S&P BSE 500

Shares of Indus Tower, Vodafone Idea, Aurobindo Pharma, TV18 Broadcast, Voltas and Whirlpool of India were among total 33 stocks from the S&P BSE 500 index that hit their respective 52-week lows

Around 65 companies or more than a tenth of the stocks which make up the index, have fallen more than 40%

But keep an eye on the tracking error of funds based on S&P BSE 500 and Nifty 500

New-age businesses are doing well as compared to the traditional sectors and the optimism is getting reflected in their stock prices, analysts say

The US bond yields which have become influential on stock prices, globally, spiked to 1.48 per cent

Of the 441 stocks that gained, only 147 outperformed the BSE 500 index, which has risen 8.6 per cent in the past five trading sessions

Continue to cede ground to family enterprises, private sector firms

Stocks in the BSE 500 universe account for nearly 93 per cent of India's market capitalisation.

Insurer's full-year income halves to Rs 20,843 crore from Rs 41,523 crore in FY19

The 60 companies, of which nearly a third are MNCs can return a median of 52 per cent of their total cash to shareholders

A total of 18 companies, including Reliance Industries, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and HCL Technologies, are scheduled to release their December quarter numbers later in the day

According to experts, the gap between underlying corporate earnings and share prices has widened to a multi-year high

The 14 mainboard IPOs this year have risen by an average of more than 50% since listing, data compiled by Bloomberg show

The S&P BSE 500 index hit a 52-week low of 13,810, down 1.7 %, fallen below its earlier low of 13,812 touched on October 6, 2017, in intra-day trade.

Grasim, Lumax Industries, Escorts, Merck, Titan Company, TVS Motor and Finolex Ind hit record highs.

HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bank, Cadila Healthcare, Biocon, TVS Motor, Alkem Lab, Escorts, SJVN and CESC hit record highs.

TCS, Bajaj Auto, Dr Reddy's Lab, HCL Tech, Finolex Ind, Hexaware, J K Cements, JK Tyre and MindTree hits new high.