While investors have been increasing their equity holdings over the past few months, driving the S&P BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 to record highs, it is silver that has delivered the best return in the first half of 2024 (H1-CY24), with gains exceeding 30 percent during this period. Data shows that over 20-year and 10-year … Read more
Indian stock market benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, are likely to open lower on Wednesday following weak global market cues. The trends on Gift Nifty also indicate a negative start for the Indian benchmark index. The Gift Nifty was trading around 24,410 level, a discount of nearly 40 points from the Nifty futures’ previous … Read more
The government informed Parliament on Monday that the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) received representations over the market fall on June 4—the day the Lok Sabha election results were announced. However, the market regulator has no specific information on any ‘unfair trading’ that took place in the stock market on that day, which … Read more
Stock Market News: The market-leading Tata Consultancy Services’ earnings indicated early indications of recovery in the industry, and on Friday, IT stocks joined an over-month-long record-breaking surge that sent the domestic benchmark indexes, the Sensex and Nifty 50, to record closing highs. The Sensex gained 0.78% to close Friday’s session at 80,519.34, while the Nifty … Read more
Indian stock market: Indian equity benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, are expected to open on a tepid note Monday tracking mixed cues from global peers. Asian markets traded mixed, while the US stock market ended at record levels last week led by a rally in megacap tech stocks. Data showed US jobs growth slowed … Read more
Stock Market News: Although the domestic benchmark indices, Sensex and the Nifty 50, ended the Friday session in the red after rallying for four days, but they ended the month with their biggest gain in 2024 thanks to the return of foreign capital and the return of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the fold. Nifty … Read more
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 results earlier this month returned … Read more
In early trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex increased by 134.64 points to reach a new all-time high of 78,188.16. The Nifty increased to 23,749.50, up 28.2 points. Subsequently, though, both benchmark indices had volatile trends and fluctuated between highs and lows. Financial Services, IT, Media, and Private Banks were among the sectoral indices at the … Read more
You often hear that it is essential to diversify mutual fund investments across asset classes and categories. However, it’s equally crucial to vary investment styles within a category. You can pick a fund following growth investing style and a value style that tend to do well during different cycles of the economy. Growth style typically … Read more
The 30-share BSE Sensex opened higher by 495.48 points or 0.65% at 77,102.05 level while the Nifty 50 started off at 23,480.95 level, up 158 points or 0.68%. According to Dr. V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services, there is excellent news on inflation in both the US and India. In May, US … Read more