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Mutual funds industry has added 32 lakh new investors over the last one year mainly due to a spirited promotion campaign by the industry, a senior Amfi official said on Wednesday.

PSU stocks underperform over high payout to govt

The government has shortlisted 11 CPSEs for buyback in 2018/19.

1 March 2019 3:04 AM IST

The ongoing quarterly results season, macroeconomic data announcements and movement of the rupee will determine the stock market trend this week, say experts.

Investors take defensive position

The index formed bearish candles on the daily charts, though it managed to hold the psychological 10,800 level, analysts...

28 Feb 2019 1:19 AM IST

The total mutual fund and insurance exposure in such CBLOs amount to as much as a fourth of the banking industry bad loans, or non-performing assets.

Insurers too got stuck in securitised debt deals

Poor quality and lapses in financial credit derivative instruments CBLO had shook the Wall Street in 2008 and triggered...

26 Feb 2019 2:02 AM IST

(Budha Chandra)

FPIs sell blue-chips, take away Rs 30,000 crore

FPIs have raised their stake in mid-cap companies during the October-December 2018 quarter.

25 Feb 2019 6:31 AM IST

The Nifty scaled 108.35 points to end the day at 10,491.05 while the Sensex soared 322.65 points to end the day at 34,142.15.

Stock market to remain volatile this week

According to technical analysts, Nifty 50 is still trading in the sideways band giving no clear signal.

25 Feb 2019 6:31 AM IST

GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product.

Debt-to-GDP level touches record high

Debt intensity stood at 1.1 times in FY18exactly the average of the highest and lowest levels over the past 15 years,...

23 Feb 2019 1:52 AM IST

IT stocks declined up to 6% on Friday due to concerns over tightening of H1-B visa norms. Shares of Infosys dropped 3.11%, TCS fell by 0.55% on the BSE.

Promoters pledge shares worth more than Rs 2 lakh crore

As of December 2018, the value of outstanding pledged shares were at Rs 1.96 lakh crore.

22 Feb 2019 1:48 AM IST

The CPSE ETF comprises of 10 Maharatnas and Navratnas, with a firm focus on the energy sector. The Bharat 22 ETF is a lot more diversified, with 22 stocks from six sectors. In both funds, the majority of the underlying stocks are among the biggest corporate entities of India.

Fund raising via equity dips 60 per cent

Experts feel that the companies will be holding back their fund raising plans till the general elections are over.

20 Feb 2019 2:31 AM IST

R Venkataraman Managing Director, IIFL Holdings

India growth story to continue irrespective of who forms govt'

The reforms initiated by the Modi government will have far reaching benefits and whoever forms the government, prospects...

19 Feb 2019 1:44 AM IST

The benchmark Sensex pared some gains and were trading higher by 0.69 per cent or 233.02 points at 34,080.25 at 0955 hrs. (Photo: File)

Terror attack to raise volatility

The Pulwama attack on the CRPF convoy created a new sentiment towards downside in Nifty futures on concern over the...

18 Feb 2019 8:04 AM IST

The objective of imparting financial literacy is to spearhead a revolution to change the investment habits of rural India and the middle classes through easily understandable education modules, pre-tested for their learnability before dissemination. (Representational image)

Capex takes a beating in Q3

As such private capital expenditure (capex) has hit a decade low on poor demand growth and lower capacity utilisation.

16 Feb 2019 1:54 AM IST

The profit after tax (PAT) growth of Nifty 50 companies is at 4 per cent, which is in line with the estimates, excluding the abnormal results of Tata Motors.

Earnings season disappoints again as margins come down

Banks, including HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank and Kotak Bank, posted good results.

16 Feb 2019 1:54 AM IST