While the just-concluded Q2 earnings season showed positive signs of earnings cut moderating, the proportion of misses in smallcaps was the highest and signaled troubling signs in the world of smallcaps where the market capitalization has already lost Rs 4 lakh crore value so far in 2025. Almost every second smallcap stock is down at…
Nifty is positioned for further gains this week after a strong rebound, but analysts said a decisive move above the 26,000–26,100 zone remains crucial for the next leg of the rally. All three analysts expect the index to retest or surpass its previous highs, supported by strength in banking and IT, while identifying 25,500–25,750 as…
Indian equities closed the week on a firmer note Friday, with technology and pharmaceutical shares leading modest gains as investors drew confidence from the US government’s reopening and clearer macro signals. Sentiment was further buoyed by stronger domestic earnings and the outcome of a key state election. The Nifty 50 inched up 0.12% to 25,910.05,…
Back in January 2021, when conglomerate Aditya Birla Group announced its big-bang entry into the stable paints industry with a massive capex subsequently increased to Rs 10,000 crore, the clear target was market leader Asian Paints, which dominated over half of the market share in decorative paints. Analysts had then started calling it the Jio…
Indian benchmark indices Nifty and the BSE Sensex ended with weekly declines of 0.9%, amid selling pressure in IT and consumer stocks. When stock markets resume trading on Monday, a host of important domestic and global events lined-up during the holiday-truncated week are likely to have an impact. On Friday, Nifty closed 17.40 points or…
The Indian market ended lower on Friday, with the Sensex and Nifty logging a second day of losses as investors booked profits amid mixed corporate earnings and cautious global cues, with a stronger U.S. dollar and the Federal Reserve’s tempered stance on rate cuts dragging on sentiment, while banking heavyweights HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank…
Indian shares advanced for a fourth session on Monday, with the Sensex climbing 0.5% and the Nifty closing above the 25,800 mark, as heavyweight Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank surged on post-results optimism. Gains were partly offset by profit-taking in ICICI Bank, which capped the broader rally. The S&P BSE Sensex surged 411.18 points, or…
The Indian market ended lower on Monday, with IT stocks leading the laggards, as renewed trade tensions between the U.S. and China dented risk appetite. The selloff followed U.S. President Donald Trump’s escalation of tariff threats after Beijing tightened curbs on rare earth exports. The S&P BSE Sensex declined 173.77 points, or 0.21%, to finish…
The steep rally in Wall Street stocks is sparking worries among investors of a bubble forming, which could lead to a significant correction. Optimism over the prospects of artificial intelligence has lifted the valuations of several technology heavyweights including Nvidia, Microsoft and most recently, Oracle. This has propelled benchmark S&P 500, Nasdaq and the Dow…
Ace investor Ashish Kacholia has hit a half-century with the addition of a new stock to his portfolio in the quarter ended September. He picked up Jain Resource Recycling, a smallcap stock that made its market debut on October 1. According to the company’s Red Herring Prospectus (RHP), the shares were allotted to Bengal Finance…