Leading stock exchange BSE on Tuesday said it has added 1 crore registered investor accounts to its platform in a span of 148 days, taking the total count to 12 crore. The exchange added one crore investors' accounts between July 18 and December 13, BSE said in a statement. In comparison, the exchange took 124, 91, 85 and 107 days for the previous milestones of 11 crore, 10 crore, 9 crore and 8 crore, respectively.
When the markets are falling or rising consistently, stocks hitting upper or lower circuit is a common feature. It also means that investors, especially in a falling market, might find themselves unable to exit - at least immediately - from a stock that has hit lower circuit.
Indian stocks have emerged as the best performers among those in the emerging and the developed markets across the globe so far this year, giving investors the highest return of nearly 60 per cent.
24 stocks in the BS 200 list have stayed in the positive territory.
In June, Sensex went up 6.6% and Nifty 6.9%, their best monthly gains since December 2023.
The decision to partially decontrol the sugar sector, the only industry left under the government control, was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs Thursday.
'Investors need to be stock specific and should not rush to buy stocks at the current levels.'
There is a need for further focus and strengthening of guidelines.
Stock market guru Madhusudan Sarda answers queries in a live chat and gives his view on various stocks.
The railway minister said the target of 700 km of new lines in the current year (2012-13) had to be scaled down to 470 km due to inadequate resources.
Income Tax officials visited three out of the 129 offices of Indiabulls Securities Ltd, as part of a survey being carried out to track investors who traded 'penny stocks'.
The market capitalisation of China, the world's second-largest economy, has topped $10 trillion for the first time.
A sharp rise in Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) stock prices baffled market players on Tuesday.
'It is like a chicken-and-egg situation.' 'All these product tweaks are innovative, but traders won't move unless there is liquidity.' 'And liquidity cannot be generated until traders move.'
I think the Indian economy is poised to grow at over 8.5% and looks to continue for atleast another 4 to 5 years, says market expert Pranav Sanghavi.
INX will trade initially in equity derivatives, currency derivatives, commodity derivatives including index and stocks
The government on Saturday said it would create a third trading platform to revive the regional stock exchanges which have been hit badly after the rapid growth of Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange.
Whether earnings growth sustains will be crucial to determining how Indian equity markets fare in the days to come.
With the government intending to take Air India and Indian Airlines to the stock market, investors will have wider choice for the shares in the sector, which otherwise is constrained by demand-supply mismatch due to the presence of only five small ai
All companies stock price surged on the news that UB Group has reached a deal with the world's largest spirit maker Diageo for a stake sale.
As part of efforts to develop the corporate bond market, trading platforms for the fledgling instruments are expected to be operational from July at the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange.
With the downgrade there is a danger that investors who hold these financial securities may sell out. Of course, the level of selling will depend on the way the investors react to this downgrade.
The appreciation of the rupee, the dividend distribution tax and the hangover of the minimum alternate tax on information technology companies under the Software Technology Parks of India scheme have pulled the prices of IT stocks down.
Expectations of muted expenditure on railway infrastructure and the assumption that there would be no further fare hikes may have contributed to the fall, according to analysts.
It was a day of irony on bourses today - while the stock market while the stock market recorded its second biggest single-day loss of 717 points, the stocks scaling their life-time high outnumbered those dropping to record lows by a wide margin. There were just five stocks on the Bombay Stock Exchange that dropped to their all-time low share prices, while as many as 89 stocks rose to their record highs.
Nearly 80 stocks on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) today witnessed an unusual price movement of up to 20 per cent. Belonging to 'S' and 'Z' categories and the trade-to-trade group, these scrips normally attract 5 per cent circuit breakers.
The BSE Sensex bounced back by 14.8 per cent (2,261.65 points) from Tuesday's intra-day low of 15,332.42 to close at 17,594.07 on Wednesday. The index, which lost 5,874.35 points from its all-time high of 21,206.77, has retraced 39 per cent of its total losses.
Sylph Technologies stock rises 100,000% to Rs 800 on re-listing.
60% stocks in BS 200 underperform the Sensex in 2011.
Our stock exchanges no longer belong to one state or one community.
Based on the current scenario, he classifies real estate as the highest in the risk grade, followed by infrastructure companies involved in construction, hotels, commodities and auto.
The board has approved the allotment of the shares, under the employee stock options plans of the company, Satyam said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. After the allotment, the paid-up share capital of the company stood at Rs 195,35,94,874 up from Rs 195,34,44,694, the filing added.
Mega star Amitabh Bachchan, known as the Big B of the Bollywood, invests in small and mid-sized companies as well when it comes to stock market purchases, and is sitting on losses on some of his recent investments.
No circuit filter on the day of listing helps operators to push up prices.
Leading bourse Bombay Stock Exchange on Tuesday favoured more stock markets in the country saying it will help in channelising the household savings into productive capital.
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