Page 2 - Sensex And Nifty

Stocks, forex, and commodity markets shut today on account of Eid-ul-Fitr

On Tuesday, the domestic equity market settled in the red as investors booked profit. The S&P BSE Sensex ended at 40,084, down 184 points or 0.46 per cent.

Elections & markets: Challenges for Modi 2.0 and key investment themes

Market veterans have called for improvement in ease of doing business and policies to encourage FDI flows to invest in long-gestation infrastructure projects and recapitalise financial firms.

Market direction to depend on steps taken to accelerate growth: Nilesh Shah

Changing the orbit of Indian GDP growth from current 7 per cent to a higher level is what markets are expecting from the new government

Election outcome is a positive; investors should not rush to buy: U R Bhat

There should be a mild correction over the next few sessions and then a consolidation phase will set in, albeit with a negative bias.

Markets will go up if the govt can kick-start the economy: Andrew Holland

The growth is slowing and the trade war is becoming a lot more than what it initially was. So, India will be seen as a safe haven in the global context.

'Market rally post BJP win offers a good opportunity to rejig portfolio'

Valuation is stretched for Indian equities but if you look at the global markets, the valuations have gone up YTD for almost all markets, says Jitendra Gohil of Credit Suisse Wealth Management.

A look at Sensex's 13-year journey from 10,000 to 40,000 levels

The Sensex, as it was known then, crossed over to the five-figure level - the 10,000-mark - for the first time on February 6, 2006. It took the index over 13 years to hit the 40,000 levels.

Morgan Stanley sees Sensex at 45,000; Nifty at 13,500 by June 2020

On Thursday, the Narendra Modi - led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was seen sweeping to power for the second consecutive term

These stocks lost ground despite over five-day 1,600-point Sensex rally

Earlier this week, the markets recorded their best single-day gain in a decade with the Sensex surging 1,422 points as exit polls showed the incumbent Narendra Modi - led NDA is set to return to power

Sensex soars 537 points ahead of exit polls, Nifty reclaims 11,400 level

The 30-share BSE benchmark closed 537.29 points, or 1.44 per cent, higher at 37,930.77

28 BSE-listed companies report turnaround performance in March 2019 quarter

At a broader level, of the 19 Nifty firms that have announced their earnings, 15 have either met or exceeded estimates of analysts at Motilal Oswal on both the profit after tax (PAT) and EBITDA front

Is the time right to book profit in Nifty stocks? Here's what charts say

The feeling of "opportunity loss" may haunt many; however keeping proper support level will not only give a sense of security but will also help to leverage other non-performing stocks.

Return of the DIIs is not priced into the market yet, says Elara Capital MD

The current market up move should not be seen as a rally, but more as a re-bound or risk-on after the poll debacle of the current incumbent government in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh state elections

'Earnings need to catch up for the markets to sustain at current levels'

There is value in select mid-cap stocks, which cannot be ignored, says chief investment strategist at Standard Chartered Securities.

Indian markets hit by global sell-off; Sensex drops as much as 500 points

Sensex slipped 355 points to end at 37,808.91 while the Nifty 50 lost 103 points to close at 11,354

Investor sentiment hit after India conducted air strikes in Pakistan

Sensex recovers after dropping 499 pts

GDP data, F&O expiry among top factors that will guide market this week

The government is scheduled to release GDP print for December quarter of financial year 2018-19 (FY19) on Thursday. The February 2019 futures & options (F&O) contracts will expire on the same day.

Five factors that led to Sensex's 806-point fall on Thursday

Among specific stocks, RIL plunged 7 per cent to Rs 1,120 per share, followed by HeroMoto Corp (5.45 per cent) and TCS (4.54 per cent).

17 of the 30 Sensex stocks are now below their 200-day moving average

The rally in the index is largely on account of the strong performance by three stocks-Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank

Markets post second-biggest fall of 2018 on trade war, TDP no-trust vote

Tata Motors fell 3.7%, the most among Sensex components, followed by Asian Paints which fell 3.1%