Stock Market Investment

Sensex rises 445 pts from day's low to end flat; Adani FPO fully subscribed

CLOSING BELL: Broader markets, too, remained upbeat throughout the day as Nifty MidCap 100 and Nifty SmallCap 100 outperformed benchmark indices to close up to 2 per cent

Sensex snaps 2-day winning streak, ends 187 pts lower; Nifty50 below 18,150

CLOSING BELL: Broader markets, too, were subdued in trade as Nifty MidCap 100 and Nifty SmallCap 100 indices declined up to 0.4 per cent.

Sebi extends one-time stock option settlement scheme by two months

Scheme provides a settlement opportunity to entities that have executed trade reversals in stock options from April 2014 to Sept 2015, and against whom adjudication proceedings are pending

Varun Beverages, ABB, Page among six stocks that could become large-caps

They could replace Piramal Enterprises, Gland Pharma, Mphasis, Muthoot Finance, Bandhan Bank and Paytm, which may move to mid-cap space, reveals analysis by Brian Freitas of Periscope Analytics

Cash is king! Investing strategies to ride out choppy markets

They turn cautious and prefer defensive bets

Higher FD rates will not lure equity market investors for now: Analysts

Over the past few years, the return from the stock market has been far higher amid abundant liquidity that poured in from foreign and domestic investors

Jefferies sees 15% correction in Indian markets; adds Zomato to portfolio

In the past one month, the S&P BSE Sensex and the Nifty50 have gained around 8 per cent each with a large part of these gains coming via the BFSI route

Stock market investors richer by over Rs 9.76 trn in five days

In five days, the 30-share BSE benchmark has rallied 2,265.8 points or 4.24%

Investor wealth tumbles over Rs 9.75 trn in two days of market crash

The 30-share BSE benchmark tanked 1,456.74 points, or 2.68%, to settle at 52,846.70 on Monday

In no hurry to add to India position; buy only on a dip: Chris Wood

Given the macro headwinds - the need to tighten monetary policy combined with the risk of a much higher oil price, are the key reasons Wood has been in no hurry to add to the 'overweight' position

Will classic defensive bets outperform the markets?

Market participants are reading into the developments surrounding the Omicron variant of Covid-19. Let's find out investing which sectors will prove to be beneficial for investors in this volatility

Investors shift focus to large-cap category in August, shows data

The data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India shows that daily AUM of the large-cap category stood at Rs 2.10 trillion in August against Rs 1.97 trillion in July

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

Investors richer by Rs 3.5 trn as markets rally to new record highs

Investors' wealth jumped Rs 3,48,431.23 crore as the market rally continued for the second straight session on Friday, with the BSE Sensex closing above the 55,000-mark for the first time. The 30-share BSE benchmark gained 593.31 points or 1.08 per cent to close at 55,437.29. During the day, it rallied 643.81 points to its intra-day lifetime record of 55,487.79. On Thursday, the benchmark had closed 318.05 points or 0.58 per cent higher. Following the two-day rally in equities, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies climbed Rs 3,48,431.23 crore to reach its all-time high of Rs 2,40,23,280.14 crore. "Enthusiastic retail participation has given momentum to the market enabling it to reach higher levels. Also, the rally has global support with the Dow and S&P 500 setting new records. "A healthy feature of today's rally is that it is led by high-quality blue-chips in performing sectors like IT, financials and telecom," said V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at ...

Investors should shun stocks with poor fundamentals, say analysts

Retail investors need to realise they have enjoyed a hefty dose of beginner's luck

Millions of millennials are piling into India's stock market, shows data

Active investor accounts rose by a record 10.4 million in 2020, according to the data from the country's two main depositories

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

With Sensex at 50,000, which sectors & stocks are still investment worthy?

In this podcast, Abhimanyu Sofat, Head of Research at IIFL Securities and VK Vijaya kumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services shares the stocks and sectors they are bullish on

Market recovery fragile; unwise to go for risky gains: Motilal Oswal MD

Raamdeo Agrawal of Motilal Oswal Financial Services cautions the day the market realises that earnings won't come back in a hurry, they will go sideways, or may correct

It's advisable to invest in value funds for balanced portfolio, say experts

Have a horizon of 5-7 years and limit allocation to 15-20% of equity portfolio