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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
TopicStock markets

Topic: Stock markets

Meet 20-year-old stock trader Rithvik Thammareddy who beat Nifty50

Rithvik said was he was able to achieve such a record due to a single stock, Tata Investment Corporation, which appreciated almost 52% compared to 23% of Nifty Index last year.

Sensex surges 1333 points as ruling BJP races ahead in 4 out of 5 state assembly elections

Mumbai: The Indian equities markets benchmark Sensex surged 1333 points on Thursday as early trends showed BJP leading in four out of five state...

How to make sense of market forecasts in wartime

It's not the responsibility of Wall Street to come out with better forecasts. The responsibility is on the end users to spend a few hours digging into the research.

Sensex tumbles 2,702 points, biggest decline since March 2020, amid Russia-Ukraine conflict

Gold and crude oil prices surged, with the latter rising above $105 a barrel. Markets in Asia and Europe were also deep in the negative territory.

Why Federal Reserve will no longer have pandemic-era investors’ backs

Inflation is top of mind for all leaders in Washington and US President Joe Biden, whose approval ratings are sliding, appears less inclined to count on hope as a strategy.

World’s biggest asset manager BlackRock trimming investments in India, more optimistic on China

BlackRock has rejigged its Asia-focused portfolios to have more neutral positions on China, up from underweight, and narrowed its underweight call on internet services companies.

India’s gold & FD-loving ‘aam aadmi’ is not only shifting to stocks but also investing better

NSE study shows retail investors are dominating India’s stock market since the first Covid-19 lockdown and investing more and more money in diversified portfolios.

IPO frenzy pushes SEBI to propose tighter listing rules on investor exit, cash raised

The proposals from SEBI come as the country is set for a record year for IPOs and follow the RBI's decision to impose limits on borrowers seeking to buy shares of a new listing.

Hope of continued Covid stimulus, economic recovery pushes Sensex, Nifty to record highs

The run-up in stocks comes ahead of the RBI's monetary policy Friday, where interest rates are expected to be left at an all-time low even as inflation rises.

China’s big tech crackdown means a bad summer for investors everywhere

What happens in China now has major ramifications far beyond its nearby Asian economies. It’s becoming a major inflection point for global investors to evaluate Chinese and China-linked assets.

On Camera

India has 30 days to pull off fast reform. Hold crash meeting of Centre & state

In India, we are accustomed to glacial change. We love appointing Committees to ‘look into’ reform. Unfortunately for us, the rest of the world moves fast.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.