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Stock Market LIVE Updates: GIFT Nifty signals gap-up open for India mkts; RIL, Maruti Suzuki Q4 eyed
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Stock Market LIVE Updates: UBS drops long-held bearish view on Indian market, downgrades Hong Kong
Stock Market LIVE Updates: UBS Group AG has shifted its stance on Indian stocks, moving from a bearish outlook to a neutral position as it adjusts its strategy amid global trade uncertainties.
Strategists, including Sunil Tirumalai, noted in a Thursday report that the brokerage is increasingly optimistic about the South Asian market, driven by rising demand for defensive and domestically-focused stocks. READ MORE
8:47 AM
Stock Market LIVE Updates: Equity mutual funds lag on risk-adjusted basis during five-year period
Stock Market LIVE Updates: Over the five-year period from 2020 to 2025, one in three equity mutual fund (MF) schemes has outperformed its benchmark on a risk-adjusted basis, as indicated by their information ratios (IRs)—a performance metric that fund houses have only recently begun publishing.
The IR assesses how efficiently an investment manager generates excess returns relative to a benchmark while accounting for the risk taken.
Typically, IR values range from -1.5 to 1.5, with higher numbers reflecting stronger fund manager performance. READ MORE
8:38 AM
Stock Market LIVE Updates: Private investment in India remains sluggish, particularly in sectors vital for enhancing the economy's productivity, such as manufacturing and machinery, said Krishna Srinivasan, director of the Asia and Pacific department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), during a press conference.
'We are concerned about private investment, which continues to be lackluster… For India to achieve its goal of becoming a developed economy by 2047, private investment must gather stronger momentum,' Srinivasan emphasised.
On Tuesday, the IMF lowered its FY26 growth forecast for India by 30 basis points to 6.2 per cent, attributing the revision to rising trade tensions and global economic uncertainty in its latest World Economic Outlook. READ MORE
8:27 AM
Stock Market LIVE Updates: Expect India to strike first trade pact: US Treasury Secy Scott Bessent
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Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty may stay 23,700-24,600 range next week: What's best trading strategy?
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Stock Market LIVE Updates: Trade set-up, April 25: Nifty strategy amid RIL, Maruti Q4, Pahalgam news
Stock Market LIVE Updates: India's stock markets today may navigate a mix of buoyant global sentiment and rising bilateral tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack. As of 7:15 AM, GIFT Nifty futures were up 154 points, trading at 24,528.
On Thursday, markets ended their seven-day winning streak, closing lower. Profit booking in Indian equities occurred even as foreign institutional investors (FIIs) made their largest stock purchases since March 27. On April 24, FIIs/FPIs acquired shares worth ₹8,250.5 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) recorded net sales of ₹534.5 crore.
7:57 AM
Stock Market LIVE Updates: Asia Pacific markets climb
Stock Market LIVE Updates: Markets in the Asia-Pacific region were higher. Japan's Nikkei 225 was higher by 1.43 per cent, and Topix had climbed 1.12 per cent.
South Korea's Kospi was ahead by 0.69 per cent, and the smallcap Kosdaq was higher by 0.50 per cent.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was ahead by 0.84 per cent, while mainland China's CSI 300 was higher by 0.47 per cent.
Australian markets are closed today for Anzac Day holiday.
7:49 AM
Stock Market LIVE Updates: Wall Street closes higher
Stock Market LIVE Updates: US stocks closed higher in the previous session. The S&P 500 gained 2.03 per cent to close at 5,484.77, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite added 2.74 per cent to finish at 17,166.04, and the Dow Jones climbed 1.23 per cent to end at 40,093.40.
Futures linked to the S&P 500 were 0.37 per cent higher, while Nasdaq-100 futures gained 0.49 per cent. However, Dow Jones futures were around the flatline, down 0.03 per cent.
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