The S&P BSE Sensex has rallied about 28 per cent in 2014, after formation of a stable government at the Centre.
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The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex declined 37.69 points, or 0.15 per cent, to end at 25,190.48 and the NSE CNX Nifty ended 8.55 points, or 0.11 per cent, down at 7,533.55.
Investors would do well to curb their enthusiasm and not digress from their investment objectives.
The good times continued unabated for mutual fund investors in June 2005. Popular indices like the BSE Sensex and S&P CNX Nifty touched record highs.
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Legendary investor Warren Buffett feels that the US debt is still worth 'AAA' rating and if anything has to change, it may be his opinion about rating agency S&P rather than his view on US Treasury bills.
One in five stocks from the BSE-500 index has underperformed the market and recorded losses.
Markets scripted a dramatic 547-point rebound from lows to close in the positive zone.
McGraw-Hill and S&P India on Monday revised upwards their offer price by about 14 per cent to Rs 775 per share to acquire up to 65.57 per cent stake in credit rating agency Crisil.\n\n
In terms of stock selection, India continues to benefit from two phenomena - the big getting bigger and availability of quality stocks in relative abundance compared with its Asian peers.
Infosys slipped nearly 9% after the company cut full year revenue outlook for FY17.
In only two of the past 12 occasions has the BSE S&P Sensex recorded a gain during the month before the Union Budget's presentation.
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ECB cuts rates to negative, Libor down to its lowest in 30 years
The budget has strong growth impulses and response of the economy is positive.
If you have a short-term horizon, it might be better to wait for a while, say analysts.
The recent rally has seen investors' preference shift to high-beta and policy reform-driven sectors like capital goods, banking, power, infrastructure and oil and gas.
India was already in the midst of a protracted economic slowdown before the virus hit due to a festering crisis among shadow lenders and declining consumer demand and private investment. Service sector activity in India is still effectively on hold.
The government has promised to keep the deficit at 4.1%
December is packed with key economic and political events, both at the domestic and the global level, which will decide how foreign institutional investors (FIIs) fine tune their investment strategies
The liquidity-driven market rally since September, which has seen about $2 billion of inflows into the Indian equity markets, has propelled the benchmark the S&P BSE Sensex to a new high after about six years.
With global markets pushing ahead, enthused by strengthening US jobs market, and also due to prospects of European rate hike, Indian markets also continued the march ahead.
The air of expectancy around the election outcome has kept things heated.
UBS, Credit Suisse see emerging markets doing well next year, but expect India to underperform, given its rich valuations.
Capital goods and banking stocks catapulted the indices.
With Satya Nadella set to become Microsoft CEO, more India-trained professionals are taking top positions in the world.
India's macroeconomic situation is improving fast and the country's GDP growth will turn positive in the third and fourth quarters of the current financial year, eminent economist Ashima Goyal said on Sunday. Goyal in an interview to PTI said the management of the COVID-19 pandemic and gradual unlocks announced by the government have helped in avoiding multiple COVID-19 peaks. The growth estimates by different agencies are being continuously revised, she said.
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Technical fault was the reason behind it.
Ricoh India, the largest gainer among these pack, has rallied 192 per cent from Rs 294 to Rs 859 on the BSE so far in the current calendar year.
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Shares of RIL ended 2.4% higher as it pips TCS to become most valued firm
If the rupee falls further, it would negatively impact the dollar-based returns of foreign investors, and could influence foreign flows into India.
The 30-share BSE Sensex closed at 20,822 down 72 points after touching a high of 21142.85 while the broader 50-share Nifty index closed at 6,187 levels down 27 points; the index touched a high of 6,289 today.
Key indices ended weak for a third consecutive session after a stellar rally.
Any market correction, analysts say, would be an attractive entry point for risky assets, which should do well over the medium-to-long term.
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