26 of 35 such schemes failed to beat Sensex over past year
Route Mobile hit a new high of Rs 1,979 on the BSE in intra-day trade today
The Nifty Bank index, which was the top performing index on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), jumped nearly 730 points, or 2 per cent, in the intra-day deals to hit a new 36,837 levels
So what has propelled the Indian markets this week? How are foreign flows shaping up? Will the market continue to go up? In this podcast, we discussed the growth trajectory in detail
After rallying 487 points to touch its lifetime intra-day high of 51,835.86, the 30-share BSE Sensex pared all gains to end 19.69 points or 0.04 per cent lower at 51,329.08
FM Nirmala Sitharaman announced Rs 1.18 trillion-financial allocation for the highways sector in Budget 2021. However, any delay in roll out of such growth-driven projects may wear-off the bull-run
The two indices are up 11% after six straight sessions of gains
Nearly 20 stocks in Nifty Small-cap 100 are showing strong bullish signals as against 10 stocks of Nifty Mid-cap 100
Analysts at Barclays Capital wrote that the GameStop episode is "a wake-up call that is likely to permanently affect the business models of institutional investors
Market value of BSE-listed firms at record high
This week, GameStop accounted for 19% of the trades on Vested Finance, an Indian investment firm that helps Indians buy or sell US stocks
In the United States, the WallStreetBets forum on Reddit that is seen as having fuelled the rallies briefly closed its doors on Wednesday as membership jumped past 4 million
During the 74 sessions, the market capitalisation of the listed firms on BSE soared by Rs 38.55 trillion to Rs 199 trillion
Markets have rallied by 80 per cent since April after a heavy 40 per cent correction following the announcement of the Covid-19-related restrictions
It seems intuitively obvious that easy money would find its way into stocks, but evidence on the ground is too thin
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
The global setting is perfect for equities, but investors should have one eye on factors that could rattle the markets
In an interview with Ashley Coutinho, he says current valuations are not very expensive, especially when viewed in the context of low interest rates
Higher earnings growth, lower costs, and valuations favour smaller companies
Later, I did the same trek using the same route. The exposed section was still scary, but less so. I felt a sense of achievement on completing it