In the last one month, domestic stock markets have experienced a significant decline due to weak Q2 results and substantial selling by foreign investors. The Sensex and Nifty have dropped almost 10% from their highs, leaving investors uncertain about the best course of action during this market downturn. Despite the challenges, the mutual fund industry … Read more
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) gross currency market interventions until August in FY25 have registered a sharp increase from a year ago, reflecting the central bank’s efforts to mitigate volatility in the exchange rate in a turbulent global economic environment. Latest data published by the RBI showed that in April and May, the … Read more
The Indian rupee closed at a record low of 84.0725 against the US dollar on Monday, pressured by outflows from local equities and debt and a stronger dollar index. However, likely RBI intervention in the form of dollar sales reigned in losses for the rupee, traders said. Outflows caused by Hyundai routing back funds to … Read more
Sustained selling pressure from foreign investors, muted second quarter earnings expectations, and elevated valuations acted as headwinds for the market during the week as benchmark indices ended in the red. But, even in a muted market, 42 smallcap stocks have delivered double-digit weekly returns with five of them offering over 25% returns. Nalwa Sons Investment … Read more
Indian funds bought more than $1 billion of shares daily for three straight sessions through Monday, helping absorb large sales by foreign investors amid a rotation into China’s rebounding markets. Domestic institutions, including mutual funds and insurers, bought equities of over $4 billion in the three sessions, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. ETMarkets.com Stocks … Read more
Alessia Berardi, Head of Emerging Macro and Strategy, Amundi Investment Institute, says investors need to reconcile the high valuation of the Indian market with the high potential growth in India. The valuation did not deter foreign investors from entering the market as we have seen since last year. India is a country in transformation. Investors … Read more
In recent years, investors bullish on Indian equities have cited the promise of policy reforms and rapid economic growth under Prime Minister Narendra Modi to justify its record premium over emerging-market peers. Now, with the leader facing coalition politics after a weaker-than-expected mandate in this week’s national election, the so-called Modi premium is under scrutiny. … Read more
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) continued their selling spree on Thursday, offloading Indian equities worth Rs 6,867.72 crore even as domestic buyers remained net buyers at Rs 3,718.38 crore. Notwithstanding the sell-off by foreign investors, Indian headline indices on Thursday ended in the green for the second day in a row aided by strong gains in … Read more
Mumbai: BlackRock is positioning its recently launched Indian government bond exchange-traded fund (ETF) as a “one-stop shop” for foreigners to deploy money in relatively high-yielding local sovereign debt, without navigating multiple layers they would otherwise confront to trade here, said an executive. “On the bond side… the meat of the discussion is still about just … Read more
Sandip Sabharwal, asksandipsabharwal.com, says “the markets have corrected and people are correlating it to what might happen in the election. I do not think that is the right way to do it. I think markets fall under their own weight when they become overweight. So, the Indian market became overweight and is correcting a bit. … Read more