Markets are likely to go down, correct and stay subdued.
The top losers from the Sensex pack are ONGC, Coal India, Vedanta, Reliance Inds and L&T.
Petrol and diesel prices on Tuesday touched fresh highs as rupee dipped to a record low of 71.54 against US dollar, making imports costlier
Markets ended in green on rate cut hope.
Economist Arvind Panagariya tells Suman Guha Mozumder that the rupee is doing a much-needed clean-up job, raising exports and cutting imports.
'MFs have a combined exposure of Rs 3.2 lakh crore to NBFCs, out of which Rs 1.1 lakh crore matures by September 2019.'
Index heavyweights Reliance Industries and ITC were the top losers along with ICICI Bank and SBI
The broader Nifty of National Stock Exchange scaled the 10,200 mark intra day before closing at 10,184.85, showing a sizeable gain of 38.30 points, or 0.38 per cent.
Sensex,Nifty to remain under pressure through the week.
Aditya Birla Money MD talks about liquidity concerns in the market.
All the sectoral indices, led by realty, metal, consumer durables and power were trading in the negative zone on Thursday.
Stability in currency markets was only restored from September.
In the last financial year, GDP growth was 7.3 per cent.
What differentiates Rajan from his predecessors is his proactive steps in anticipating a problem and coming up with out-of-the-box solutions
But experts say downside limited, pockets of opportunities for investors
TCS, ICICI Bank, Sun Pharma,Tata Motors and HDFC among the top losers for the day
Rumours about a spike in taxes for equity investors are flying thick and fast.
Higher growth, reform bets have boosted returns but leave limited room for error.
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Top firms will have enough firepower to go for foreign M&As, given their balance sheet growth, say bankers.
A K Bhattacharya digs into the yet-to-be-public report on ways to curb black money and finds out that Modi's next moves could include action on dabba trading, hawala, and education.
There is uncertainty in most investors' minds as to whether China is transitioning to a new growth model or simply collapsing.
The forthcoming budget is an excellent opportunity for the Government to fulfill its promise of high economic growth.
Experts believe volatility is here to stay for some time, at least till China stabilises and clarity regarding the US Fed's interest rate move emerges.
The policy statement by the RBI governor is also expected to be upbeat.
The S&P BSE Sensex closed at 26,190, up by 43 points and Nifty50 settled above 7,950 to end at 7,963, up by 17 points
A one rupee per litre cut in taxes would result in revenues being hit by Rs 30,000 crore on an annualised basis.
In the metal pack, Tata Steel was up 3.7% while Vedanta was up 1.8% .
Markets were left high and dry last week, as the 'Monsoon Effect' played havoc on trader sentiment.
India's good fortune, experts in the US feel, is not the result of a fundamentally strong economy, but because it is the best of a bad set of options.
The former finance minister also criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the words he chose to attack his predecessor Manmohan Singh, saying he should remember that the Chair he sat on was used by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and even Atal Bihari Vajpayee and hence he should use right language.
RBI governor Raghuram Rajan has slashed rated by 50 bps.
After one year in power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pretty much on the back foot, even if he continues to display bravado in his public pronouncements. He knows within his heart that he has wasted a lot of his political capital without getting much in return, says M K Venu.
'If there is any industry that is unfit for modern corporate form it is the diamond trade.' 'But no one was asking the right questions.' 'The music was playing and so the game was on,' says S Murlidharan, former MD, BNP Paribas.
Only three percent of Indians pay income tax; our tax-GDP ratio is among the lowest in the world. This must change. Our elites must realise that India's poverty has damaging consequences for them, and that they can help decrease it. The food security bill, with all its limitations, will hopefully contribute to generating such awareness, says Praful Bidwai.
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Given the 18-day government shutdown in the US and the likelihood for continued wrangling between the Democrats and the Republicans, it now looks like tapering may be off the table till the first quarter of 2014.
'Prices are rock, bottom, developers are ready to negotiate and banks are keen to lend.'
Addressing bankers and economists at Bancon 2013, a flagship event of the Indian Banks' Association, Chidambaram told the lenders to deal firmly with wilful defaulters, but handhold those who are reeling under the impact of the economic slowdown.
Be a disciplined investor for attractive returns, says fund managers.
'India cannot expect to be insulated from the crisis. Europe is India's biggest trading partner with two-way trade of E72.5 billion or Rs 530,000 crore last year,' says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
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