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Five mid-cap stars which refused to buckle during the coronavirus crisis

With markets recovering, midcaps have also rebounded and in fact, have outperformed benchmark indices by a good margin in the last two months

Unlock 5.0: Street cautious about prospects of multiplexes, hotels

Low occupancies, capacity restrictions and safety concerns could make it difficult to reach breakeven levels

Contrasting tales: Economy is down, but markets have defied fears

In the past six months, Nifty has gained 52 per cent in rupee terms and 58 per cent in dollar value - making India one of the best-performing markets globally

Most global investors cautious of equities after sharp rally: Raychaudhuri

Manishi Raychaudhuri, head of Asia Pacific equity research, BNP Paribas, tells Puneet Wadhwa the reason for India being such an FII favourite is the breadth of stocks and sectors that market offers

Large-cap concentration much higher in India than US, shows data

The top 100 stocks in India account for 77.3 per cent of the Nifty 500 index. In US, the top 100 stocks account for 71.2 per cent of market capitalisation of the S&P 500 index

'Valuation in certain pockets of the market is looking elevated'

"Stock markets and economies globally do get impacted by events all the time and hence there is no such thing as the right time to invest," Gopalakrishnan says.

Once nearly half, China's market capitalisation is now 5x India's

According to Bloomberg data, China's m-cap stood at just $407 billion in May 2006 - 45 per cent below India's m-cap of $745 billion

Meet the Warren Buffett of India, Value Investor Manish Goyal

Leading stock market advisor Manish Goyal believes that value buying is like an exercise that an investor needs to do all the time

India's stock market is barometer of economic concentration: Shankar Sharma

It is not all gloom and doom. The rural economy has held up quite well and we should start appreciating it even more, says Sharma in an interview with Puneet Wadhwa

Markets log best quarterly gain in 11 years due to surge in foreign flows

Supportive action taken by global central banks boosted investors' appetite for risk even as coronavirus infections continued to climb at a steady pace.

Rising market tide lifts all boats: 95% of stocks have gained since May 18

Stocks in the BSE 500 universe account for nearly 93 per cent of India's market capitalisation.

Sobering reality, negative sentiment: Analysts' view of Moody's downgrade

Here's how leading analysts have interpreted the development and its likely impact on the markets.

Here's the list of outperforming stocks rising most since lockdown

Eight leading promoter-controlled business houses have emerged as the new Corona warriors for the stock market

Corona warriors for markets: Ambani, Adani stocks rise most since lockdown

The Bajaj group is the only one on the list of 12 conglomerates to be down - 1 per cent - since the lockdown came into effect, thanks to the hammering of stocks of non-banking financial companies.

Market Ahead, May 15: All You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell

Today, a total of 12 companies including Cipla, Aaarti Drugs, and M&M Finance are scheduled to announce their results

Equity markets may cheer Rs 20-trn stimulus package; SGX Nifty jumps 5%

Following the announcement of a Rs 20-trn package, the Nifty contracts traded on the SGX shot up 5%, while the American depository receipts (ADR) of Indian companies gained between 3% and 10%.

Lockdown 3.0, global tension rattle markets; Sensex, Nifty crash nearly 6%

The Sensex closed at 31,715, down 2,002 points, or 5.94 per cent - its biggest single-day loss since March 16.

Amidst the gloom and doom, the market's exuberance is confounding

For the sake of context, the financial crisis of 2008 had seen the S&P 500 fall by more than 50 per cent from its peak

The rise of DMart's Radhakishan Damani, who got richer during lockdown

Educated in Mumbai, where his father worked on Dalal Street, Damani dropped out of college after studying commerce for a year.

RBI measures, global markets surge propel Sensex, Nifty to one month high

Most global markets surged as investor appetite for risk assets improved due to the progress of an experimental drug for treating covid-19 and on US's plan to reopen its economy.