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The dealers operating in the space have jumped nearly three times over the past two years.
'No retaliatory tariffs now. You can retaliate after a few months.' 'Today, there is no need to retaliate because it is a question of long term benefits.'
The market capitalisation (m-cap) of nine of the country's top-10 firms diminished by Rs 67,964.18 crore during the week, with oil and gas major ONGC bearing the maximum brunt.
Shares of Adani group firms have faced heavy drubbing since Tuesday's close last week, after US-based short seller Hindenburg Research made damaging allegations against the conglomerate. Most of the group firms fell for the third day running on Monday. Since Tuesday's close last week, shares of Adani Transmission have tumbled 41.66 per cent, Adani Total Gas tanked 39.57 per cent, Adani Green Energy declined 37.55 per cent and Adani Ports fell 23.75 per cent on the BSE.
Investment advisers believe that it makes little sense to swap assets (shares) accumulated over time for an expense (holiday). "Selling shares of a blue-chip company only reflects that you don't believe in it," said Gaurav Mashruwala, a certified financial planner.
The primary market showed some signs of life in a busy day.
Increased allocation to commodities by Index Speculators makes returns from such investments far more attractive than from stocks, and thus the markets are crashing, says M R Venkatesh.
China's malfunctioning stock markets remained semi-frozen.
The government on Tuesday said it will look into the reasons for poor response to the public issues for sale of its equity in various public sector units.
Since March 2020, when the Nifty50 plummeted to 7,511 following the announcement of a nationwide lockdown, the stock market has been on an upward trajectory. Over the next four years, the major market index has delivered a remarkable compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 31.5 per cent. In the past year alone, the Nifty50 has gained by 27 per cent, hitting a succession of record highs.
Given that debt is a major problem for most airlines, investors with a medium-term horizon should look at them.
Technical charts indicate a possibility of a meaningful correction in the upcoming months.
The stock market crash of January 21, when the benchmark indices dived to the maximum permissible limit of 10 per cent within minutes of opening, proved that it was not very difficult to manipulate the stock prices (however liquid they may be) and create a sense of panic among the stock investors.
Once a quality stock has been bought, the next challenge is to hold on to it -- no mean feat in this age of information overload and incessant noise.
Markets recorded their biggest single-day fall since August 1 amid growth concerns in the euro zone.
We are entering a period of turbulence, but you can profit off that volatility.
Among Sensex shares, HDFC Bank fell the most by 2.58 per cent, followed by SBI (2.12 per cent), HDFC (2.09 per cent), and IndusInd Bank (2.02 per cent). Axis Bank, Bajaj Finserv, M&M, L&T, Reliance, Infosys and TCS were among the major losers. In contrast, Tata Motors, Maruti, NTPC, Sun Pharma, Power Grid and Titan were among the gainers.
The 'sudden volatility' in Adani stocks is entirely due to a series of events that was extreme and unique, and played out in too short a period. Investors and regulators pretended that it wasn't so. But then, along came Hindenburg, which forced some eyes to open, points out Debashis Basu.
Small and midcap schemes may impose restrictions on redemptions, cap employee withdrawals, and increase the exit load, while ensuring a proportionate liquidation of the portfolio during market crises to safeguard the interests of all investors. These measures have been outlined in the investor protection policies recently put out by mutual fund (MF) trustees. The policies for small and midcap schemes were prepared by MF trustees following directives from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) earlier this month.
'Chasing sectors which have reported strongest earnings is not always the right strategy for outperformance.'
The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Thursday its order on a batch of PILs on the recent Adani group shares crash triggered by the Hindenburg Research's fraud allegations.
Seven out of the top-10 falls in the markets took place in 2008.
Contrarian approach to investing works on the foundation of psychology of investors
As stock markets crashed sharply, the marketplace was on Tuesday rife with speculation about a 'fat finger trade' in a future contract of benchmark Nifty even as NSE officials maintained that trading was normal.
Proceedings in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were disrupted as Opposition members raised slogans demanding a discussion and a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the fraud-allegation-triggered rout.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Equity benchmark index Sensex on Wednesday crashed over 900 points to sink below the 73,000 level due to widespread selling pressure amid a sharp fall in smallcap and midcap indices. Besides, deep losses in utility, energy and metal stocks and recent selling by foreign investors added to the gloom, analysts said. Benchmark indices started the session on a positive note, but the selling intensified during afternoon trade, with all sectoral indices ending in the red.
Among the 30-share basket, 27 stocks led by Bajaj Auto and Bharti Airtel ended with losses.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Blue-chips like Reliance Industries, TCS, Tata Steel and Infosys plunged into deep red on stock market on Friday, as investors dumped stocks with significant export exposure after an overnight sell-off in the US market.
The most important positive of India's stealth bull market is earnings growth across different sectors, explains Debashis Basu.
There are overvaluation and excesses in many pockets of the market. This is most obvious in the IPO market, where loss-making companies have inflicted large losses on investors, observes Debashis Basu.
We have millions of newbie investors who are clueless about how to handle sudden and severe adverse market reactions, which arrive from time to time, observes Debashis Basu.
In the currency markets, the rupee lost another 10 paise to close at 1-week low of 63.54 against the US dollar
Given that there has been no negative news flow around Zomato, analysts believe it's time to lap up the shares at lower levels.
One could enter at dips or corrections with a longer term view but the markets will remain volatile for a while.
'The relationship between India and the US, when Donald Trump was president, had been so much stronger.'
The benchmark Sensex on Thursday slipped below the 25,000-level by tanking about 555 points.
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