All stories by Puneet Wadhwa And Deepak Korgaonkar
DIIs pour Rs 4.6 trn in equities during Samvat 2080; highest-ever on record
Rediff.com1 days agoDomestic institutional investors (DIIs) have infused a record Rs 4.6 trillion into Indian equities over the course of Samvat 2080, marking the highest net annual investment in any Samvat to date. This robust domestic inflow has effectively counterbalanced the comparatively subdued investments from foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), who contributed a net Rs 90,956 crore within the same timeframe. Against this backdrop, the Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex indices are on track to achieve their best performance in three Samvat years, despite recent market corrections.
Why foreign brokerages remain bullish on Paytm stock
Rediff.com5 Mar 2024Shares of One97 Communications (OCL), which provides financial services under the brand 'Paytm', and has a banking arm Paytm Payments Bank (PPBL), hit the 5 per cent upper circuit at Rs 428.10 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in Monday's (February 26) intraday trade. The up move in the stock on Monday came after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) asked the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), in post stock market hours, to look into the possibility of migrating PPBL customers, using the UPI handle '@paytm', to four-to-five other banks.
IPO frenzy: 24 stocks that more than doubled your money in two years
Rediff.com12 Aug 2021The retail frenzy over initial public offers (IPOs) seen over the past few months is not without reason. Over the past two years, 61 companies have tapped the primary market and raised funds via IPOs. Of these, 24 companies (nearly 39 per cent companies) have more than doubled at the bourses with Happiest Minds, IndiaMart Intermesh, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), Affle India and Route Mobile surging 468 per cent to 722 per cent since their listing date till now. Retail participation in the equity market, according to analysts, has just reached an inflection point due to the low interest rate regime amid lack of investment-worthy avenues that can generate a good return for investors.
2021 could be the year of mid-and small-caps, say analysts
Rediff.com10 Dec 2020Analysts attribute the surge to a host of factors, particularly the interest shown by the retail investors in these two market segments.
At Rs 11,000 cr, July's FPI pullout highest in 9 months
Rediff.com1 Aug 2019After turning net buyers for the fifth straight month till June, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) withdrew a net of Rs 11,743 crore ($1.7 billion) in July. This was their highest outflow since October 2018.
Falling car sales reflects in Nifty Auto's 3-year low
Rediff.com20 Jul 2019An analysis of past 20 years' demand cycles done by Edelweiss Securities indicates that the auto sector is currently in the middle of a down cycle. Volume recovery, they say, is unlikely to be as sharp as in the past, unless there is strong fiscal support.
Don't rush to buy PSU bank stocks yet
Rediff.com15 Mar 2018'Investors should not commit fresh money to these stocks right now, unless they can hold for the next three to four years.'
Sikka towers over peers in salary stakes
Rediff.com10 Feb 2017In 2015-16, Sikka as CEO took home Rs 48.73 crore as salary (including, bonus and incentives), which is the highest among peers.
Why investors are in a hurry to dump FMCG stocks
Rediff.com21 Apr 2015Softening rural consumption and the likelihood of weak corporate earnings in the March quarter saw investors dump stocks.
Small stocks fall yet analysts not worried
Rediff.com17 Sep 2014Though the markets have lost ground since the past few sessions, analysts do not seem worried.
Auto, banking, realty stocks see heavy selling on the bourses
Rediff.com16 Apr 2014Metal stocks fell on Tuesday, with the S&P BSE metal index sliding 2.8 per cent compared to the 0.64 per cent fall in the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex