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technical indicators, including the 100-week exponential moving average (EMA) and the FII long-short ratio, are currently signalling the market may be oversold and poised for a potential short-term rebound. After a decline of 15% since October 1, Nifty gained 1.15% on Wednesday. The Nifty Midcap 150 and Nifty Smallcap 250 indices gained 2.43% and 2.71% respectively on Wednesday. Both indices plunged 20% and 25%, respectively, since October 1 through Tuesday.

oversold market after early indications that the US may soften its stance on trade tariffs. The NSE Nifty gained 1.15%, or 254 points, to finish at 22,337. The BSE Sensex rose 1.01%, or 740 points, to close at 73,730.

equity derivatives contracts to Monday from the long-established Thursday. A look at what could have prompted the country's largest exchange to alter them. Which are the contracts NSE has changed the expiry day?

entrepreneurship and innovation in family businesses and career choices. Next gen is apparently adopting an investor mindset, focusing on the family office and wealth preservation. This suggests heirs lack entrepreneurial ability. While this trend surely exists, understanding its root cause is key. Rather than viewing this shift as a lack of ambition or drive, the environment in which next gen is raised should be examined. Entrepreneurial spirit is not just inherited. Many times, it's cultivated. The mindset required to build and grow businesses does not emerge overnight. It develops through exposure, experience and a strong sense of purpose. Responsibility of grooming, nurturing and curating the entrepreneurial drive in next gen lies with old gen.

The rupee closed 0.3% higher at 86.9550 against the U.S. dollar, its best single-day gain since February 11.

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tax loss harvesting. This strategy can help reduce tax liability, which may be higher this year due to the government's hike in both short-term and long-term capital gains taxes. In the July 2024 budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman revised the STCG and LTCG rates, increasing the short-term capital gains tax from 15% to 20%. Shares held for less than 12 months will be subject to STCG.

«Also, if you looked at the number of stocks that were trading above the 500-day average that had dropped to single digits, almost 9% on Friday, and that was the lowest reading since COVID,» says Rohit Srivastava, Founder, Strike Money Analytics & Indiacharts. Give us a sense of the market move today, help us put this move in perspective because we have been beaten down for ten long consecutive sessions, the longest streak since the inception of Nifty and today that has reversed and how we are trading with gains of more than a percent and you believe that this was the bottom that we have reached and now it is all looking good for the markets going ahead. Rohit Srivastava: The probability of the Nifty having made a final low is very-very high and the reason for that is the very extremely oversold reading setup that we really were looking at in the market, multiple data points not just the positioning in the futures and options market from domestic institutions having built up the largest long positions since March of 2023 along with the highest short positioning that we saw from FIIs.

The benchmark 10-year yield was at 6.7401% as of 10:00 a.m. IST, compared with its previous close of 6.7447%. Earlier in the day, it had hit 6.7530%, its highest since January 20.

Jefferies, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley have shared their views on Varun Beverages, M&M Financial Services, and Polycab India, respectively, maintaining positive ratings and raising target prices.

Tata Group, is facing a brutal stock market rout in 2025, with its 24 listed companies collectively shedding a staggering Rs 8.2 lakh crore in market capitalization as relentless selling by FIIs continue to pull bluechip stocks down. The selloff, which has erased 24% of the group’s total value in the past six months, has been led by heavyweights TCS and Tata Motors, reflecting broad-based pressure across IT, autos, retail, and consumer sectors. From a towering Rs 34.77 lakh crore in early September last year, the most storied corporate empire’s valuation has now shrunk to Rs 26.5 lakh crore, shows data from ACE Equity.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Nifty 50 extended its losing streak for the 10th consecutive session on Tuesday despite a strong recovery from its early losses. Tracking global market cues, the index had a gap-down opening at 21,974 but quickly rebounded from the day's low, reclaiming 22,000 within the first hour of trading.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On 4 March, the Sensex and Nifty declined due to the impact of new US tariffs on major trading partners such as China, Canada, and Mexico. These tariffs unsettled global markets and hurt investor confidence.

«We have seen volumes drop by over 40% compared to last year's peak in the cash market,» said Sandip Raichura, CEO-retail broking and distribution at PL Capital. «This is due to first-time investors who are seeing their first correction and exiting, along with large clients like treasuries and HNIs (high networth individuals) unwilling to bet big in the current weak scenario.»

Advance Decline Ratio, widely used to gauge investor sentiment and market strength, in February was at 0.72 — the lowest reading in five years. A declining ADR means more stocks are falling as against the gainers and points to a weakening market. In January, the reading was 0.9, while in the period before October — when the market started declining, it was in the range of 1 to 1.28 on average.

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Gensol Engineering plummeted 20% on Tuesday to hit the lower circuit, closing at Rs 413.95 on the BSE, after CARE Ratings downgraded the company’s long-term and short-term bank facilities due to delays in servicing its term loan obligations. CARE Ratings downgraded Gensol Engineering’s long-term bank facilities worth Rs 639.7 crore to CARE D from CARE BB+ with a stable outlook. The rating agency also lowered ratings on other long-term and short-term facilities worth Rs 76.3 crore to CARE D from CARE BB+ and CARE A4+.

Benchmark NSE Nifty closed 36.65 points down at 22082.65 amid selling in frontline bluechip counters.

The imposition of U.S. trade tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico dampened risk appetite, triggering a decline in global stocks and bond yields. However, Asian currencies rose between 0.1% and 0.6%.

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