VIX: Fear gauge surges to 14-month high as poll heat grips D-Street

Mumbai: India’s Volatility Index, or VIX, a fear gauge of the stock market, surged to a 14-month high fuelled by growing expectations of sharp swings in equities in the run-up to the outcome of the general elections early in June. The index, which gained 2.7% on Tuesday to close at 17.05, has gained over 35% … Read more

D-Street: When Bharat places a buy on India, D-Street can thank discount brokers

Mumbai: Access to Dalal Street is no longer the exclusive preserve of Mumbai’s richer neighbourhoods or old-money Kolkata. Discount brokers, which began democratising equity exposure a decade ago, have since harnessed the mobile data revolution to tell India’s eye-popping growth story to ordinary savers in Madurai, Moradabad or Mangaluru – and wrest a three-fifths share … Read more

nifty50: Where is Nifty50 headed in April? See what history has to tell about D-Street action

After an overwhelming show in FY24, domestic equities look poised to kickstart the new financial year on a good note and test new highs, as capital flows remain buoyant and the underlying factors conducive for the bulls to keep their foot ahead of the bears on Dalal Street. Benchmark Nifty50 bid goodbye to FY24 after … Read more

multibaggers: Turnaround story: 40 smallcaps that lost over 30% in FY23, turn multibaggers in FY24

MUMBAI: Undoubtedly, the current financial year has been a remarkable one for the little ninjas of Dalal Street – smallcap stocks – as we saw as many as 181 of them turning multibaggers. What’s worth noting is that more than 100 of these smallcap stocks went through a bad phase in the preceding financial year. … Read more

Broking staff likely to get generous increments, bonuses on D-Street high

MUMBAI: Brokerage executives and the thousands of bright young people that run Mumbai’s buzzing dealing rooms and research, sales and product desks will likely get record incentive payouts and bonuses this year, matching the handsome rewards for both D-Street veterans and recent converts to the equity culture through a period of unprecedented gains for India’s … Read more

Mahadev betting app scam: 19 smallcap stocks crash up to 37% this month

Investors in multiple smallcap and penny stocks, in which entities involved in the multi-crore Mahadev Online Book illegal betting application scam held a stake, have lost up to 37% this month. While Dubai-based alleged hawala operator Hari Shankar Tibrewala and related entities owned more than 30 listed stocks, at least 6 of them have been … Read more

PSU bank stocks ride past private sector peers in 2024, but how long will good days last?

MUMBAI – Private banks, which have always been the favourites of institutional investors, lost the spot to public sector banks who are touching the sky riding on retail bulls. So far in 2024, all public sector banks have given double-digit returns to investors. On the contrary, private sector banks have seen single to double-digit fall … Read more

Sensex: Bubble bath on Dalal Street: Small, midcaps catch a cold

Mumbai: Indian equity benchmarks tumbled nearly 1.5% on Wednesday, defying Wall Street’s overnight gains, as investors spooked by the recent freefall in small-cap and mid-cap stocks rushed to offload riskier holdings. Brokers pushed traders to liquidate bets in smaller shares bought on loans following the capital market regulator’s recent warnings of ‘froth’ and ‘bubble’ in … Read more

These 7 smallcap superstars turn Dolly Khanna Rs 300 crore wealthier in just over 2 months

MUMBAI – While there is a lot of hullabaloo around the insane rally in smallcap stocks on Dalal Street in the last few months, some of the stock market superstars have made big bucks on their bets in a short period of time and Dolly Khanna is one among them. A double-digit rally in seven … Read more

Rs 30,000 crore boost! FII dollars chased 8 sectors in February, but one remained unlucky

MUMBAI – With the pace of selling by foreign portfolio investors slowing down significantly on Dalal Street in February compared to January, eight sectors got lucky to witness cumulative inflows of more than Rs 30,000 crore. However, the unlucky one was financial services, as stocks in this sector continued to be dumped by the big … Read more