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Bulls take a break: Sensex, Nifty fall for fourth day amid yield surge

Sensex down 2.4% in four sessions

Here's why the current market rally may not take a breather anytime soon

So what has propelled the Indian markets this week? How are foreign flows shaping up? Will the market continue to go up? In this podcast, we discussed the growth trajectory in detail

Global stocks mixed on optimism over recovery, stimulus package

Global stock markets were mixed on Tuesday after another record-setting rally on Wall Street. London and Frankfurt opened lower, while Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong advanced. US futures were lower a day after Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index closed up 0.7%. Investors were encouraged by company earnings, news that a surge in coronavirus cases is easing, progress in distributing vaccines and the possibility of U.S. government stimulus. Despite concern prices might be rising too fast, the momentum behind this reflation trade remains a force to reckon with, said Jingyi Pan of IG in a report. In early trading, London's FTSE 100 declined less than 0.1% to 6,518.19 and Frankfurt's DAX lost 0.2% to 14,032.42. The CAC 40 in Paris was unchanged at 5,686.76. On Wall Street, the future for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average were off less than 0.1%. On Monday, the S&P 500, the Dow and the Nasdaq composite all set records. In Washington, President Joe Biden and ...

Asian shares jump on US stimulus, Japan's Nikkei hits 29-year high

Asian shares jumped, with Japanese stocks hitting a 29-year high, as hopes that a long-awaited U pandemic relief package would be expanded and a Brexit trade deal supported investor risk appetites

Asian stocks slip on fresh fears over new strain of coronavirus in UK

Asian shares slipped, extending a pullback from multi-year highs hit last week on fears a highly infectious new strain of Covid-19 that shut down UK could lead to a slower global economic recovery

New Covid-19 strain inflicts pain on global stocks, threatens volatility

The new strain is said to be up to 70% more transmissible than the original

Asian stocks hit record-high on hopes of US stimulus package, Covid vaccine

A gauge of Asian shares hit a record peak on hopes of a much-needed US stimulus package before year-end just as coronavirus vaccines roll out, while oil prices hovered near their highest since March

US House may pass a bill to block Chinese firms from listing in US markets

The US House of Representatives is expected to pass legislation this week that could prevent some Chinese companies from listing their shares on US exchanges unless they adhere to US auditing standard

November set to be record-busting month for stocks over Covid vaccine news

World shares were set to seal a record-busting month as the prospect of a vaccine-driven global economic recovery next year

Go risk-on, 'keep the faith, trust the recovery' in 2021: Morgan Stanley

In an outlook for 2021, a team including Andrew Sheets recommended investors overweight equities and corporate bonds ag­ainst cash and government debt, and sell the US dollar

Global indices cheer as Moderna's Covid vaccine data boost sentiment

Development on Moderna's candidate, recovery in Asia, corporate earnings propel markets towards fresh highs

Oil climbs as President-elect Biden's win triggers broader market rally

Futures rose 2.5 per cent, following equity markets higher as more certainty emerged from the outcome of the vote

Pfizer's Covid vaccine effectiveness claims inject hope, lift global stocks

Firms hit hardest by restrictions made most gains, with airlines trading 30% higher

Five mid-cap stars which refused to buckle during the coronavirus crisis

With markets recovering, midcaps have also rebounded and in fact, have outperformed benchmark indices by a good margin in the last two months

Investors should switch from European stocks to emerging markets: Citigroup

A gauge of the European economy fell unexpectedly in September, amid a resurgence in coronavirus cases that has dampened investor ardor toward the region's shares

BSE bags spot among world's 10 most valued exchanges; Nasdaq tops chart

BSE is at the tenth place in the top-10 list, with a market capitalisation of $1.7 trillion

Global cues, Covid-19 trend to guide stock markets this week: Analysts

On the macroeconomic front, WPI inflation data is scheduled to be announced on Monday

Back-to-back gains for global stocks; Brent climbs into positive territory

While most Asian markets surged, a second day of gains in European equities put the region's benchmarks from Italy to France and Germany on course to exit a bear market

Global stocks jump on coronavirus slowdown hopes; oil slips on supply fears

Equity investors took solace as the death toll from the coronavirus slowed across major European nations including France and Italy

Stocks up across Europe, Asia as Xi calms trade fears; US futures higher

The US S&P 500 E-mini futures gained 1.01 percent, suggesting US shares would open positively later on Tuesday