While the Sensex reflects broad market trends in India, Bankex captures banking sector momentum, explaining why sector-specific movements can diverge sharply, especially amid policy shifts. India’s benchmark indices often move at different speeds for a simple reason: they are designed…
Indonesian retail investors are increasingly diversifying their portfolios globally, driven by rising confidence in US stocks and ETFs, with AI-linked shares now dominating the market and expanding their reach into secondary cities. Diversification is becoming a more prominent part of…
With a growing preference for safer, more liquid assets, Indian households are increasing their holdings in bank deposits and cash, while direct equity flows turn negative, signalling a shift in long-term financial strategies amid geopolitical uncertainty. Indian households are increasingly…
Indian equities face ongoing volatility driven by crude oil prices and geopolitical tensions, prompting focus on defensive sectors like IT and banks amidst a debate over future value opportunities. Indian equities are still being pulled in opposite directions, with higher…
ICICI Direct remains optimistic about India’s pharmaceutical space, favouring domestic formulations, hospital operators, and CRAMS businesses, while cautioning on generic-drug makers amid sector resilience. ICICI Direct remains constructive on India’s pharmaceutical space, but only selectively. After a strong run in…
Despite market volatility, global funds maintain a consistent interest in leading Indian firms across consumer goods, electronics, and metals sectors, signalling sustained confidence in their growth and stability. Foreign institutional investors continue to back a select group of Indian companies…
Indian stock markets remained almost unchanged for a third consecutive session as traders navigated softer US labour data against a backdrop of climbing crude oil prices and geopolitical tensions in West Asia, with volatility at its lowest since January 2026.…
Axis Direct warns that persistent high crude oil prices could threaten the anticipated medium-term recovery of India’s equity markets, despite optimistic projections from other analysts for 2026. Axis Direct has warned that India’s equity market recovery in the second half…
Shares of Patel Engineering surged following stronger June-quarter earnings, improved profitability, and progress on key projects, signalling renewed investor confidence in the infrastructure firm. Patel Engineering shares climbed on Monday after the infrastructure company reported stronger June-quarter earnings, with the…
A young man from near Bareilly lost Rs 1.46 lakh after falling for a scam on Grindr, revealing a wider interstate operation involving Nigerian nationals and Indian accomplices, highlighting rising risks on dating apps. A 23-year-old man from a village…
