Markets decline in early trade

Mixed cues from Asian markets added to the muted trend in domestic equities. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Equity benchmark indices declined in early trade on July 8 as investors opted to book profits after the recent record rally in equities. Mixed cues from Asian markets also added to the muted trend in domestic equities….

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FPIs take out ₹25,586 crore from equities in May on poll jitters, attractive valuations in China

Whenever the U.S. 10-year bond yields rose above 4.5%, FPIs sold in emerging markets like India and moved money to bonds.  | Photo Credit: S.R. Raghunathan Foreign investors pulled out a massive ₹25,586 crore from Indian equities in May due to uncertainty surrounding the outcome of general election and outperformance of Chinese markets. This was…

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Election result impact on market: How do markets look at election results?

Markets turn particularly volatile during and in the run-up to the election season. Speculations, psephologists’ analyses, exit polls and rhetoric, among other things— all bear the potential to shroud equity markets in political uncertainty. Investors have ideally preferred a stable government which would focus on spurring economic activity, industrialisation, managing the fiscal deficit, taxation policies…

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