On the eve of the Budget, top foreign brokerage houses Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan were advising investors to stay away from the Indian stock markets, saying the risk factors involved in Indian equities are much higher.
Indian stock markets have developed a resilience to political hurdles, reforms and have aligned to global cues which decide the direction of their movement, a report by a leading investment bank has said.
Mauritius wanted extension of the benefits limitation clause in India's treaty with Singapore, which we were quite willing to extend, for our price
Unilever's shadow on HUL has been lengthening for some time. One indication recently was the change of name from Hindustan Lever, the identity that had been established in the country for half a century.
Day trading is definitely risky if you are not completely aware of the markets. It could have disastrous results. Investing and holding is always a better method, says market expert Pranav Sanghavi.
Analysts and investors are optimistic on India, but it is difficult to be as bullish.
TIll the dollar continues to weaken the IT pack may not outperform the markets. They already have recovered about 15 per cent from their lows, says market expert Pranav Sanghavi.
The Auto segment is facing a higher interest rate scenario currently but eventually when the interest rates do come down a bit the auto segment should outperform as there is good potential for growth in the sector, says market expert Pranav Sanghavi.
Hold on to major infrastructure stocks for some time, advises market expert Pranav Sanghavi. With the growth in the infrastructure development in our country they should benefit to an extent from the construction boom.
It's raining dollars on the bourses with the total wealth invested in Indian stock markets crossing the one-trillion-dollar milestone, small investors' share in the country's five most valued firms worth as much as $10 billion.
Stephen S Roach, chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, warned that Asia and India will be hit hard due to a likely recession in the US in 2008, saying "if US sneezes, Asia will catch a cold." Predicting a significant correction in emerging market equities, which would also not spare the fast rising Indian stock markets, Roach, who is regarded as one of the Wall Street's most influential economists, said he did not believe in the global de-coupling theories.
The US Federal Reserve, on Wednesday, announced a 0.25 per cent cut in benchmark interest rate, which is expected to increase capital flow from foreign institutional investors in the Indian stock market.
The Indian markets achieved another milestone on Friday. The Sensex conquered the 19,000-mark. The Sensex exhibited high volatility in early trades. After opening with a positive gap of 53 points at 18,824, the index tumbled into red to a low of 18,630. The index rebounded sharply and rallied to a high of 19,047 -- up 417 points from the day's low.
Power Grid is one of the more promising stocks from the newer listings and I would surely look at it even at current levels. Even when the market fell viciously Power Grid didn't fall as much, says market expert Pranav Sanghavi.
One could enter at dips or corrections with a longer term view but the markets will remain volatile for a while.
Dubbing as 'manufactured crisis,' the sharpest fall of the Sensex, Finance Minister P Chidambaram sought to woo back FIIs, saying no FII has been assessed as a trader for tax purposes.
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The 30 Sensex companies alone, which are among the biggest companies in the country, now account for nearly 50% or about Rs 47 lakh crore of total investor wealth.
Foreign and domestic fund houses, whose selling activity had triggered a sharp slide in the market earlier this year, are once again upbeat about the Indian stock market with their total investment crossing $10 billion so far in 2006.\n\n
The Indian stock market indices like the Sensex and Nifty have crossed the 17k and 5k mark respectively. However, the question now is: will the rally continue? Or will it be spooked?
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 70 points at 16,969.
The Indian stock market may be emerging as one of the most attractive destination for overseas investments, but when it comes to foreign institutional investors, large blue chips score over their smaller counterparts by a huge margin.
Continued volatility in Indian stock markets over the US subprime mortgage crisis all through August has led to a fall in assets of mutual funds in the country by over Rs 185 billion during the month.
Curiously, it will not be far-fetched to state the contrary, that the global stock exchanges follow the Indian markets' cue
The surge in oil prices has also affected the rupee, which hit a 6-week low of 70.25 on Friday against the dollar.
Power stocks are going to perform good whereas lot of volatility in cement sector, says market expert Madhusudan Sarda.
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Hold RNRL stocks for better and safe gain, says market expert Madhusudan Sarda.
Global stock markets are booming but policymakers must prepare for less favourable conditions.
The Indian markets, while expensive, have delivered among the highest returns on equity, and a better record of earnings growth.
Lower price-earnings ratio, big IPOs attract players.
'Rate cut should reiterate RBI's commitment in providing confidence to consumers and small business.'
Four years after delisting its shares from the Delhi Stock Exchange, real estate behemoth DLF is knocking at the capital market again selling shares at - hold your breath - 837 times the valuation at which it exited the stock market. Should you buy?
The government on Wednesday allayed fears of any adverse effect on India due to the currency controls imposed by Thailand, that triggered selling pressure in the Indian stock markets on Tuesday.
Graham's formula helps stock market investors identify if a stock is cheaper or not. Even successful investors are said to be using this formula devised by Benjamin Graham.
What needs to be done to make Mumbai even more attractive is to provide more residential accommodation and faster transport to the southern end of the city (Nariman Point), which is the Manhattan of India.
And even as India readies to celebrate the Festival of Lights on October 21, the Nasdaq Stock Market too has joined in the festivities.
However, on the NSE, both ITC and Infosys had equal weight of 8.77 per cent.
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