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Monday, August 18, 2025
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Topic: Stock Market

Sensex drops over 300 points, Nifty down at 8,844

Infosys was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding up to 4 per cent, followed by Kotak Bank, Hero MotoCorp, Tech Mahindra, Titan and Axis Bank.

Sensex surges over 600 points, Nifty touches 9200 level in early trade

Positive cues on FPI & stock-specific action pulled the market higher. However, spike in Covid-19 cases and extension in the nationwide lockdown kept investors cautious.

Sensex plunges over 600 points and Nifty drops below 9,000 mark

Bajaj Finance was the top loser, shedding up to 8 per cent, followed by Mahindra and Mahindra, Maruti, ONGC, Titan and Bajaj Auto.

Sensex soars over 900 pts and Nifty reclaims 9,000-mark

IT, finance and FMCG stocks experienced gains following rise in global equities on hopes of the Covid-19 pandemic approaching its peak.

Indian stocks post best day since 2009 on signs Covid-19 is waning in some global hotspots

Sensex rose 9%, the most since May 2009, while the Nifty 50 advanced by a similar amount although infection curve has yet to flatten in India.

Sensex surges over 1,300 points and Nifty above 8,400

IndusInd Bank was the top gainer with 15 per cent surge, followed by Mahindra and Mahindra, HCL Tech, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and Infosys.

Stocks crash is once-in-a-decade buying chance for long-term investors: ICICI fund manager

Historically, such times have proven to be attractive for long-term equity investing opportunities, says ICICI Pru AMC’s S. Naren.

Sensex surges over 800 points, Nifty at 8,400

According to traders, despite concerns over the rising Covid-19 cases & the economic fallout of the nationwide lockdown, investors are value-buying during each dip.

SBI credit card IPO slips on debut as stock markets crash again

SBI Cards’ shares opened at Rs 675, against Rs 755 apiece offer price as coronavirus pandemic cast a shadow over India’s first pure-play credit card issuer's listing.

Stock markets tank after manic sell-off over coronavirus fears, trading halted for 45 minutes

As benchmarks world over go into panic mode, insinuating a freakish selloff— Sensex sank 3,213 points in early trade while Nifty crashed by 966.10 points.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?