Dalal Street witnessed volatile stock markets on Tuesday after the government proposed to hike securities transaction tax (STT) on futures & options (F&O) trade in the Union Budget for fiscal year 2024-25. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) on Tuesday sold stocks of Indian companies worth ₹17,306.08 crore and bought stocks for […]
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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 […]
Nirmala Sitharaman, in her second successive term as India’s finance minister, will present the federal budget for 2024-25 next month. Foreign institutional investors, or FIIs, have turnedbullish ahead of the budget not just in the cash segment of Indian equities but also on the derivatives segment. The Lok Sabha election […]
The Nifty index began the June series on a positive note, and after the initial event euphoria subsided, the bulls took full control, pushing the index past the psychological 24,000 mark to a new all-time high of 24,087. Despite dropping to 21,280 levels during political volatility in the first week, […]
The Indian market has underperformed YTD compared to states like Taiwan, the US & Japan, and Germany. Key reasons are premium valuations, that failed to sustain the accelerated growth observed from CY21 to 23. Additionally, investments have shifted from large-cap to mid-cap stocks, which are not reflected in the Nifty50 […]
In the financial year 2023-24 (FY24), about 35% of the total ₹2.08 trillion of FPI equity investments in India were channeled into the top 100 companies of the BSE Smallcap index, totalling ₹71,631 crore and making up 70% of the overall investment into smallcaps, according to BSE shareholding data analysed […]
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have turned their backs on Indian equities. In this calendar year so far, they have remained net sellers in Indian stocks to the tune of ₹31,388 crore, according to data from the National Securities Depository Ltd. The month of May saw massive outflows worth ₹25,886 crore […]
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 […]
Over the past 3 months, the Indian market has traded cautiously, with the Nifty50 index confined to a narrow range of 1,000pts, between 21,800 and 22,800. However, this week has seen a departure from this trend, as the market comfortably surpassed this range, closed at a new high of 22,952 […]