Telecom, metal and healthcare came as dampeners.
With the market closed on Friday, the index declined 868 points (4.3%) during the holiday-shortened week. While the small cap index slipped 102 points to 11,813, the mid cap index declined 55 points to 9026.
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Close to 50 companies have announced stock splits this year so far, something experts say is typical in a bull phase.
Investors have to diversify their mutual fund portfolio in a manner that ensures they are well placed to benefit from most if not all market opportunities.
The NSE Nifty ended at 5,695, up 78 points. All the sectoral indices, too, finished with sharp gains today. The BSE Bankex zoomed 352 points (3.5%) to 10,538. The BSE MidCap Index gained 168 points (2.1%) to 8114.
Fund management and a refocused strategy in 2003 boosted SMG's performance
Sensex ends in green, bluechips in spotlight.
Bluechips underperform in recent rally.
Volatility might continue as the Chinese market is expected to open sharply lower, following a long break
'Long-term retail investors should not worry about these sharp dips and jumps if they have chosen their stocks wisely.' 'Short-term volatility is a given and a rise and fall of two-three per cent should not worry them.'
Infrastructure and real estate prominently feature as wealth destroyers.
We are optimistic about the Indian offshoring story gathering pace, but we feel the biggest beneficiaries will be companies that have proven execution capabilities.
The Sensex closed at 11,312.99 up 121 points. The Nifty gained 39 points to close at 3,313.
Now is as good a time as any to get your asset allocation in sync with your risk profiles and investment objectives.
The upcoming corporate results season and the approaching Union Budget kept investors on their toes
R&D is increasingly becoming an area of focus for Indian pharma companies and most of the big companies are spending about 6%-7% of their revenues on R&D activity.
The BSE 30-share index after a positive opening stretched to 31,772.41, but could not stay there for long buffeted by the selling pressure. It hit a low of 31,562.25 before settling lower by 79.68 points, or 0.25 per cent, at 31,592.03.
The India growth story is still intact, and fall in the Indian stock markets is an imported one and if the government succeeds in legislating the GST and Land Bill, India could yet emerge as a winner believe stock market experts
Since last month, the realty (down 23%), auto (down 16%) and finance (down 14%) indices have underperformed the market by falling over 13%, as against 8% decline in the benchmark indices
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The index gained 572 points, or 2.4 per cent, this week while the Nifty added 164 points, or 2.3 per cent
Heavyweights such as Coal India, L&T and SBI ran up losses, taking cues from overseas markets.
Hopes of revival and earnings growth in 2020, surprise tax cuts, and robust foreign flows - thanks to easy global monetary policies - are a few reasons why the markets have managed to digest the low GDP footprint. Select bluechips such as Reliance Industries, Bajaj Finance, Asian Paints, and ICICI Bank have gained sharply this year. On the other hand, YES Bank, Zee Entertainment, and Indiabulls Housing have seen a sharp fall.
Among Sensex components, shares of Reliance Industries, India's largest company by market value, stole the show by surging 1.61 per cent to their highest in over three months.
'I have been advising investors since the last couple of months to at least take their capital out.' 'Most of the people have made 50-60 per cent in the market, if not more, they must at least take their capital out.'
UTI Mutual Fund will hit the capital markets with initial public offering on Tuesday for its sixth thematic funds including auto, banking and public sector undertakings.
Listed realty developers saddled with unsold properties worth Rs 1 trillion
As IT midcap stocks ride high, it has created speculation around a potential bubble with analysts picking the midcaps' client concentration as the biggest concern area.
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