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Market Ahead, May 15: All You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell

Today, a total of 12 companies including Cipla, Aaarti Drugs, and M&M Finance are scheduled to announce their results

Equity markets may cheer Rs 20-trn stimulus package; SGX Nifty jumps 5%

Following the announcement of a Rs 20-trn package, the Nifty contracts traded on the SGX shot up 5%, while the American depository receipts (ADR) of Indian companies gained between 3% and 10%.

Lockdown 3.0, global tension rattle markets; Sensex, Nifty crash nearly 6%

The Sensex closed at 31,715, down 2,002 points, or 5.94 per cent - its biggest single-day loss since March 16.

Amidst the gloom and doom, the market's exuberance is confounding

For the sake of context, the financial crisis of 2008 had seen the S&P 500 fall by more than 50 per cent from its peak

The rise of DMart's Radhakishan Damani, who got richer during lockdown

Educated in Mumbai, where his father worked on Dalal Street, Damani dropped out of college after studying commerce for a year.

RBI measures, global markets surge propel Sensex, Nifty to one month high

Most global markets surged as investor appetite for risk assets improved due to the progress of an experimental drug for treating covid-19 and on US's plan to reopen its economy.

Coronavirus outbreak: A 21-day lockdown may have cost India Rs 8 trillion

The sectors that have been most impacted are transport, hospitality, and real estate

Street signs: Bonds, mid-caps hurt MFs, YES Bank not in sync, and more

The market sell-off has hit balanced mutual fund schemes, where investors seek lower volatility from a mixed portfolio of equity and debt investments

Explained: How PSUs became the biggest laggards on Indian bourses

Government companies' numbers look even worse if State Bank of India is excluded. SBI has been an outperformer with 18.4 per cent annualised growth in market capitalisation in last three-years.

Indiabulls Housing Finance shifts focus back to fundamentals; stock up 11%

Incremental cost of funds was high at nearly 9 per cent, key financials also remained under pressure in Q3

Karvy ban shows India must get rid of dodgy brokers to back healthy equity

India is hardly immune to the global trend of sliding fees and trading commissions.

Defying economic slowdown, investors continue to bet big on Asian Paints

Defying weakening consumer confidence, Asian Paints' net income has risen for two straight quarters to a record Rs 8.3 billion

Indian stock markets likely to continue upward journey in the coming week

Currently, the benchmark indices are near lifetime highs after clocking gains of more than 11 per cent since September 19, a day before corporation tax rate cuts were announced

Market breadth worst in six years in 2019 amid sluggish economic growth

In the first eight months of 2019, 70 per cent stocks in the BSE 500 universe were down. Stocks in the BSE 500 universe account for 94 per cent of India's total market capitalisation

Max Life cash levels hit two-year high as mood in stock market sours

India's fourth-largest insurer is holding about 10% of its assets in cash, a five-fold jump over levels it usually maintains, as it doesn't expect a turnaround in sentiment anytime soon

Avoid over-leveraged stocks in a market spooked by chances of slower growth

More than sectoral bets, bottom-up stock picking will work better in the current environment of slowing growth

Eggs, potato on the menu as BSE, NSE turn aggressive in commodity futures

While NSE is exploring 8-10 new agri-commodities, BSE is eyeing as many as 15, most of which aren't traded on any other online derivative exchange in India

Time's up for India's world-beating stock market rally, says Goldman Sachs

The nation's equity market looks less favorable amid elevated valuations, a potential slowdown in economic growth and upcoming elections, according to Goldman Sachs analysts

Market breadth has been really weak: Avendus Capital's Andrew Holland

A small number of stocks have led the indices higher rather than a broad-based rally, Holland said

Why analysts are sceptical about India's record-breaking stock rally

According to analysts, a record high is happening only due to some stocks, so they cannot ascribe higher valuations and targets for all