IPO rush: 6 offers to open in one day this week, first time in 30 years

The six IPOs opening on September 9 are Rentomojo, Asset Reconstruction Company (India), Manipal Payment & Identity Solutions, Steamhouse India, LCC Projects and Karamtara Engineering. India’s primary market is set for one of its most crowded weeks, with six mainboard initial public offerings (IPOs) scheduled to open for subscription on September 9. The last time…

Crypto vs gold vs stocks: Where should investors put money? Experts answer

Market experts broadly see equities as having the strongest structural case over the next decade. Bitcoin is up around 26 per cent in one month, and Gold prices are up 7.6 per cent in a month, putting the spotlight back on alternative investments as investors weigh the risk-reward trade-off between crypto, equities and gold. While…

Analysts see HAL, BEL as top beneficiaries of ₹1.1 trn defence buys

The government has approved a proposal to purchase about ₹1.1 trillion worth of military materiel, with 98 per cent of procurements to be made from Indian companies.   Defence stocks were in demand on Tuesday after the government cleared a proposal to purchase around ₹1.1 trillion worth of military materiel, ranging from radars to helicopters,…

Sensex falls 383 points, Nifty settles at 23,779; IT, metals among top drags

Among the major Sensex laggards were Infosys Ltd, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), State Bank of India (SBI), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS), Tata Steel Ltd, Eternal Ltd, UltraTech Cement Ltd and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. Indian equity benchmarks resumed their decline on Monday after a single-session pause, with selling pressure seen across IT, metals, realty…

One month into CAS: It didn’t break India’s options market. It exposed how narrow it is.

India’s new Closing Auction Session (CAS) has exposed a deeper structural issue in the derivatives market: extraordinary liquidity concentrated in a narrow universe of short-dated index options. The next stage of market development should focus not on weakening 0DTE products, but on building deeper liquidity.   For Nippon AMC, Nomura expects the flow share at…

Stock market prediction for Sept 4: What will happen to Sensex, Nifty, Bank Nifty, KOSPI, Nikkei on Friday

On September 3, the Indian stock market faced losses driven by fears of rising global interest rates and bond sell-offs. The Nifty and Sensex dropped, lasting a four-session losing streak, while broader market indices experienced recovery. The Indian stock market ended Thursday’s trading session, September 3, with losses amid fears that global central banks, led…

FIIs pile up 2.5 lakh index shorts; analysts decode Sep market outlook

Market analysts expect volatility to rise on either side of the market in September based on the F&O and historical market data. The Nifty 50 index started the September derivatives series on a shaky note, down 2.3 per cent or 548 points as of Wednesday’s low at 23,787. As of 10:45 AM, the index quoted…