Hong Kong : The blood has barely been wiped off the trading floors after last week’s tumbles on the Indian markets. But already, markets are off to another bloody start to the week. Nifty futures are again sharply down in early trades on Monday, testing the 5000 mark on very weak global cues after election results in Greece and France over the weekend, and tepid US employment data on Friday, busted investor sentiment. (More details here .) Listen to market audio: All across the region, trading boards are awash in red. As at 7.30 am IST, most of the indices are down in excess of 2 percent. Tokyo, returning from a holiday, is down the hardest, playing catch-up with last week’s falls: it’s now down in excess of 2.5 percent. Hong Kong is down about 2 percent, and Sydney about 1.5 percent. Shanghai is faring the best of the lot, down only about 0.2 percent. We’re probably looking at sharp losses when markets open in Mumbai today. Reuters Nifty futures are do...
While the Indian stockmarkets were not generous to investors (declined week-on-week), the rain gods gave a handful to Mumbai and as usual, the city choked during the last week! This did have an impact on the daily volumes traded, which was low in the first three days, only to gain momentum in the later half. Despite a weak start, there was selective buying interest in some sectors. But sentiment was dampened following the Prime Minister's decision to keep disinvestments of public sector units on hold (read Neyveli Lignite Corporation). This time, it was not only the 'Left' that was 'as usual' against the move, but also an important ally from Tamil Nadu (DMK). Incidentally, DMK was a strong supporter of disinvestments of PSUs under the erstwhile NDA government. Besides these domestic concerns, global factors such as North Korea testing missiles and renewed worries about interest rates increasing in Japan added to the nervousness. In this backdrop, it was a tug-of-war between the bulls and the bears with bears winning the battle towards the end of the week.
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