View Full Image (The Economist) To a certain extent, this record-smashing is to be expected. Dump the losers periodically, as benchmark indices tend to, and the history of equities is one long (albeit frequently interrupted) march upwards. Bear markets and crashes abound, but once prices recover to set one new […]
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Foreign investors have paused their relentless selling over the election outcome, turning net buyers of shares worth ₹11,730 crore last week (June 10-15), according to NSDL data. This shift marks a sharp contrast to the intense selling seen in the last couple of months. In April, foreign investors were net […]
Today’s surge, particularly noteworthy, saw indices climbing by nearly 2 percent. This remarkable rebound coincided with the Reserve Bank of India’s optimistic revision of the FY25 GDP growth forecast to 7.2 percent, up from the previous 7 percent projection. Furthermore, the central bank maintained a steady course by leaving the […]
While the focus on the existing reforms related to domestic manufacturing, infrastructure development, etc. are likely to continue, there could be an incremental shift of focus to support employment generation and domestic consumption, especially rural consumption, highlighted Milind Muchhala, executive director, Julius Baer India. Pace of reforms may ease Market […]
The Indian market has been exceptionally volatile in the month of May. After falling over 3 percent in the first half, it rebounded a bit and is now down around 0.4 percent this month. The volatility has been attributed to some concerns surrounding the election results as well as the […]
Intermittent bouts of stock market volatility can be expected until the electoral outcomes, but this is not necessarily a bad sign, says Ashish Gupta, chief investment officer, Axis AMC, which manages around ₹2.6 trillion in assets. In fact, he believes periodic corrections are healthy as they eliminate excesses, and create […]