Markets

Mindtree mulls share buyback programme to fend off L&T's hostile takeover bid

IT services company may spend Rs 1,000 crore to acquire shares while one of the largest shareholders Sidhartha is talking to firms including L&T to offload shares.

Mar 16, 2019

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Markets cap robust week with major gains; Sensex, Nifty close above key levels

Improving trader sentiments buoy markets as domestic cues align with positive global outlook; broad sectoral gains indicate a continued rally.

Mar 15, 2019

Shock defaults push $108-billion bond market to chaos reminiscent of 2009 crash

Sales of rupee-designated corporate bonds plunge to pre-2016 levels as effects of IL&FS crisis sink in amid rising election uncertainties driving up the spreads of top-rated 10-year corporate paper to highest levels since the global financial meltdown.

Mar 15, 2019

Can India snap $84 billion economic ties with China over Masood Azhar issue at UN?

#BoycottchineseProducts has been trending on social media following China's attempt to oppose India. Tweets tagging PM Modi also called for an immediate ban on Chinese imports.

Mar 14, 2019

Banking stocks continue rally; HDFC Bank hits 52-week high

Yes Bank leads the banking bulls after global investment firm Deutsche Bank revised its price target for the stock upwards to 300 from 280 earlier; RIL hits a 52-week high.

Mar 14, 2019

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Boeing 737 MAX trouble hits airline shares; traders brace for more turbulence

Shares of SpiceJet and Jet Airways nosedive defying the bulls at play while IndiGo soar on prospects of higher price realisation in the spot market.

Mar 13, 2019

Bulls return to D-Street, climbing 1,000 points in March amid gaining traction

Experts expect long rally on the back of optimism over Narendra Modi's brightening prospects of return to power and avid buying by foreign institutional investors

Mar 12, 2019

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Global brokerage firms turn bullish on Indian markets despite it being an election year

Last year, India ended as the best-performing Asian market and the best-performing major global market after Brazil.

Mar 11, 2019

Boeing shares fall after second deadly 737 MAX 8 crash

Shares of Boeing Co slid 9 percent in early trading on Monday as many airlines grounded the planemaker's best selling 737 MAX 8 passenger jet following the second deadly crash involving the plane.

Mar 11, 2019

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FIIs inject $2.37 billion in equity market in Feb, highest in 15 months

One of the major reasons attributed to a buying spree by FIIs is the increased expectations of a rate cut by the apex bank in its next monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting that is scheduled on April 4.

Mar 7, 2019

Traders eye bullish turn as border tensions recede, US-China trade wars ease

Indian markets are closed on Monday but are expected to respond positively amid improving chances for Modi government's return and global cues.

Mar 4, 2019

NSEL scam: Commodity brokers jittery as Sebi ban hangs over more entities

Six big names including Motilal Oswal and Geojit hit by the ban as the market regulator is probing about 300 broking entities in the Rs 5,500-crore NSEL scam

Mar 2, 2019

Volatility spirals as border tensions hammer Karachi stock exchange

KSE100 plunged nearly 1,500 points after Indian strikes and Pakistani retaliation; benchmark recovers some ground though choppiness remains.

Feb 28, 2019

Surgical strike 2.0: Markets jittery as BSE, NSE indices plunge

Going forward, the market is likely to react cautiously waiting for the turn of geopolitical events, watching for the responses of all major players, according to observers.

Feb 26, 2019