$4 billion-FII retreat turns Nifty into world’s worst performing stock index

$4 billion-FII retreat turns Nifty into world’s worst performing stock index

NEW DELHI: After being a rare oasis among all major troubled stock markets in 2022, Nifty is decoupling once again in 2023 but in reverse mode. As most major markets try to regain lost ground this year, India’s heartbeat index has turned into the worst performer with foreign institutional investors or FIIs dumping Indian stocks … Read more

Asian markets track Wall Street rally, boosted by China hopes

Asian markets track Wall Street rally, boosted by China hopes

Asian markets rallied Wednesday, building on a hearty performance on Wall Street and helped by the reopening in China, though analysts continue to warn of near-term volatility caused by surging inflation, rising interest rates and the Ukraine war. Equities have enjoyed some respite in recent weeks from a painful sell-off caused by central bank monetary … Read more

The Hang Seng is up for an overhaul: Here’s what’s in store

By Jeanny Yu Details of a wide-ranging overhaul of Hong Kong’s equity benchmark is set to be announced on Friday, marking the first step to diversify the financials-heavy index. The quarterly review is the first since Hang Seng Indexes Co. announced its biggest-ever overhaul in March, which includes boosting the total number of components to … Read more

What explains the dramatic rally in Chinese markets? Andrew Freris explains

Hong Kong market is doing incredibly well but their economy is doing dreadfully and it is going to do insignificantly worse, says the CEO, Ecognosis Advisory. What explains this kind of a staggering move across the Chinese markets? Just when the world is turning away from Beijing when it comes to the manufacturing hub, one … Read more