Sensex crash: Caution, stock market volatility ahead!
With bourses' sharp fall, equity analysts suggest investors should look at allocating fresh capital in tranches, and utilise the stock-specific volatility to form equity portfolios.
With bourses' sharp fall, equity analysts suggest investors should look at allocating fresh capital in tranches, and utilise the stock-specific volatility to form equity portfolios.
In a matter of 41 trading days, since the last life-high on February 16, the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has caused between 8% -9.8% correction in the benchmark equity indices until April 19.
The recent surge in Covid-19 infections, the central bank says, adds uncertainty to the outlook on domestic growth as restrictions could dampen demand improvement and delay the return of normalcy.
Though equity MFs witnessed the seventh consecutive month of net outflows in January, AMFI's chief executive says investors will continue to tap MFs as a handy route for wealth creation.
Gold exchange traded funds added a record 877 tonnes during 2020, nearly 231 tonnes more than the 2009 record of 646 tonnes. Experts argue much of gold's growth drivers will continue in 2021 too.
The slide continued through the week, though at a slower pace and also with some recovery. The Sensex ended Friday’s trade 2.39% lower from the previous day’s close. The Nifty 50 closed 2.06% lower.
Since April 2001 foreign exchange reserves grew 11.15 times to $476.09 billion in mid-February; the RBI may add $21 billion more by March 2021, according to a BofA Securities report.
The markets seem to have overcome over Budget blues as the benchmark Sensex rallied over 900 points on Tuesday.
The Sensex closes up 66.40 points at 39,112.74, while Nifty 50 ends nearly flat at 11691.45, after volatile trading session.