Sluggish corporate earnings, lacklustre global markets, FPI and slowdown concerns have played spoilsport for the markets.
A sharp decline in crude and strengthening of the rupee added to the buoyancy.
Religare's CMD talks about the deals for the Singh brothers of Ranbaxy and how clever structuring of deals, like on loss-making Bollywood film Rann, ensures there's no downside for the group.
The markets are showing no signs of stability as the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak is likely to be significant for many major economies.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, research, Religare Broking, answers your stockmarket queries.
While small-caps have delivered higher returns than their large-cap peers, investors would do well to recognise the incremental risk of investing in these companies.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your stock market queries.
Over-expansion, bad management, and multiple allegations irreparably taint Malvinder and Shivinder Singh
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At least 150 of the 205 employees at Lotus India Mutual Fund may lose their jobs.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers queries on how to invest in stocks.
Among the lot, Rallis India, Escorts, Jubilant Life Sciences, and Crisil added half of the total gains made in the ace stock-picker's portfolio.
"In next 12 to 18 months we should see a lot of uncertainty being cleared, and might see a new high certainly in late 2009 or early 2010, when uncertainty in global market is diminished and domestic concerns like inflation and high interest rates come under control," Religare Securities President (equity) Amitabh Chakraborty said.
At the BSE, 1,879 companies declined, while 685 advanced and 131 remained unchanged.
'Kindly advise about the following stocks. Can I hold or exit?'
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IRDA's condition that treatment under AYUSH has to be at a government hospital or an institute recognised by the government makes insurance cover difficult.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Financial brokerage firm Religare gears up to launch India's first corporate art initiative.
Sources said she had stopped eating for the past few days and had constantly been making calls and sending emails to the two brothers.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Investors took the Yes Bank event negatively because it raises a question on the stability of the overall Indian financial system.
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed Nazara Technologies is all set to hit the primary market with its Rs 583-crore IPO on Wednesday. The diversified and online gaming firm's three-day issue will run through March 17-19 and will be entirely an offer for sale (OFS). While 5.29 million equity shares will be offloaded via OFS by some of the shareholders, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, who owns 3.29 million shares or 11.51 per cent stake in the company as of September 30, 2020, has decided to hold on to his stake. The issue has a price band of Rs 1,100-1,101 and will be available in lots of 13 shares and multiples thereof.
Such schemes need 3-5 yrs to take advantage of dollar and market risk.
In his first two years, Tyagi, a Himachal Pradesh cadre IAS officer, has implemented challenging stock market reforms and taken action against high-profile corporate entities.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Concerns over economic slowdown, muted earnings, crisis in the auto industry and global trade issues have been weighing on investor sentiment, experts said.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
From the 30-share Sensex pack, 23 scrips declined in Wednesday's session, led by IndusInd Bank, Bajaj Finance, Tata Motors and Tata Steel which fell by up to 3.87 per cent.
At market close, the oil-to-telecom conglomerate's market capitalisation (m-cap) zoomed to Rs 10,01,555.42 crore on BSE.
Maternity insurance ensures that you can enjoy the happiest moments of your life without any financial worries, says Harjot Singh Narula
From the 30-share basket, 28 scrips suffered losses. Over 200 stocks were at their 52-week low in Tuesday's trade.
Low home loan rates by banks could put large players in an advantageous position over smaller non-bank players, believe analysts.
The amount for which free check-up is offered can be quite low, while in some policies it comes only after a considerable waiting period.
'Is it advisable to have more number of scrips in small quantities or a few scrips in big quantities?'
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Yashish Dahiya, CEO and co-founder Policybazaar.com, tells readers what steps they can take if an insurance agent cheats them.
For Jet's revival, Mr Jalan should be on the scene long enough for everyone to get to know him, appreciate his skills, and not vanish into thin air within a matter of months or even weeks, observes Anjuli Bhargava.