he strong flows are on account of the positive bias towards emerging markets and because of strong third-quarter earnings thus far besides decreasing domestic COVID-19 cases

Sensex slumped 549 points or 1.11 per cent to 49,034 and Nifty tumbled 161 points or 1.11 per cent to 14,433

The sentiment in equity market is so bullish that in eight trading sessions of 2021, Sensex and Nifty have gained 3.76% or 1,793 points and 4.17% or 583.35 points, respectively.

Today's rally took the market cap on BSE higher by Rs 2.48 lakh crore

Experts expect that further rally in the market may need the economy to regain its mojo for which the Union Budget will prove to be a ideal platform

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Moderation in monetary policy and rising yields scenario is expected in 2HCY21, which will lead to mean reversion of valuations towards 10/15-year averages

ONGC stock touched an intraday high of Rs 101, rising 10.26% against previous close of Rs 91.60 on BSE. The stock has risen 8% in the last 3 days

Companies garner record profits in July-September after four quarters of decline as cost reductions and revival in economic activity boost balance sheets; manufacturing firms steal the show

FPIs pumped in Rs 44,378 crore in equities and Rs 5,175 crore in the debt segment, taking the total net investment to Rs 49,553 crore between November 3-20

Going forward, continuation of accommodative stance by global central banks may ensure flow of foreign investments into emerging markets including India

Tata Motors share, which fell to a 52-week low of Rs 63.60 on March 24, touched Rs 152 intra day today doubling investor wealth during the period

According to depositories data, the overseas investors pumped in Rs 40,262 crore into equities and Rs 1,068 crore in the debt segment between August 3 and August 21

The investment in July was lower than Rs 24,053 crore pumped in June as FPIs maintained a \"cautious stance\" while investing in India as coronavirus cases continued to surge

Himanshu Srivastava, associate director - manager research, Morningstar India said \"The surge in markets has been providing profit booking opportunities to them. In addition to that, many states have also been implementing fresh lockdown measure to curb rising coronavirus cases\".

The overseas investors pulled out a net Rs 2,210 crore from equities and Rs 657 crore from debt segment, taking the total net outflow to Rs 2,867 crore between July 1-10, according to the depositories data

It seems investors are sitting on boundaries in a wait-and-watch mode and traders are reaping gains from the volatility cycle in which the benchmark indices are stuck.

Saudi Arabia reportedly prepares to increase its crude production above 10 million barrels per day (bpd) in April, after the current deal to curb production expires at the end of March

While Sensex has clocked 7.17% fall since the beginning of this year, Nifty has fallen 7.94% during the period. On the contrary, things were very rosy five months ago. Analysts and brokerages were busy predicting new highs for Indian indices despite falling economic growth

Budget 2020: An increase in fiscal deficit target in view of the ongoing economic slowdown may not negatively impact the market since elevated level of expenditure is expected to result in higher demand in Indian economy