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As we enter Samvat 2079, analysts say the domestic market's outperformance against global peers will sustain as fundamentals of Indian corporate improves. Find out what top brokerages are betting on
Both indices ended the day off their intraday highs, with the Sensex finishing at 59,793, up 105 points or 0.18 per cent, while the Nifty50 at 17,833, up 35 points or 0.2 per cent
Small-cap indices have corrected sharply from the highs of October 2021.
If the BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty 50 cross their respective 100-DMAs, the benchmarks can easily rally another 2.50 per cent each.
Nifty has gained 17% YTD in dollar terms, best among headline EM indices
Four-fifths of Indian large-cap funds have underperformed when compared to benchmark indices in 2020, a report said on Thursday. In the equity-linked saving schemes (ELSS) and mid/small-cap funds, the performance was marginally better with the underperformance of 65 per cent and 67 per cent as against the benchmarks, S&P Indices Versus Active (SPIVA) said. S&P Dow Jones Indices' associate director for global research and design Akash Jain said the performance was worse if one were to consider the recovery after the markets hit the trough in April. "During this recovery period, we saw that the second half of 2020 has been a particularly challenging period for Indian equity active funds where 100 per cent of the Large Cap funds, 80 per cent of the ELSS funds and 53 per cent of the Mid-/Small-cap funds underperformed their respective benchmarks," he said. Overall, 2020 had extraordinary volatility and India joined the rest of the world in this aspect, Jain added. There was a ...
SGX Nifty, which is up 130 points, is indicating a stronger opening for the Indian indices today
Corporate results will continue to pour in throughout the week. Investors will first react to HDFC's and other results that were announced over the weekend
A total of 13 companies including Bajaj Finserv, Colgate Palmolive, and Hindustan Zinc are scheduled to announce their March quarter results later in the day
Reliance Industries will be in focus today as its mega rights issue opens today and closes on June 3
A total of 18 companies including Biocon, Escorts, and Manappuram Finance are scheduled to announce their results today
Today, a total of 10 companies, including Maruti Suzuki India, MPhasis, and ABB are scheduled to announce their results
Today, a total of six companies, including YES Bank and Kansai Nerolac Paints, are set to declare their quarterly numbers
Moody's Investors Service has slashed India's growth forecast for calendar year 2020 to 0.2 per cent, from 2.5 per cent projected in March
According to a Business Standard report, the Centre is considering a proposal to guarantee Rs 3 trillion of loans to small businesses as part of a plan to restart economy
In the earnings department, a total of seven companies including Britannia, Bharti Infratel, and Hathway Cable are scheduled to announce their March quarter results today
The Mukesh Ambani-led conglomerate today announced that it has signed binding agreements for an investment of Rs 43,574 crore by Facebook into Jio Platforms
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das' media address at 10 am will remain a big focus today for investors who will also digest reports of an imminent second stimulus package
The Indian indices fell over 1% as earnings disappointment, coupled with the virus scare, hit sentiment
The yield on the benchmark 10-year government security rose to as much as 7.07 per cent