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Markets will look past Omicron scare and move higher: Analysts

Back home, India has logged 653 cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus across 21 states and Union Territories so far. Of this, 186 have recovered or migrated, official data suggested on Tuesday

FIIs expected to return to the Indian equity market in 2022: Abhijit Bhave

The recent FII outflows can also be viewed as a year-end phenomenon and a possible knee-jerk reaction to recent events, Bhave said

Nestle slashes stake in L'Oreal by selling shares worth $10 billion

Nestle sold 22.3 million shares of Clichy, France-based L'Oreal, for €400 each

Stocks, oil rebound as calm returns after Omicron variant hit

European shares and U.S. stock futures firmed, oil prices bounced more than $3 a barrel

Stocks slip, havens rally as new Covid-19 variant spooks investors

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 1.3%, its sharpest drop since September. Casino and beverage shares sold off in Hong Kong, and travel stocks dropped in Sydney.

World shares mixed as China reports surge in October inflation

Shares opened higher in Europe after mostly falling in Asia on Wednesday as China reported that inflation surged in October

World stock markets lower after Wall Street hits record again

Global stock markets were mixed Tuesday after Wall Street hit a record for an eighth day. London opened little-changed while Frankfurt, Shanghai and Hong Kong advanced. Tokyo and Sydney declined. On Wall Street, the future for the benchmark S&P 500 index was up less than 0.1%. US stocks were boosted Monday by gains for construction-related stocks after Congress last week approved a $1 trillion infrastructure bill. Meanwhile, the deputy chairman of the Federal Reserve, Richard Clarida, said conditions to raise interest rates might not be met until late next year. Traders worry a spike in inflation might prompt central banks to withdraw stimulus that helped to boost stock prices. Investors will be on the lookout for any clues that signal an adjustment to central banks' taper process and rate hikes expectations, Anderson Alves of ActivTrades said in a report. In early trading, the FTSE 100 in London lost less than 0.1% to 7,298.82 and the DAX in Frankfurt advanced 0.1% to 16,070.01.

CEO Masayoshi Son personally lost $1.3 billion on SoftBank stock trading

The 150 billion yen loss for the founder of SoftBank Group came from his one-third stake in SB Northstar

Stock pros are as hedged as ever under record-smashing S&P rally

Big institutions are still paying a decent premium to hedge the S&P 500 Index compared with how tranquil the benchmark has actually been lately

Risks on the rise for global stock markets, warns Chris Wood

A major rise in oil price will have the 'potential to aggravate inflation scare dramatically,' he says.

RBI policy over, global factors to dictate market trajectory from here on

Squeezing of liquidity and the likely hardening of bond yields may have a near-term "sentiment" effect on the BFSI sector; overall the policy should not have too much bearing on the equity markets

Global tech stock rout worsens as China index set for record low

The Hang Seng Tech Index, which officially started in July last year, dropped as much as 2.5% to slip below the previous closing low on Aug. 20

Stocks tumble, dollar climbs as taper and virus fears spook markets

Stocks stumbled, global bond yields fell and the dollar hit a nine-month peak on Thursday as a double-whammy of Fed taper fears and Covid worries haunted equity markets

Global indices edge lower as focus shifts towards US consumer data

The MSCI's broadest gauge of global shares was down 0.1 per cent in European trading, broadly unchanged on the week, as European markets gave up some of their earlier gains

Value trade is just getting started beyond the US stock market

For all the dominance of mega-cap growth names, US stocks led the world during the cyclical upswing in the first half of the year - and that means other regions are now primed for a catch-up

Global stocks rally into US jobs report amid surging commodity prices

Global stocks headed for their first weekly gain in three amid a surge in commodity prices, while traders braced for a key US jobs report later on Friday

GameStop's strong stock performance triggered board director's exit

Giving up the board seat allows Wolf to sell GameStop shares for his investors without restrictions to meet redemption requests

Goldman Sachs Group sells over $10-billion stocks in block trades

The trades triggered price swings for every stock involved in the high-volume transactions

World's biggest wealth fund dumps 15 stocks on ethical grounds

The Oslo-based fund generated $123 billion in returns in 2020, marking its second-best performance ever thanks in large part to tech stocks

From best to worst: A 2020 winner in stock market is now the biggest loser

Health care is Asia's worst-performing sector this year