The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 28 points at 13,314.
The index displayed range-bound (17,400-17,500) movement for the major part of the trading session on Friday. A fresh round of selling towards the close saw the index slip to a low of 17,295 - down 440 points from the previous close. The NSE Nifty dropped 81 points (1.6%) to close at 5,111.
The index could not hold gains on selling pressure in financial stocks, and slipped into negative zone. The index dropped to a low of 17,482 - down 430 points from the day's high - in noon deals. The NSE Nifty ended 37 points higher at 5,192.
Rising oil prices, sharp slowdown in mutual fund inflows and steep valuations remain the key risks for Indian investors going ahead.
Financial planners advise against putting capital to work by anticipating what might go up or down.
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Markets suffered after other Asian indices closed in the red, tracking record-breaking losses at the Wall Street overnight.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 121 points at 20,703. Follow-up selling saw the index slip into the negative zone to a low of 20,506 - down 197 points from the day's open.
Annual returns in the vicinity of 15 per cent are all they can offer over the next few years.
Equity investments are fruitful over the very long 20-year term.
After opening with a positive gap of 105 points at 19,708, the Sensex pared gains in early trades, and exhibited lacklustre movement for the major part of the day today.
The sentiment around Indian equities remains positive and unchanged.
Fresh selling towards the end saw the index slip to a low of 19,584 - down 311 points from the day's high. The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 65 points at 19,633. The NSE Nifty ended flat at 5908. The market breadth was fairly positive - out of 2,855 stocks traded, 2,182 advanced, 645 declined and 28 were unchanged on Monday.
The fall in metal and mining stocks comes on the back of weak Chinese trade data
Markets went off the rails as Sensex crashed 1,689 points and Nifty over 541 points in early session after a surprise Donald Trump win and the government's move to withdraw high value notes, but managed to pull back towards the fag-end of the day to close 339 points lower.
'This market is very expensive in some pockets, dirt cheap in some, and the belly of the market is reasonably valued.'
Investors must be aware that there is an element of uncertainty attached to investing in MF IPOs, which they must factor in before making an investment decision.
The NSE Nifty ended at 4,475, up 11 points.
Seasonal weakness may result in modest sequential revenue growth for large Indian IT firms in the January-March 2016 quarter, analysts said.
Richest 10 account for 41% of promoter wealth, up from 33% in December 2018, says Krishna Kant.
The Chennai-headquartered Calsoft would acquire the majority stake in $7 million turnover IDC through its fully owned US subsidiary CSWL Inc, top officials of Calsoft and IDC told a news conference in Chennai.
Only if you are a conservative investor satisfied with index returns; but over long term actively managed funds give better returns in Indian markets
In a growth market, these funds should not form more than 10-15% of your portfolio. Invest with a horizon of at least 5 years
Flexi-cap funds are diversified equity funds with a mandate to invest in stocks across market capitalisations.
A strengthening dollar, rising interest rates, tightening liquidity and a surge in oil prices - all are combining to create a toxic atmosphere for EM assets, says Akash Prakash.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 99 points at 15,094. The index touched a high of 15,349, and a low of 15,056. Sensex ended up 294 points. HDFC, ICICI Bank, Wipro, Bharti Airtel, Hindustan Unilever, Reliance, ITC, L&T, ACC,Tata Motors, Ambuja Cements and TCS were major gainers. Tata Steel, Reliance Energy and Jaiprakash Associates were major losers. Reliance topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 202 crore, followed by GSS America and Reliance Natural Resources.
Initial public offerings have managed to catch the fancy of both asset management companies as well as investors. But the recent slew of IPOs is more of the 'unconventional' type vis-à-vis the plain vanilla ones.
About 768 small and mid-cap stocks in the Bombay Stock Exchange witnessed selling pressure and got locked in the lower circuit as regulator SEBI started clamping down on manipulators and erring companies.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 32 points at 13,222.
The overall growth story on India seems to be intact
Despite being one of the basic tenets of financial planning, diversification is often overlooked by investors.
Despite a slowing economy, the Budget does not envisage any major stimulus through the budgeted fiscal deficit figures, said Goldman Sachs.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 70 points at 12,650
His portfolio was worth Rs 12,333 crore at the end of June 2018. It was worth Rs 10,633 crore at the end of the September quarter. Smallcaps account for the largest number of his stock-picks. Such a fall has now happened for the third quarter in a row.
If your fund's expense ratio has risen dramatically after Sebi's recent changes, compare it with the category average before switching.
Out of the 30-share Sensex pack, 25 scrips ended with gains while 4 registered loss. Sun Pharma ended steady
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