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Freak trade in Nifty options? Contracts with strike price 14,500 allowed

Market players said this could be due to punching error where the trader sold 14,500 call options instead of 16,500 call options

IRCTC, 3M India, Fine Organic: Strategies for buzzing stocks of the day

The BSE Sensex and the Nifty 50 stand currently 10 per cent higher from the May 2021 levels, and if positive sentiment continues, the market may repeated a similar bull run.

How have different asset classes fared in 2022 so far?

Investors, who thronged the markets during the Covid-induced sell-off, are looking for cover. Rising interest rates and inflation have taken a toll on sentiment. Find out the road ahead for equities

What next for markets after the Monday mayhem?

With Monday's 1.7% fall, the Nifty has shed nearly 6% from its recent high. As rising bond yields and weak earnings' outlook cloud sentiment, here is what the market's near-term trajectory looks like

Street signs: Nifty support seen at 17,400, Shipbuilding stocks zoom & more

The Nifty50 index ended the truncated week at 17,476 - close to its 20-day exponential moving average of 17,450

Market Strategy: Buy on a dip or sell on a rally?

Nifty50 slipped below 16,000-mark on Monday. Is there more pain in store for the markets or should you use the fall to buy? Business Standard spoke to market experts to know their investment strategy

Stocks which bucked market trend and soared this month

Market fell up to 3% last week due to the stand-off between Russia and Ukraine. Yet, about nine stocks have surged over 15% in Feb on the back of aggressive volume support. Let's analyse these stocks

Sensex, Nifty fall for second day on profit taking in RIL, HDFC twins

Reliance Industries declined by 1.91 per cent, Kotak Bank by 1.51 per cent, Bharti Airtel by 1.39 per cent and Titan by 1.2 per cent

Stock market sees its best-ever Samvat in 12 years

FPIs infuse net Rs 1.4 trn into Indian equities, DIIs withdraw Rs 36,682 crore

Sensex slips 127 points, Nifty ends session at 17,355; RIL tumbles

RIL was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding over 2 per cent, followed by ICICI Bank, HUL, HDFC Bank, M&M, Ultra Cement, IndusInd Bank and Tech Mahindra.

Street signs: Arbitrage opportunity in Just Dial, TJL stock gains & more

Broking firms are advising their retail clients to buy shares of Just Dial to gain from the arbitrage opportunity created by the open offer launched by the arm of Reliance Industries

Large investors booking profits in high beta, cyclical stocks: Analysts

The rally on Dalal Street has entered a new cycle as former leaders have turned laggards, while stocks and sectors that lagged are outperforming now

Street signs: Nifty eyes 17k-mark, poultry and aqua stocks may gain & more

The Nifty50 concluded the August expiry series with gains of 5.4 per cent; it has made higher highs and shallower lows for the last four weeks

Sensex, Nifty soar to fresh lifetime highs; power, IT stocks spurt

The Sensex and Nifty darted up to fresh all-time highs on Thursday as investors lapped up power, IT and banking stocks amid mixed global cues. A strengthening rupee, which surged 19 paise against the US dollar, further lifted sentiments, traders said. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 318.05 points or 0.58 per cent to close at its fresh record of 54,843.98. Intra-day, it scaled al all-time high of 54,874.10. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty advanced 82.15 points or 0.26 per cent to its lifetime peak of 16,325.15. PowerGrid was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rallying 6.22 per cent, followed by Tech Mahindra, HCL Tech, Titan, L&T, NTPC and ICICI Bank. On the other hand, Dr Reddy's, IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, M&M, Reliance Industries and SBI were among the laggards, dipping up to 0.67 per cent. Market breadth was positive, with 21 Sensex stocks closing in the green, while 9 suffered losses. "Market breadth continued to be skewed in favour of the bulls amidst mixed global cues ...

Street signs: Market in 'uptrending zone', Devyani GMP at 60%, and more

Technical analysts say the market remains in an uptrend as the index has managed to find support at its 50-day moving average

Nifty turns 25: Here's how the index progressed from 1,000 to 14,000

The complexion of the index has undergone a drastic change since its inception.

See limited upside for global markets, including India: Abhinav Khanna

Our Nifty target for December is 14,800, implying a marginal upside from current levels, says Khanna

Win some, lose some: Nifty indices rebalancing likely to trigger churn

The Nifty Next 50 index, which comprises the top firms outside the Nifty50, is tracked by funds with assets of $500 million

Broad-market rally sees equal-weight funds outperform indices on returns

During the past one year, some funds in this domain have generated returns of 38-42 per cent. In comparison, the Nifty and Nifty 100 indices have gained less than 34 per cent

Nifty earnings likely to grow at 24% CAGR during FY21-23: Report

Nifty earnings are likely to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 24.2 per cent over FY21-23, said an ICICI Direct report.