'Industry observers are certain the next attempt will succeed even if they have to browbeat someone into buying as the government has put its might behind it,' predicts Anjuli Bhargava.
Joy Thomas stated that one large account -- HDIL -- was the sole reason for the present crisis that led to the regulatory action on Tuesday when Reserve Bank of India superseded its management and placed it under an administrator for the next six months.
Further tapering by the US Fed led to a sell-off in emerging markets on concerns of slowdown in foreign fund inflows
Trading in Samvat 2074 on Thursday got off to a rocky start, with the benchmark indices ending more than half a percent lower and the gauge for banking stocks dropping 1.25%.
Foreign institutions are becoming important for the Indian markets.
The Shanghai Composite Index eased 0.2 percent in subdued trading on Wednesday morning.
Many political detainees have been released but former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, who were whisked into custody in the early hours of August 5, 2019, are still in preventive detention.
More than 1,500 shares listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen dived by the daily limit.
Debt-ridden Spain plans to sell off part of its airports operator AENA, which the government says could be worth up to 30 billion euros (Rs 1,964 billion), as it seeks ways to reduce the national debt.
Investors sinking lump sum money in equities seem to have applied the brakes.
Liquidity issues post the crisis at DHFL, progress of monsoon, rupee trajectory at the domestic level and oil prices are some factors that will keep markets choppy, analysts say.
The benchmark indices fell as Sebi cracked down on 331 suspected shell companies listed on exchanges.
Among Sensex constituents, Vedanta fell 3.40 per cent, followed by SBI 3.17 per cent, Yes Bank 3.11 per cent, Axis Bank 1.68 per cent, ONGC 1.60 per cent, Power Grid 1.52 per cent and HDFC 1.48 per cent.
Investor wealth shrunk due to markets crashing on Wednesday.
As far as your long-term plans are concerned, there is no need to effect any change. In fact, you should use the current sell off in the global and Indian markets as an opportunity and consider adding to your stocks investments.
Rupee's misunderstood fall is far from over despite some near-term respite.
Broader markets end flat too after a volatile trading session.
The crack in the equity markets is serious and portends a deeper correction ahead. The markets will almost certainly attempt to complete the interrupted up move next week, says Sonali Ranade
The rupee weakened against the dollar in late trades on Thursday tracking weakness in the equity markets.
Spot silver rose 0.3 per cent to $15.35 an ounce.
Recent months been worse for investors in gold mining companies.
The official data on April-June GDP will be released on August 31.
Markets ended over 1% lower, snapping a five-day winning streak, amid a sell-off in bank shares after the central bank late Tuesday imposed fresh restrictions on commercial banks' access to cash.
Markets end four-day losing streak led by shares of private banks, rebound in L&T and Tata Steel.
The biggest losers in the Sensex pack were M&M, ONGC, Vedanta, Tata Steel, L&T, HDFC, NTPC and Axis Bank, falling up to 3.04 per cent.
With markets expected to remain volatile, promoters and lenders exposed to the industrials and materials space can face brunt of the price erosion of the pledged shares.
Bank of Baroda ended flat after sharp gains in the previous session.
While previously selling of the marketing business, possibly to another state-owned firm, was being considered, the government is now mulling on hiving off the pipelines into a separate entity and selling off a majority stake in it.
India's forex reserves enough to cover imports for just 7 months.
The 30-share Sensex ended at 18,719 down 526 points or 2.74% and the 50-share Nifty ended at 5,656 down by 166 points or 2.86%.
India is emerging Asia's canary in the 'hot money' mine.
The implementation of the NRC as nothing but a political vendetta of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government, she told the assembly.
The Sensec ended marginally higher on favourable cues in domestic market.
Fernandes wanted Coca-Cola Company to not just transfer 60 per cent of the shares of its Indian firm but also the formula for its concentrate to Indian shareholders.
The broader NSE Nifty reclaimed the key 10,000-mark and touched a high of 10,143.50 before finally settling at 10,130.65
The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex has lost 478.60 points, or -2.80 per cent, to slip to 16,586.55 in afternoon trade on Thursday amid panic selling in markets worldwide following the US Federal Reserve's warning that the outlook for the world's largest economy is grim.
The recent round of sell-off is losing momentum and buying is again picking up due to firm marriage season demand.
'Equities are likely to be range-bound with a downward bias for the remaining part of the year.'
Possible higher dividend, capital gains taxes weigh.
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