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Equity markets are headed towards a bear phase: Mark Matthews, Julius Baer

Business Standard's Puneet Wadhwa speaks to Mark Matthews, head of research for Asia at Julius Baer to get his views on the road ahead for global equity markets as they adjust to rising interest rates

75% of Nifty50 stocks trade below 200-DMA; look weak on the charts

Tech Mahindra and Wipro have tumbled over 30 per cent, while Apollo Hospitals Enterprise and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories have plummeted 22 per cent so far in calendar year 2022 (CY22)

Should you dump rate sensitive stocks post the RBI's surprise rate hike?

Real estate and automobiles, which were showing signs of a nascent recovery, will bear the brunt of higher interest rates

Quantum, timing of RBI rate hike has surprised the markets: Analysts

In the last policy meeting in April, the monetary policy committee (MPC) of the RBI had shifted its focus to tackle the rising inflation in India after the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Nomura sees 75bps Fed hike in June, July; markets will absorb it: Analysts

Following the two 75 bps hikes in June and July, Nomura expects the US Fed to hike rates by 25 bps at every meeting scheduled in 2022 and 2023

Sensex drops 715 pts, Nifty holds 17150 in broad-based sell-off; banks sink

CLOSING BELL: SBI, HUL, IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, Dr Reddy's Labs, Bajaj Finserv, and ICICI Bank fell in the range of 2-3 per cent

Sensex zooms 874pts in broad-based rally; Nifty tops 17350; RIL, HDFC up 2%

CLOSING BELL: Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) is set to become India's first company to hit market capitalisation (m-cap) of Rs 19 trillion

Trading strategies for beaten down HDFC twins, bank stocks

HDFC twins, HDFC in particular, may see some more downward pressure; whereas PSU banks like SBI, Canara Bank and BoB can rally up to 9 per cent.

TCS can hit Rs 4,500 provided it can surpass Rs 4,000 mark on good volume

The stock needs to create a strong base and momentum in the range of Rs 4,000 to Rs 3,800 levels, which the stock has been unable to conquer with ease.

RBI restores pre-Covid timing of financial markets effective April 18

The trading hours were revised when the Covid-19 pandemic struck due to the opera­tional dislocations

YES Bank up 11%, hits 52-week as CARE Ratings upgrade outlook to 'positive'

The ratings agency upgraded the outlook to 'positive' on account of stable growth in deposits and advances

Merger deal may help HDFC, HDFC Bank hit record highs, 15% upside likely

Shares of HDFC Bank may hit the Rs 2,000-mark, while HDFC is likely to rally towards Rs 3,200.

ACC, Grasim, India Cements can gain up to 12% post breakout, hint charts

Going ahead, charts indicate likely revival in investor sentiment with further uptick in prices.

HDFC, Bajaj Finserv: Here's how to trade HDFC and Bajaj group stocks

The stocks of HDFC and Bajaj Group are not showing any exciting picture on tech charts at the moment

Commodity boom! Hind Copper, NTPC, NMDC to see up to 30% rally

With Nickel, Gold and wheat also hitting multi-year highs like Crude Oil, these five commodity related shares are likely to witness strong gains, indicate charts.

Sensex may slide to 50,000; Nifty may dip below 15,000, tech charts suggest

Similarly, the Bank Nifty may shed another 7 per cent to 30,500-31,000 levels.

Ukraine-Russia war: 5 contra bets that can give up to 14% returns

Coal India, GNFC, Cholamandalam, Fine Organic and Hitachi Energy can easily provide up to 14 per cent upside, indicate charts.

Foreign brokerages trim Nifty December 2022 target amid headwinds

Our 10 mean reversion scenarios put the Nifty50 December 2022 target at an average of 17,500, said Jefferies

Block deal: Societe Generale sells 7.1 mn HDFC shares worth Rs 1,730 cr

As per block deal data on BSE, Societe Generale sold nearly 71 lakh shares at an average price of Rs 2,436.8 apiece

Asian shares drop as Russia's Putin orders troops into eastern Ukraine

Shares fell sharply in Asia on Tuesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into separatist regions of eastern Ukraine, suggesting a long-feared invasion was possibly underway. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index dropped 1.8per cent and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong fell 3.2per cent in early trading. Oil prices jumped, with U.S. crude up 2.8per cent. The future for the S&P 500 dropped 1.5per cent while the contract for the Dow industrials lost 1.3per cent. U.S. markets were closed Monday for Presidents Day. In Europe, shares slipped Monday as investors awaited developments in the Ukraine crisis. Germany's DAX gave up 2.1per cent. In Paris, the CAC 40 in Paris declined 2per cent. Britain's FTSE 100 fell 0.3per cent. Russia's MOEX index dropped nearly 11per cent. The ruble was down 3.2per cent against the U.S. dollar. Western powers fear Russia might use skirmishes in Ukraine's eastern regions as a pretext for an attack on the democracy, which has defied Moscow's attempts to pull