Nifty ended with weekly gains of 0.80% aided by auto and health stocks. When markets resume trading on Monday, a host of important domestic and global events lined-up during the week are likely to impact them. Nifty50 settled at 24,004.75, falling by 183.90 points or 0.76%. Commenting on the day’s action, Rupak De, Senior Technical…
READ MOREDalal Street minnows stole the show in 2024, giving handsome returns to investors, helped by a largely optimistic trend in the stock market and impressive retail investors’ participation. Analysts attributed the positive trend in the equity markets, where the benchmark indices shattered many records this year, to robust domestic liquidity, strong fundamentals of the Indian…
READ MOREThe markets had a wide-ranging week once again; however, they ended near its high point this time. The Nifty had ranged sessions for four out of five days; the last trading day of the week saw the Nifty swinging wildly before closing near its high point. The trading range also remained wider; the Index oscillated…
READ MOREThe markets closed with gains for the third week in a row as the key indices posted gains while extending their technical rebound. The Nifty had a trending week; it trended higher most of the week. The volatility was largely absent, but the Indices stayed quite choppy on most days except the last day, where…
READ MOREOver the past five sessions, the Nifty largely consolidated but did so with a bearish undertone. The Nifty traded in a defined range and closed the week with a modest gain.Importantly, the index also stayed below its crucial resistance points. The volatility also expanded; the India VIX surged higher by 8.68% to 15.90 on a…
READ MOREThe Indian equity market concluded Friday with a 0.5% weekly gain, led by gains in banking, financial, and metal stocks. As markets reopen on Monday, a mix of domestic and international events—including Q2 earnings reports, the US election, and global market dynamics—will likely shape market movements. On Friday, the Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex rose…
READ MOREGoldman Sachs Group Inc. tactically lowered Indian equities to neutral from overweight as slowing economic growth dents the outlook for corporate earnings. “While we believe the structural positive case for India remains intact, economic growth is cyclically slowing down across many pockets,” strategists including Sunil Koul wrote in a note on Tuesday. Worsening earnings sentiment,…
READ MOREA surge in share supply from initial public offerings and sales to institutions is adding pressure on Indian equities, which are already grappling with weak earnings and selling by overseas investors. Hyundai Motor India Ltd. raised $3.3 billion in the nation’s largest IPO on Thursday, and further listings worth $6 billion have been approved by…
READ MOREIndia’s stocks have powered ahead in recent months as surging earnings outweighed fears about lofty valuations. That dynamic is at risk with companies forecast to report slowing profit growth. Brokerages predict that companies in the benchmark NSE Nifty 50 Index will either report flat or low single digits profit gains for the quarter ended September….
READ MOREIndian benchmark equity indices Nifty and Sensex ended flat in a highly volatile session on Friday, while global markets advanced after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stated that “the time has come” to reduce interest rates. Speaking at the economic symposium at Jackson Hole, U.S., Powell explicitly endorsed an imminent policy easing, noting that further…
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