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Equity Markets Weak But Bond Markets Get A Bloomberg Index Boost
After JP Morgan included Indian Government bonds in its emerging market index, Bloomberg Index Services also said it will include 34 Indian government bonds that are open for investment under the country's fully accessible route
World Markets Hit Highs Again
World markets highs were led by Japan's Nikkei 225 which closed above the 40,000 mark on Monday to set a new record high. Earlier, the S&P500 and the Nasdaq Composite hit fresh all-time highs on Friday
Holiday Trading Takes Markets To New Highs
This was not a regular weekend for the stock markets in India with special trading sessions on Saturday on the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange to test disaster preparedness and business continuity.
High Tax Collections, Base Effect Takes India Q3 GDP To 8.4%
BOB Research says Q3 has been propped up mainly by the net tax effect as value added has grown at 6.5% this quarter while GDP is at 8.4% due to exceptional tax collections and control over subsidies.
Markets Recover, Await Economic Data
US equity futures were steady to positive again overnight as most investors were holding back for fresh economic data and Federal Reserve signals on the timing and prospects of interest rate cuts in the US
Markets Search For Signals And Direction
Stock Markets moved down in the absence of any clear signals which by the way is likely to be the situation for some time. There are of course multiple other signals that markets are watching including in the United States.
Brokerages Bullish On India But Downgrades On Banking Sector Have Started
Downgrades from Goldman Sachs for India's banking sector provide an insight into the overall state of the financial system in the context of retail savers and spenders as well as of course the banks ability to make money from them.
Sustained Bullishness Drives Stock Markets To Fresh Records
The markets swung quite wildly yesterday, usually a symptom of a lack of clear direction, with the BSE Sensex moving 1,175 points during the day and the Nifty hitting another record high of 22,252
Indian Markets Hits Record High For 3rd Consecutive Session
We have been talking about how investors are shunning China and that's true. But like markets and like investors, when the valuations go really low in one place and really high in another, they start revisiting their positions
Nifty Closes At Record High, HDFC Bank Floats Up
The Nifty50 closed at a record closing high of 22,197, up 75 points. The Nifty50 had touched these levels earlier but had receded though it hit a record high of 22,216 in intraday trade.
Indian Markets Rise For 5th Consecutive Session
The indices ended higher for the fifth consecutive session on Monday, usually a sign that the markets might pause to take in some air. December quarter earnings are now over and the focus is back on macroeconomic news.
From Dalal Street To Wall Street, It's All About Valuations
In the first week of January, Kotak Securities said it believed the Nifty index was overvalued by 20% and expected a time correction in the next 6 to 9 months. This comes obviously on the back of a strong 2023 for Indian stock markets
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Govindraj Ethiraj
Govindraj Ethiraj is a television & print journalist and Editor of www.thecore.in, a multi-platform business news venture focussed primarily on traditional economy and financial markets. He also founded IndiaSpend.org & Boomlive.in, data journalism and fact check initiatives. Previously, he was Founder-Editor in Chief of Bloomberg TV India, a 24-hours business news service launched out of Mumbai in 2008. Prior to setting up Bloomberg TV India, he worked with Business Standard newspaper as Editor (New Media) and spent around five years each with CNBC-TV18 & The Economic Times. He is a Fellow of The Aspen Institute, Colorado, a McNulty Prize Laureate 2018 & a winner of the BMW Foundation Responsible Leadership Awards for 2014. He is a Member, World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Information Integrity, 2025.
