The lure of the much-feared participatory notes, through which hedge funds now invest in the Indian stock markets, may soon wane.
The Sensex plunged by 1,743 points, the largest fall in a single day ever witnessed in the history of the Indian stock markets.
Among all the geographies where Amazon is fighting regulators, India is the only place where its lines are also tangled in a major corporate battle, this one with India's largest company by market capitalisation over the acquisition of Mumbai-based Future Group's retail chain, the country's second largest. No other corporate entity in any country offers a challenge to Amazon's hegemony in a way Reliance Industries does - and the final hearing of an arbitration case filed at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre between the two may decide at least some of these issues. This legal battle between one of the world's most powerful corporations and one of India's most powerful conglomerates could be complicated by a host of other developments.
Indian stock market indices have climbed close to their all-time highs, even as key overseas indices such as the Dow Jones, FTSE 100 and Nikkei 225 are reeling under the sub-prime meltdown in the US.
But contrary to conventional wisdom, the share of hedge funds in total PN investments in the Indian stock markets could be as little as 8-9 per cent.
Forty years ago, the total market capitalisation of listed companies in the Indian stock market stood at a paltry seven per cent of gross domestic product (GDP). In 2012, the figure stood at 68 per cent.
FII holding in top listed firms at 10-year high as retail investors, domestic institutions & funds scale down presence.
Indian stock markets have outshined gold and silver in FY15.
Here are the 10 biggest falls in the Indian stock market history:
'Indian markets may initially react and follow the pattern of US and other global markets post US elections.'
According to the latest data released by the Securities and Exchange Board of India, the total assets under custody of foreign institutional investors in Indian equities declined by about Rs 44,000 crore (Rs 440 billion) to Rs 12.93 lakh crore as on July 31, 2013.
The 30-share Sensex dropped 68.16 points at 18,664.88 and the 50-share Nifty fell 23.15 points at 5,519.10 levels.
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The marquee names include Hindalco, three Tata group companies and Colgate.
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Informing the Parliament about this, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, however, said the panic button should not be pressed.
However, they put in Rs 2,744 crore in the debt markets during the period under review.
Pune-based entrepreneur's unlisted company is already the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world and the networth has been helped by vaccine distribution and manufacturing potential of his business, it added. Recentrly, Serum struck an agreement with AstraZeneca to manufacture 1 billion doses of coronavirus vaccine being developed by Oxford University.
The divergence shows lack of financial depth in the Indian stock markets.
Though the total wealth of India's 100 richest people grew by a modest 3 per cent from the year ago period to $259 billion, the elite group of entrepreneurs have beaten the BSE market cap's growth over the last five years, as per the latest Forbes India Rich List.
Amid all the gloom on the economic and financial front, Sandesh Kirkire, CEO, Kotak MF, suggests five bold measures to get the Indian economy back on the growth path, arrest the rupee's downfall and address India's bulging current account deficit.
Indian stock markets last year gave the second highest returns globally, driven largely by higher inflows from foreign institutional investors (FII), according to the Economic Survey 2012-13.
At the end of December 2012, the notional value of outstanding PNs stood at Rs 1.51 lakh crore (Rs 1.51 trillion), higher than Rs 1.38 lakh crore (Rs 1.38 trillion) at the end of 2011.
The broader markets ended firm with mid-caps and small-caps gaining over 1 per cent on the BSE.
'Valuations were depressed at 8,000 (Nifty 50 index) levels. It was a free ride to 12,000 levels.' 'What went down had to come up. Now fundamentals have to support further gains.'
BSE-FMCG, consumer durables, pharmaceuticals led gains.
The Indian stock market boom saw the rise of many wealthy investors. However, some of the high profile companies did not live up to the expectations of investors.
The BSE Sensex rose on Wednesday to mark a record close as telecom firms such as Bharti Airtel surged on better-than-expected operating performance, while continued strong foreign flows also boosted sentiment.
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Among the 19 Sensex firms that have disclosed their latest quarter shareholding pattern, FIIs have reduced their stake in only two companies - Coal India and Hero MotoCorp.
Foreign Institutional Investors made a net investment of Rs 1,39,408 crore (Rs 1,394.08 billion) during the fiscal ended March 31, 2013, according to latest data available with the market regulator Sebi.
Citing a number of factors, including historic valuations, expectations for monetary stimulus, lower oil prices, and a weak rupee, the investment bank said it is 'overweight on private banks, IT services, and health care, but is underweight on consumer discretionary, energy and materials'.
Vikas Khemani, President & Head-Institutional Equities, Edelweiss Securities, feels Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee could really make Union Budget 2012-13 an important one.
ONGC was the top loser in the Sensex pack, cracking over 16 per cent, followed by Reliance Industries, IndusInd Bank, Tata Steel, TCS, SBI, ICICI Bank and Bajaj Auto.
Investors redeem units worth Rs 2,000 crore in October.
From the BSE 30-share blue chip pack, 27 scrips ended with losses led by SBI and Tata Steel.
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An analysis of major Asian countries' stock indices show that the 30-share Sensex gave the second maximum cumulative returns, while the highest return was given by Indonesia's benchmark Jakarta Composite Index, the Economic Survey 2011-12 said.
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