Indian equities bounced back with venom in the holiday-shortened week, which had just three trading sessions. The rally was mainly driven by the pause in reciprocal tariffs by US President Donald Trump. During the week, the benchmark Sensex gained over 4% and the resurgence spread even into the broader market. The surge in small caps…
READ MOREForeign Institutional Investors (FIIs) extended their selling spree on Friday for the 9th successive session taking the monthly outflows to Rs 31,575 crore. They have been sellers in each of the previous three months and have offloaded domestic shares worth Rs 1,48,149 crore. FIIs sold domestic equities worth Rs 78,027 crore in January and followed…
READ MOREEven as Trump’s tariff tantrums dominate headlines, the biggest storm brewing for Dalal Street might not be coming from Washington—but from India Inc’s balance sheets. And unlike policy tweets, poor profits have a longer shelf life. The March quarter earnings season kicks off tomorrow, a market holiday though, with IT bellwether TCS announcing its numbers,…
READ MOREIndia’s fear gauge, the Volatility Index (India VIX), surged over 6% to 21.68 on Wednesday, signalling rising investor anxiety amid a sharp selloff in global equities and renewed trade tensions. The spike in volatility comes as U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to impose “major tariffs” on pharmaceutical imports, sending Indian pharma stocks tumbling up to…
READ MOREWall Street fell sharply for a second straight session on Friday, pushing the Nasdaq toward a bear market, after China imposed fresh tariffs on all U.S. goods in response to the Trump administration’s sweeping levies, escalating a global trade war and concerns of a recession. At 12.53 pm, the Dow Jones dropped 1,607.09 points or…
READ MOREBears, fears and tears One of the most pivotal weeks in years – even decades – for the global economy closed on Friday to the sound of the Nasdaq crashing into a bear market as investors fear U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war will tip the world into recession. Less than 48 hours after Trump…
READ MOREIndian IT services stocks tumbled as much as 7% on Friday, extending their slide for a second straight session, as sentiment remained fragile following the U.S. administration’s announcement of new reciprocal tariffs. Shares of tech majors, which earn a significant portion of their revenue in U.S. dollars, including Coforge, HCL Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS),…
READ MOREEven as the world is gearing up for reciprocal tariffs, which will likely be announced by US President Donald Trump on April 2, India could see a minimal macro impact or even benefit from the fresh salvo, provided it plays the cards rightly. Before moving on to how India could gain from the tariffs, we…
READ MOREIndian pharmaceutical stocks fell up to 3% on the BSE on Thursday amid fears of tariffs by US President Donald Trump, with a fresh setback from the announcements in the auto sector having a rub-off impact. Shares of Aurobindo Pharmaceuticals fell 2% to their day’s low of Rs 1,132.75 while those of Ipca Laboratories went…
READ MOREThe downturn in the Indian stock market, which began in October 2024, coincided with a slowdown in economic growth and corporate earnings. The post-COVID crash rally, which took the Nifty from 7,511 in March 2020 to 26,277 in September 2024, was fundamentally supported by GDP growth and earnings. During the three years from FY22 to…
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