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Exit the dragon: MSCI EM ex-China assets top $11 bn as pessimism grows

India stands to benefit most from increasing flows into index excluding China

Rupee climbs over six-month high on inflows, stronger Asian peers

The rupee was also helped by strength in its Asian peers amid a drop in US Treasury yields. The Korean won climbed 0.8 per cent and the Indonesian rupiah advanced 0.4 per cent

Jefferies' 7 predictions for the next 7 years for the Japanese markets

Nikkei 225 index hit the 40,000 mark for the first time ever on Monday, continuing its bull-run that saw the index reclaim its 1989 peak of 34,000 levels in February

Trump 2.0: A recipe for N Asian market getting shellacked, not India

BIDEN BOUNCE VS TRUMP SLUMP: Nomura weighs in on the potential fallout for AxJ stocks

Asian fund managers more bullish on equities: Bank of America Survey

The return expectations are based on above-par earnings and supportive policy

Asian buyers struggle with high price of onions after India's export ban

The world's biggest exporter of onions banned shipments on Dec. 8 after domestic prices more than doubled in three months following a drop in production.

UBS is underweight on Indian equities within EM/Asia: Sunil Tirumalai

Valuations in India, he said in this interview, are pricing a lot more 'sentiment' premium than what fundamentals of the stocks can explain

Sensex sinks 826 pts, Nifty ends below 19,300; SmallCap index slides 4%

Stock market live on October 23, 2023: At 7:15 am, the Gift Nifty futures were nearly flat at 19,520 levels

Sensex rebounds 173 pts on buying in Reliance Industries, L&T, ITC

The Nifty gained 51.75 points to end at 19,716.45. It moved between a low of 19,554 and a high of 19,730.70 in day trading

We need to get over syndrome that 'West is the bad guy': S Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said the West was not the "bad guy" as it was not flooding Asian and African markets with goods on a massive scale and that there was a need to get over the "syndrome" of seeing it in a negative way. Jaishankar, in an interview to Malayalam news channel Asianet, also made it clear that he was not batting for the West. He was in Thiruvananthapuram as part of the launch of the PM Vishwakarma scheme. "It is not the West which is flooding Asia and Africa with goods on a massive scale. I think we need to get over the syndrome of the past that the West is the bad guy and on the other side are the developing countries. The world is more complicated, the problems are much more complicated than that," the minister said. Former Indian diplomat T P Sreenivasan interviewed the minister for the channel. On being asked whether Chinese President Xi Jinping did not attend the G20 summit in New Delhi because it did not want India to be seen as leader

Analysts turn cautious on Asian markets; India remains an outlier

Indian markets, analysts believe, are an outlier and can still justify expensive valuations amid a likely recovery in corporate earnings going ahead

Sensex down for 2nd day, dips 365 pts; Nifty near 19,400; all but PSBs fall

CLOSING BELL ON AUGUST 11, 2023: 14 out of the Sensex 30 stocks declined over a per cent each, while HCL Tech gained 3 per cent on Friday.

Sensex zooms 340 pts, ends near 65,800; Nifty tests 19500; auto stocks lead

Closing Bell on July 6, 2023: This was the Nifty50 index's eighth straight session of gains

Sensex rallies 467 pts, Nifty tops 18,800; RIL, HDFC duo lead, IT caps gain

CLOSING BELL ON JUNE 16, 2023: At the high point of the day, the Sensex was just 63 points shy from its record high, and the Nifty 22 points; Debutant IKIO ends at 42 per cent premium over issue price

Mkts dip ahead of vote on US debt ceiling, benchmark indices shed 0.5% each

Indices snap their four-day winning streak; MSCI rejig adds to volatility

Currencies in limbo amid Labour Day holiday in most Asian markets

Weighing on risk sentiment on Monday was the unexpected contraction in China's manufacturing activity in April

Troubled Silicon Valley startup bank spooks share markets, bonds rally

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 1.3% to a two-month low, with banks and Hong Kong tech stocks leading losses, while London and European futures each slid more than 1%

Strong data on US economy fuels bull-run in European and Asian markets

Shares were mostly higher Monday in Europe and Asia after strong data on the U.S. economy sent Wall Street to its best close in six weeks. Germany's DAX gained 0.4% to 15,644.08 and the CAC 40 in Paris was up 0.7% at 7,397.31. London's FTSE 100 edged 0.1% lower to 7,941.38. The future for the S&P 500 gained 0.2% while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.2%. On Friday, the S&P 500 rose 1.6% to cap its first winning week in the last four as easing yields in the bond market relieved pressure on Wall Street. It's found some stability following a swift rise and fall to start the year. The Dow industrials climbed 1.2%, while the Nasdaq composite jumped 2%. In Asian trading Monday, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 0.2% to 20,603.19 and the Shanghai Composite index lost 0.2% to 3,322.03. At the annual session of China's rubberstamp legislature, the government set this year's economic growth target at around 5% as it tries to rebuild business activity following the end .

Sensex rises 445 pts from day's low to end flat; Adani FPO fully subscribed

CLOSING BELL: Broader markets, too, remained upbeat throughout the day as Nifty MidCap 100 and Nifty SmallCap 100 outperformed benchmark indices to close up to 2 per cent

World shares inch higher, many Asian markets closed for Lunar New Year

Shares were higher Monday in Europe and in Asia, where most markets were closed for the Lunar New Year holiday. Germany's DAX edged 0.1 per cent higher, to 15,058.49 while the CAC 40 in Paris also gained 0.1 per cent to 7,002.30. Britain's FTSE 100 added 0.2 per cent to 7,786.30. The future for the S&P 500 lost less than 0.1 per cent while the future for the Dow industrials was unchanged. In Asia, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index added 1.3 per cent to 26,906.04 as investors shrugged off Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki's comments that Japan is facing an unprecedentedly severe" financial situation after spending heavily to counter the pandemic and other troubles. Finances are the cornerstone of a country's trust," Suzuki told lawmakers in parliament. We must secure fiscal space under normal circumstances to safeguard trust in Japan and people's livelihoods in times of crisis." Japan's national debt, already more than twice its gross domestic product, has grown further as the government has