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Monday, August 18, 2025
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Topic: Stock Market

Why India’s equity mutual funds are set to face record redemptions in 4 years

Contraction in fund flows are cautionary tale for India’s $1.9 trillion stock market that’s looked past poor growth & pandemic to jump 40% from March low.

Even amateur Indian investors have begun buying into America’s tech stock mania

Amateur investors are snapping up names like Netflix, Amazon & Facebook as Indian brokerages offer the ability to buy fractional shares overseas.

Sensex plunges 661 points, Nifty falls by 195.35 points in line with global selloff

The fall in the indices came after HDFC Bank launched a probe into its auto lending practices following allegations against the conduct of a retired, long-time executive

Some cheer for Indian economy: $500 billion forex reserves, fifth largest in the world

India’s current account is likely to remain in surplus in the April-June period, but a recovery in imports might tilt the balance for the full year.

Modi magic goes missing for stocks in his second term as PM, values shrink 25%

Modi’s reputation as an economic reformer fuelled an increase of almost 50% in equity market capitalisation during his first 5 years in office.

The new strategies Indian stock brokers are using to sell growth after meltdown

Indian stock brokers are arming financial advisers with tablet computers and extending the horizon of price targets as the country reopens for business.

Surprisingly, April was Wall Street’s best month in decades

Weeks of increasingly dire real-economy figures and Covid news didn’t move the US market in a big way.

Sensex slips 536 points led by selloff in financial & IT stocks while Nifty ends at 9,154

Markets went into selloff mode as winding up of a few debt schemes by Franklin Templeton added to the selling pressure witnessed in banks and NBFC stocks.

Resist loading up on stocks, it’s too uncertain, Kotak says as markets return to bull zone

Indian equities entered technical bull market zone last week as policy makers ramped up stimulus to contain the fallout of virus pandemic.

Sensex rises over 222 points, Nifty up at 8,992

The afternoon session saw market gaining positive traction as traders and investors were seen accumulating some large cap stocks.

On Camera

Why Modi, BJP should worry about bad blood between CEC Gyanesh Kumar and Rahul Gandhi

If there is bad blood between the CEC and the Opposition leaders, it will shake the people’s faith in election results. It’s the worst thing that could happen to Indian democracy.

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?