Concerns are mounting on India’s economic policy front, shows the India Economic Policy Uncertainty Index. The index has been wobbly lately and shot up again in June to 137.61 from 83.04 in May and 137.18 in April. The chart below shows the volatile trend in the index. The jump seen […]
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Supporting this optimism is the HSBC final India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index, which has consistently remained above its long-run average and the crucial 50-mark, separating contraction from expansion, for nearly three years now. However, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returning to the Centre through a coalition government, a crucial […]
The first reaction to the general election result was negative with a 5.9% decline in the Nifty index on June 4, though the market ended last quarter up 9.7% from where it closed that day. The initial reaction was no surprise since the failure of the BJP to obtain the […]
The category net purchased shares worth ₹21,178.94 crore on 4 June when the Nifty tanked 8.5% to 21884.50 points from the previous session after the BJP failed to secure a majority on its own – winning 240 seats against an anticipated 330 – in the Lok Sabha polls. The purchase […]
The BJP won 240 Lok Sabha seats, falling 32 seats short of a majority. The BJP needed four allies to obtain a majority: N Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP, which has 16 seats, Nitish Kumar’s JDU (12), Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena (7), and Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas (5). Also Read: […]
Investors were rattled after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to cross the halfway mark in the lower house of the Parliament and secure a clear majority. However, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) managed only a slim majority to form the government at the Centre. Asian markets traded mixed, […]
The Nifty and Sensex plunged the most in four years as it became clear that the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will fall short of the 272 seats required to form a government on its own. While the BJP-led NDA secured a comfortable majority, the numbers were far below […]
Adani Group stocks crashed sharply on Tuesday after most of the group stocks hit 52-week highs in the previous session following the overall weak sentiment of the Indian markets after early trends showed that the election result could be tighter than exit polls had predicted. The decline in Adani Group […]
The gap-up is expected to result in a rush for short covering by foreign institutional investors and proprietary traders who had feared the NDA might not be able to secure more than 300-310 Lok Sabha seats, say market experts Mint spoke with. A strong electoral mandate for the ruling alliance would […]
Retail and wealthy investors have taken huge long bets on index and stock futures contracts, reinforcing their expectations of political continuity, according to analysts. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs), on the other hand, are being cautious, hedging their bullish bets on single stock futures contracts and cash portfolios by building huge […]