Nearly one-third stocks with market capitalisation over Rs 1,000 crore posted negative returns in 2020; among the worst performers, negative returns till December 16 this year ranged between 52 per cent and 78.3 per cent

India Stock Market Highlights Today: In today's session, Sensex hit an all-time high of 47,026 and Nifty logged a lifetime high of 13,772.

The worst performers were Future Lifestyle Fashions, Future Retail, Suven Life Sciences, Future Consumer, YES Bank, GE Power and Federal-Mogul Goetze (India) that witnessed price erosion between 52 and 78.3 per cent from January 01 to December 16, 2020

The equity market has seen a roller coaster ride. Most investors are likely to have found it too adventurous. They would have looked to exit the market in the first opportunity

Clearly, India and the US have come a long way from the trauma and blunders of the 1971 War. The US needs India to contain China and New Delhi realises that without a multi-pronged thrust, the dragon will grow into a hulking threat across the Himalayas.

The small cap stock has logged 30.59% gains during the period taking into account today's intra day high of 14.29 on the BSE. On December 28, the stock stood  at 10.95 level.

The m-cap of the BSE-listed companies slumped by Rs 7,25,401.31 crore to Rs 1,44,48,465.69 crore this year.

While the Sensex closed 8  points lower at 36,068, Nifty ended two points in the green at 10,862.

The gains of Indian markets were minimised by several stocks from the benchmark indices which eroded investor wealth this year. Here's a look at eight stocks which lost over 90% since the beginning of this year.

In the past three years, the bank's advances grew even faster at 27.85 per cent CAGR, while in 2015/16 it grew by 29.99 per cent, according to BT-KPMG study. Growth in deposits clocked 18.61 per cent CAGR in the three-year period, but picked up pace in 2015/16 to 22.53 per cent.

Software major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has emerged as the biggest wealth creator over the past five years, while Reliance Industries and RCom top the list of companies where investors lost the most in terms of market capitalisation, says a study.

The public offerings of 2011 proved to be bigger wealth destroyers than the overall stock market, with erosion of nearly one-third value of the total issue size of Rs 14,112 crore.

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The Indian public doesn’t do things in halves — at least when it comes to cricket and cricketers.