With investors shifting their focus to China, the momentum of flows into India-focused offshore funds has taken a sharp hit this month. Besides, weak domestic earnings growth also led global investors to rethink their short-term fund deployment strategy. The average weekly inflows into these funds in October have been $138 million, less than half of
Foreign investors have been aggressively unwinding their total return swap ((TRS) positions, which are mostly unhedged, due to the volatility in global bond yields ahead of the US presidential elections, traders said. In addition, with the rupee breaching the crucial mark of 84/$, foreign investors have resorted to booking profits. For a second week in
By Ajit Mishra The markets remained under pressure for the third consecutive week, losing nearly half a per cent as the corrective phase continued. While the benchmark indices initially showed signs of recovery, persistent selling by FIIs and a lacklustre start to the earnings season weighed on sentiment, turning the bias negative. A recovery in
By Anand James FIIs increased their Future Index Long positions by 0.65% on Friday, while reducing their Future Index Short positions by 2.02%. Despite being feeble, the rise in index future longs is noteworthy, as it is the first such increase, since 27th September. Meanwhile, there is no reason to go overboard on the prospects
Tata Consumer Products shares tumbled almost 10% to an intra-day low of Rs 986.35. The stock fell a day after it reported weak Q2 FY25 earnings numbers. The company reported a net profit of Rs 359.3 crore in the second quarter of FY25 Vs Rs 338 crore posted in the same quarter last fiscal. The company’s revenue
Deepak Builders and Engineers IPO was fully booked within two hours of the launch, which was primarily driven by the retail investors, subscribing the issue 1.7 times. The non-institutional investors booked the issue 0.69 times while the qualitative institutional booked the issue zero times. The company received bids worth Rs 181.92 crore from investors. The
Go to Live UpdatesWaaree Energies ipo Live: The initial public offering (IPO) of Waaree Energies has officially opened for subscription today, featuring a fresh equity sale of Rs 3,600 crore alongside an offer for sale (OFS) of 48 lakh shares. The subscription period will run until October 23. Prior to the opening, the company successfully
Multi Commodity Exchange rose 1.8% to hit a fresh 52-week high of Rs 6,680 a day after the commodity major swung into black. The company reported a net profit of Rs 153.6 crore in the second quarter of the current financial year compared to a loss of Rs 19.1 crore in the same quarter a
The Indian equity market has been rather volatile in the last couple of months, with the benchmark indices experiencing steep declines. While the market has finally staged a remarkable rebound in March 2025 (gaining nearly 6%), it would be imprudent to be complacent and think that markets have bottomed out. The U.S. President Donald Trump’s
President Donald Trump announced tariffs on Wednesday against major U.S. trading partners that were more aggressive than anticipated, sending shockwaves through global markets as investors worried the duties would stall the global economy, hit corporate earnings and stoke inflation. The market reaction was sweeping as Trump said he would impose a 10% baseline tariff on
The Indian IT services sector is likely to face challenges in FY26 due to increasing regulatory and economic uncertainties linked to the policies of the US administration under the presidency of Donald Trump. Analysts believe that pauses in IT budgets by corporate clients, combined with these uncertainties, could delay the industry’s recovery. The proposed tariffs
Flipkart Internet, the marketplace arm of Walmart-owned e-commerce major Flipkart, has received Rs 3,249 crore from its parent entity based in Singapore. The board at Flipkart has issued 470,773 equity shares at an issue price of Rs 69,014.7 each on a right issue basis to raise Rs 3,249 crore from Flipkart Marketplace Private Limited (Singapore)
By Amit Chadha For decades, India was the nerve centre of IT services, revolutionising how businesses worldwide operate. But over the past few years, a new wave of transformation has been underway — one that redefines India’s position on the global innovation map. Engineering R&D (ER&D) is becoming the backbone of India’s growth story, driving
