Participants are eyeing the Bihar elections.
When the markets are falling or rising consistently, stocks hitting upper or lower circuit is a common feature. It also means that investors, especially in a falling market, might find themselves unable to exit - at least immediately - from a stock that has hit lower circuit.
Staggered pull-out will help investors if the market continues to rise.
Listed companies have seen equity deals worth Rs 23,500 crore in March.
With the Supreme Court likely to announce its judgement on the gas price tussle between Ambani brothers next week, the share price of Reliance Industries Ltd has taken a sharp knock while Reliance Natural Resources Ltd witnessed a spike.
Other losers included HCL Tech, Yes Bank, IndusInd Bank, TCS, ONGC, Bajaj Finance, PowerGrid, Vedanta, Asian Paints, NTPC and Hero MotoCorp, which shed up to 4.07 per cent.
While a little more than 140 penny stocks have doubled in value, 555 have given negative returns in the past year. Of these, 84 shed more than half their value.
Strong gains in metal, energy, auto and power shares lifted the key indices to new highs.
Markets were left high and dry last week, as the 'Monsoon Effect' played havoc on trader sentiment.
Sensex eneded lower on poor perfromance by financials and IT stocks.
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It was an extremely volatile session, borne out by the Sensex swinging over 1,200 points through the day and the Nifty 369 points.
A key trigger for the increased retail participation in equities has been the lockdown triggered by Covid-19 that saw investors channelising their savings to capital markets in search of better return on their investments and the need to increase their disposable income.
Profit-booking by participants in view of the domestic markets' recent record-setting run fuelled the downtrend
The average return for the 2,127 companies outside the A-group is 42 per cent
'This fall is nothing. We could see worse if everybody hits the panic button.'
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ITC, TCS and HDFC Bank emerged as the biggest gainers during the period.
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Broader market outperformed the headline indices with BSE Midcap and Smallcap finishing the day 1.22%, and 1.54% higher, respectively
In the December quarter, Sensex earnings had contracted 5 per cent.
Promoter holding in family-owned firms up 70 bps since 2005, 240 bps since 2010.
The finance ministry has short listed 11 PSUs for a possible buyback of shares in the ongoing financial year
China on Monday suspended trading in equities on the first session of 2016 after shares on its stock exchanges plunged by 7 per cent.
The top gainers on the Sensex are Gail(India), HDFC, Infosys.
The dollar index was up by 0.43 per cent against a basket of six major currencies as euro dropped against the dollar, after quarterly economic reports from France and Germany missed expectations, said analysts.
Between Friday's and Monday's close: Yields on 10-year bonds up 6 basis points, rupee slides 13 paise against dollar, Sensex ends flat
Extending losses for the second straight day, the rupee declined by 11 paise to close at more than 3-week low of 66.93 against the US dollar.
Most experts said indices would open higher on Monday and rally might sustain for a few sessions
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'Investors should not commit fresh money to these stocks right now, unless they can hold for the next three to four years.'
The IOC stake sale will, however, dwarf in front of Rs 22,557 crore or Rs 225.57 billion that the government raised through a stake sale in Coal India Ltd last year.
RBI said the outlook for economic growth for 2016-17 has turned uncertain after the unexpected loss of momentum by 50 basis points in Q2 and the effects of the withdrawal of banned notes
Gold prices are already moving fast to the key level of Rs 30,000 per 10 gms
The 30-share Sensex was up 188 points at 28,415 and the 50-share Nifty was up 58 points at 8,584.
When the Centre collects money through cess, it can retain the entire fund for the particular scheme.
Among other stocks, IT firm Mphasis today reported a 15.30% increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 184.72 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2015.
Banking stocks, including top ones like State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Bank of Baroda and Bank of India, among others, have fallen sharply in the last one month.
Also keenly watching inflation numbers, with wholesale inflation data expected today
