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The India VIX, also known as the volatility index, has surged more than 100% since April 23. A couple of factors, including the ongoing General Elections and sustained selling pressure by foreign institutional investors, weighed on market sentiment. Meanwhile, the NSE Nifty index fell more than 1% against its all-time high scaled on May 3….
Foreign investors pulled out a massive Rs 22,000 crore from Indian equities so far this month amid uncertainty surrounding the outcome of the Lok Sabha elections and outperformance of Chinese markets. The number comes after a net outflow of over Rs 8,700 crore in the entire April on concerns over a tweak in India’s tax…
Equity markets will be closed on Monday due to the Mumbai elections, according to the BSE holiday calendar. All segments, including equity, derivatives, and SLB, will be closed. The Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCX) will be closed for the morning session but open for the evening session, reported Economic Times. In addition to the Mumbai elections on…
‘Narrative’ stocks in sectors such as capital goods, defense, electricity, EMS, railways, renewables and PSU sectors are trading at ‘unfathomable’ multiples ahead of exit polls and election outcome. Kotak Institutional Equities said such stocks are precariously positioned with their frothy market capitalisations and valuations supported by a combination of optimistic assumptions and ‘rich’ multiples based…
What will it take to unsettle the markets? On Tuesday, the bourses side-stepped Lok Sabha election volatility to hit a significant milestone by generating $1 trillion in wealth in six months. The total market capitalisation of all BSE-listed companies hit $5 trillion, increasing by more than $633 billion since January this year. Dalal Street moved…
At least a dozen smallcap shares delivered 50-100 per cent since Lok Sabha elections 2024 kicked off on April 19. The rally in these smallcap shares were seen in the backdrop of a mere 2 per cent rise on Sensex and Nifty during the same period. With the election outcome just a week away, analysts…
A couple of stocks including IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd, RR Kabel Ltd and KFin Technologies Ltd were on investor radar in Thursday’s trade amid reports of block deals on the counters. At 9.15 am, shares of IRB Infra were trading 11.95 per cent lower at Rs 64.05. RR Kabel was up 3.47 per cent at…
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Private equity firm TPG Asia VII SF Pte Ltd may sell its entire 5% stake in leading cable company RR Kabel via block deals, CNBC Awaaz reported on Wednesday. The US-based equity firm is looking to sell 56.33 lakh shares worth Rs 1,000 crore in the company via the block deals. The price is at…
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Paytm‘s Vijay Shekhar Sharma on Wednesday said that the fintech firm is expecting a near-term impact on its revenue and profitability from the Reserve Bank of India’s regulatory crackdown it faced earlier this year. In a letter to shareholders, Sharma said that the company is expecting near-term financial impact to revenue and profitability due to…
A total of 52 BSE PSU index stocks multiplied their market capitalisation (m-cap) by nearly 5 times in the past four years. At least eight PSU stocks namely Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Cochin Shipyard Ltd, Hindustan Copper Ltd, Indian Bank, Bharat Dynamics Ltd, Bharat Electronics Ltd and Housing & Urban Development Corporation…