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The Exchange Is Joining the Index. Wipro Is Leaving It. That Swap Says More Than Any Day's Close.
NSE Indices will swap BSE Ltd into the Nifty 50 and drop Wipro out on 30 September. Strip away the mechanics and it is a plain statement about which businesses India's market now considers large — and which one used to be.
Seven IPO Books Are Open at Once and the Nifty Is Opening Down 43
GIFT Nifty pointed to a lower open on Tuesday as US-Iran hopes faded and crude held near $88. Underneath it: seven IPO books taking bids simultaneously and 60-plus companies reporting Q1.
India's 2026 Oil Shock vs 2022 vs 2008: The Barrel Is Cheaper and the Damage Is Worse
Brent is nowhere near its 2008 or 2022 peaks. India's crude import bill just hit a record $49.66 billion in a single quarter anyway. The three shocks are not comparable, and the reason is what makes 2026 the dangerous one.
This Week, Someone Rewrote the Rules on Price: India's New Closing Bell, Xiaomi's Twin Phones, and the Sneaker Bubble Popping
Three completely unrelated industries spent this week doing the same thing: quietly rewriting who gets to decide what something is actually worth. On Dalal Street, it was a regulator retooling the…
Sensex Jumped 626 Points Today — the Real Story Was a Pipeline in the Middle East, Not Mumbai
Indian equities opened Wednesday's session like someone had flipped a switch. The Sensex zoomed 626.43 points to open at 79,055.38, the Nifty added 54.3 points to clear 24,650, and by mid-morning the…
Sensex vs Nifty: Why India's Two Benchmarks Have Disagreed for Four Straight Days
For as long as most Indian investors have been watching screens, the Sensex and the Nifty have been two ways of saying the same thing. One tracks 30 stocks on the BSE, the other tracks 50 on the NSE…
Market Close August 6: PSU Banks and Defence Carried the Day — the Nifty Barely Noticed
Thursday's session was a study in how misleading a headline index number can be.
RBI Held the Line on Rates Today — But the Number That Actually Moved Markets Was Inflation
The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee did exactly what the market expected today — left the repo rate untouched at 5.25% for a fourth straight meeting. That part was never really in…
The Index Barely Moved. The Smallcaps Hit a Record. That Gap Is the Actual Story of the Week.
Look only at the headline numbers and last week reads as a shrug. Look one level down and it was one of the more lopsided weeks of the year.
Nifty Closed the Week at 24,570. Twelve IPOs Are About to Test Whether It Can Hold There.
Markets are shut for the weekend, but the setup for Monday is already written on the tape — and it's more crowded than a normal week-ahead.
This Week, the Story Got Tested: A Draft Rule Erased ₹33,000 Crore, Google Priced In a Missing Sensor, and a $1,000 Sneaker Retailed for $215
Most weeks, the story behind a price is something you take on faith — a company says a feature is worth the premium, a brand says a shoe is worth the wait, a market says a stock is worth the…
The Nifty Moved 13 Points. Underneath It, 2,226 Stocks Fell — and Three IPO Books Failed to Fill.
The benchmarks closed flat on Monday. Breadth was a dead heat, PSU banks fell 1.67%, SBI dropped on a beat, and three of four open IPO books were undersubscribed at close.
Crude Under $80, an RBI Presser, and a 650-Point Round Trip — How Wednesday's Session Actually Played Out
The Sensex opened Wednesday up 626 points. By early afternoon, while traders were still digesting RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra's post-policy press conference, it had given almost all of that back…
Sensex, Nifty Snap Four-Day Rally as India's Markets Get a New Closing Bell
Four days of gains, gone in one session. The Sensex slipped 210 points to close at 78,428.95 and the Nifty 50 dropped 159 points to 24,614.90 on Tuesday, and the timing could not have been more…
The Sensex Rally Just Changed Character — From Oil and Rate Bets to Reliance and SBI Earnings
The Sensex closed Thursday up 374 points at 78,954.76, and the Nifty held above 24,600, extending a rally that started with easing crude prices and an RBI rate hold earlier in the week. But look at…
The RBI Just Took Aim at Shadow Banking's Favorite Product — and Bajaj Finance Paid For It
The Sensex closed down 455.59 points at 78,499.17 on Friday, and the Nifty slipped 65.35 points to 24,570.65, with financial stocks doing almost all the damage. Bajaj Finance was the single biggest…
The RBI Just Turned More Optimistic on Growth. The Market Fell the Next Day Anyway.
For three days this week, the domestic story was as good as it's been in months. Then oil showed up and overrode it.