The combined market valuation of nine of the top 10 most valued firms jumped by Rs 95,522.81 crore last week, with Reliance Industries, TCS and HUL emerging as the biggest gainers. Rising for the fourth straight session, the 30-share BSE Sensex ended 33.02 points or 0.04 per cent higher at 81,086.21 on Friday. Last week, … Read more
Having outperformed the broader Nifty 50 index in the last one year, the Nifty IT index rallied 8.5% in the last 7 consecutive sessions to reach its new peak at 41,7746.55 in Tuesday’s session. The Nifty IT Index has surged 32% last year, with the recent outperformance driven largely by a healthy first quarter, especially … Read more
For those worried about buying stocks in an expensive-looking market, sector rotation can be an effective money-making strategy, according to Mohammed Abrar Asif, Co-CEO of Riyadh-based Hades Financial Private Capital Group. “This involves reallocating investments from overvalued sectors to those with more attractive valuations. For example, while IT and Financial Services have seen significant run-ups, … Read more
Nifty saw a sharp bounceback last week after holding its 40-day average of 24,150. Technical analysts expect the positive momentum to continue, with the index likely to cross the 25,000-mark soon. Stocks such as Vedanta, Hindustan Copper, JSW Steel, HUL, ITC, Canara Bank, ICICI Bank, M&M and Bajaj Auto have formed bullish setups on charts, … Read more
Indian markets traded in consolidation mode this week despite the initial caution around the Hindenburg-Adani saga. However, positive global cues, including better US retail sales data and the decline in weekly jobless claims, helped the Sensex gain nearly 1%. During the week, about 43 stocks delivered double-digit weekly returns with three of them gaining over … Read more
While Nifty ended with week-on-week gains of 0.7%, it was laden with top action where over three dozen companies from large, mid and smallcap segments witnessed prominent block deals worth Rs 8,364 crore on screen, which included both buying and selling actions. In the largecap segment, 15 companies witnessed significant block deals on the screen … Read more
Domestic markets exhibited volatility over the past week, ultimately closing marginally lower amid mixed signals. In today’s trade, shares of SBI, Airtel, ONGC, Titan, Infosys, JSW Steel, IDBI Bank among others will be in focus due to various news developments and first quarter results. Airtel, ONGC, Marico Shares of Airtel, ONGC and Marico will be … Read more
Shares of IT major Infosys fell 1% to the day’s low of Rs 1,845.40 on BSE on Thursday after the company was in the news for being under an investigation by the Directorate General of GST Intelligence for alleged evasion of over Rs 32,000 crore GST. The company has however provided clarification on the matter … Read more
“And after going through the entire consultation paper first of all, as a trader with two decades of experience I am now talking, not as a broker or not someone coming from a broker community, the number one thing what SEBI should consider doing is one, you have to encourage people to do long-term investing … Read more
Ahead of the June quarter earnings season in which IT majors managed to beat Street expectations led by significant improvements in the BFSI sector, mutual fund managers were smart enough to buy IT stocks even as FIIs sold. June quarter shareholding pattern shows that MFs raised stake in Infosys by 116 bps to 19.09%. The … Read more
