Nifty Bank

According to the technical analyst, the best trading strategy for traders would be to buy on dips with a strict stop loss of 16,800 on a closing basis for Nifty

The gauge for the performance of banking stocks - which also happens to have the highest weighting in the benchmark Nifty50 Index - last closed at 39,395

Analysts expect the underperformance in bank stocks to continue ahead as the current fears around the banking sector globally are likely to persist for some time

The sell-off in the banking pack, analysts said, was a knee-jerk reaction to the developments with US-based Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) that announced a share sale to shore up its finances

According to the technical analyst, traders must remain cautious while trading Nifty50, in order to maximise gains and minimise losses

According to the technical analyst, since the Nifty IT index trades at 30,870.20, it is on the verge of a positive breakout as it hovers near the key level of 31,255

18,125 will trigger some strength for bulls on Nifty50 index whereas the expected targets would be 18,180 - 18,225 - 18,300

The index hit an intra-day high of 4,145.45 before ending at 4,049, up 0.05%; m-cap at close was Rs 9.9 trillion

Global factors causing a slowdown and overexposure to this sector are key risks

Currently, the entity getting merged is removed from the index and later the weightage of the merged entity is increased

The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) 50-bps repo rate hike triggered a sharp pullback rally in banking stocks on Friday. The Nifty PSU Bank index did even better with a rise of 3.01 per cent

IndusInd Bank has addressed key issues that were an overhang on the counter at the bourses - the biggest being the reappointment of its managing director and chief executive officer

From the shift of Sensex to a free-float methodology to the great fall after global financial crisis of 2008-09, and recovery afterwards, here are 16 biggest events for stock markets from 2003 to 2014

It is difficult to purchase such stocks during bull runs when their valuations turn exorbitant

At 11:53 am; Nifty Bank, Nifty Financial Services, Nifty PSU Bank and Nifty Private Bank indices were up 4 per cent, as compared to a 2.3 per cent rise in the Nifty50 index.

Inflows through the SIP route have been strong this financial year, even as lump-sum investments have slid

The RBI has announced a few steps to encourage small finance banks (SFBs) to increase the credit flow to small borrowers

10-year government bond yield hardened to 6.23 per cent on Friday, up 0.05 per cent from 6.18 per cent on Thursday, February 25

The Nifty Bank index, which was the top performing index on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), jumped nearly 730 points, or 2 per cent, in the intra-day deals to hit a new 36,837 levels

State Bank of India stock was the top performing stock on the Nifty bank index today, and supported the index to claim a fresh record high of 32,683.5 on the NSE. The index is up 100% from March lows