Sundar Sethuraman, Business Standard

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Which Sectors Bore FPI Brunt In 2025?
Rediff.com3 hours ago

FPIs net sold equities worth Rs 1.7 trillion in 2025 -- the highest annual net sale on...

Retail Portfolios Lag the Market
Rediff.com1 days ago

Retail investors' equity portfolios have significantly underperformed benchmark indices...

Signs of revival: Pre-IPO fundraising improved but fell short of 2023 peak
Rediff.com2 days ago

Fundraising through pre-initial public offerings (pre-IPOs) more than doubled in 2025...

Healthcare IPOs See A Surge In 2025
Rediff.com8 Jan 2026

The surge has come alongside a decline in average issue sizes and more muted...

60% Of Top 1,000 Stocks Bleed Red In 2025
Rediff.com8 Jan 2026

'Retail portfolios were going nowhere even as headline indices moved higher, prompting...

RIL denies report on Russia oil purchase
Rediff.com7 Jan 2026

Shares of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) tumbled on Tuesday, posting its biggest...

Rights issues hit 28-year high as QIPs shrink amid market correction
Rediff.com5 Jan 2026

The number of rights issues more than doubled and hit a 28-year high in 2025, even as...

Northern Borders 'Stable Yet Sensitive': Defence Ministry
Rediff.com3 Jan 2026

The deployment of the army in all sectors along the Line of Actual Control, the de...

3.84 Trillion Spent On These Weapons...
Rediff.com2 Jan 2026

The largest tranche came in July, in the wake of Operation Sindoor, with the DAC...

'Sensex Captures Changing Structure Of Economy'
Rediff.com26 Dec 2025

'Only four or five original companies remain; the rest have been replaced every decade...

SIM-Binding Standoff: Telcos Vs Apps
Rediff.com17 Dec 2025

App-based communication services providers and Indian telcos are at loggerheads over...

IPO Count Crosses 100 After 18 Years
Rediff.com15 Dec 2025

The milestone crowns a record year for the domestic primary market where IPO...

Retail investors sell Rs 23,000 crore in two months as markets rally
Rediff.com11 Dec 2025

Retail investors are moving away from a buy-and-hold approach and towards more informed...

Trai Launches Digital Consent Pilot
Rediff.com11 Dec 2025

A national rollout will take place after the pilot test in which SBI, PNB, Axis Bank,...

Markets, spooked by Fed uncertainty, post biggest drop in two months
Rediff.com9 Dec 2025

Equity markets fell on Monday, with benchmark indices recording their worst session in...

IPO Secondary Sales Soar Toward Rs 1 Trn
Rediff.com20 Nov 2025

Market experts say India's IPO ecosystem has matured to support both primary and...

Sebi Eases IPO Lock-In Rules
Rediff.com14 Nov 2025

Sebi has proposed allowing depositories to mark such pledged shares as...

At Rs 506 trillion, derivatives turnover hit 12-month high in October
Rediff.com13 Nov 2025

The average daily turnover (ADTV) in the derivatives market rose to a 12-month high in...

'Don't Consider Gold, Silver As Asset Classes'
Rediff.com11 Nov 2025

'An asset must generate income. Equities yield dividends, bonds pay coupons, deposits...

Samvat 2082: Investors likely to see up to 15% returns from equities
Rediff.com5 Nov 2025

After a year of modest returns, equity investors may anticipate gains of 10-15 per...