Tag: equity markets
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Equity markets slide on trade war, growth slowdown (Market Review)
By Ravi Dutta Mishra & Rohit Vaid, Mumbai : Fears over a slowdown in global growth on the back of US-China trade tensions, along with domestic concerns on lower industrial production, spooked investors and led the key Indian equity indices to a negative weekly close. Even a rebound on Friday triggered by signs of an…
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Platform companies: Leveraging the India story in the long run
By Taponeel Mukherjee, Real per capita GDP, stock market indices and consumption trends in India are currently interesting. Even as real GDP at an aggregate and per capita basis have broadly trended higher, equity market valuations have fluctuated. Amidst the noise of market data, it is often easy to forget that some of the best…
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Global cues, caution ahead of F&O expiry depress equity markets
Mumbai : Weak global cues coupled with profit booking and caution ahead of the April derivatives expiry pulled the key Indian equity indices lower on Wednesday. According to market observers, a weak rupee, along with recent surge in crude oil prices and heavy selling in banking, consumer durables and capital goods stocks weighed heavy on…
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Equity markets to take cues from macro data, global developments this week (Market Outlook)
By Porisma P. Gogoi, Mumbai : The Indian stock markets during the upcoming week are expected to take directions from domestic macro-economic data points slated to be released from March 12 onwards. Apart from the data, developments on the global trade front, along with the direction of foreign funds, will also determine the course of…
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With global trade war fears, banks’ poor showings, bears rule equity markets (Market Review)
By Porisma P. Gogoi, Mumbai : The bears, tracking weak global cues, under-performance by banking sector stocks and outflow of foreign funds, ruled the Indian equity markets during the week ended Friday which saw the BSE Sensex and Nifty50 indices dropping over 2 per cent. Fears of a global trade war following US President Donald…
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Prospects of trade wars weigh heavy on equity markets
Mumbai : Negative global cues — on the prospect of trade wars and protectionism — pulled the key indices of the Indian equity market lower on Monday. According to market observers, heavy selling pressure was witnessed in metals, oil and gas, auto, capital goods and banking stocks. Consequently, the barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of…
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Outcome of Gujarat elections to guide equity markets
By Rohit Vaid, Mumbai : The outcome of the Gujarat assembly elections, along with the announcement on implementing the “e-way” bill and global cues — especially the US tax reforms — are expected to drive sentiments in the key domestic equity indices in the coming week. Market analysts observed that cues from Parliament’s winter session,…
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Q2 results, macro-data to guide equity markets’ movement
By Rohit Vaid, Mumbai : Quarterly results along with macro-economic data points are expected to guide the key Indian equity indices during the week ahead, experts said. Additionally, the trajectory of the two key indices is expected to be influenced by global cues, profit bookings and expectations of more economic announcements to support growth. “In…
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Interest-sensitive stocks, derivatives expiry buoy equity markets
Mumbai : Healthy buying in interest rate sensitive stocks, derivatives expiry and broadly positive global cues buoyed the Indian equity markets during the mid-afternoon trade session on Thursday. According to market observers, the off-take in interest rate sensitive stocks along with those of metals, healthcare and oil and gas scrip kept the barometer 30-scrip Sensitive…
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Quarterly results to drive equity markets
By Rohit Vaid, Mumbai : The ongoing quarterly results season, along with cues from global markets and direction of foreign funds, are expected to set the tone for the key Indian equity indices, analysts feel. According to market observers, indices’ movements will also be influenced by geo-political developments in the Korean peninsula as well as…