&M, Tata Motors, Maruti, Hero MotoCorp, PowerGrid, Bharti Airtel, SBI and Coal India -- falling up to 4.48 per cent.
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Bubbles can inflate indefinitely and also burst, with deep corrections, warns Devangshu Datta.
BSE Auto was the top sectoral loser with a 4.6% fall followed by realty sector down 3.7% and consumer durables 3.6% post disappointing IIP numbers
On the contrary, the fall in the US markets was lower with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones both declining by around 9 per cent and 6 per cent respectively, while emerging markets lost around 18 per cent during the month. Pessimism in the financial markets following the filing for bankruptcy by Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch's sell-off, the AIG bailout and perceived uncertainty around the US bailout package added to investor fears.
The trade-war between the US and China is prompting investors to flee from risky assets, such as equities, to safe-haven bets, such as gold and treasuries
Top gainers from the Sensex pack are ONGC, HDFC, HUL, RIL and Cipla.
The 30-share BSE Sensitive index or Sensex slipped below 13,000-mark. At 1450 hrs, Sensex was down 526 points at 12,936. a loss of almost 4 per cent compared to Thutsday's close.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Analysts say markets to be impacted by monsoon, inflation trajectory.
Rise in investor sentiment, return of risk appetite aid shares across the board
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
2014 was a great year for Sensex which never looked back and climbed high significantly.
