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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Nifty 50, India's benchmark index, declined by 420 points after US President Donald Trump announced an additional 10% tariff on China and a 25% duty on Canada and Mexico, triggering global trade war concerns among investors. After trading within a narrow range of 22,500–22,800 during a holiday-shortened week, the index fell sharply on Friday, closing around 22,125.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. • Cartrade Tech: Buy at ₹1,530, stop ₹1,505, target ₹1,650-1,690 After undergoing some profit booking, prices have slipped into a strong set of supports that are indicating that the trends are looking to head higher once again. With the strong rise seen on Friday some demand is emerging at lower levels.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Despite stocks, especially small caps, correcting steeply from their highs of September, markets could still undershoot on the downside as investor sentiment remains weak. However, they aren't likely to stay there for long, according to Mahesh Patil, chief investment officer of Aditya Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company Ltd.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s share markets are reeling from a significant sell-off, just completing a disastrous week and the fifth straight month of free fall. The decline is fuelled by global headwinds and a palpable sense of investor panic.

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Indian retail market is expected to reach over Rs 190 lakh crore by 2034 and retailers capable of embracing the country's diverse demographics and contrasting consumer behaviours stand to gain the most, according to a report. With distinct consumer groups, each with their own unique needs even within a city, retailers will need to recognise the different opportunities and pick sharply where they want to play to be successful in 'Bharat' and 'India', said the report prepared jointly by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and the Retailers Association of India (RAI). The retail market in India reached a size of Rs 82 lakh crore in 2024, up from Rs 35 lakh crore in 2014, growing at over 8.9 per cent in the last decade, driven by the India's economic growth and an increasingly discerning and diverse consumer base, said the report titled 'Winning in Bharat & India: The Retail Kaleidoscope'. India's consumption growth trajectory has been secular, barring during the COVID-19 pandemic and it is set to witness the highest growth in consumption between 2024-2034, it noted.

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L Catterton India and former Managing Director HUL, Sanjiv Mehta said on Saturday. He also said that the India-focussed joint venture that he formed with global investment firm L Catterton's Asian arm to develop a new investment vehicle is primarily focused on consumers, which is his «sweet spot… „If you look at the investment journey, this entire private equity journey, it starts with identifying where you want to invest. Then you look at identifying what could be your potential investment in a portfolio company. Then you decide the timing of investment and how much to invest. Then it is the classical creation of value. And the value is what I described, how technology will reshape value creation,“ Mehta said at the Mumbai Tech Week, which concluded here on Saturday. Noting that the last thing is determining when to exit, he said that's the whole value chain of private equity.

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Pi Coin plunged over 20% on Friday, hitting an intraday low of $2.26 before recovering to $2.41, still down 12% for the day. The decline came amid a broader crypto market sell-off, which pressured investor sentiment. Bitcoin fell below $80,000, touching a 3.5-month low as uncertainty over US President Donald Trump's tariff plans, crypto regulations, and a $1.5 billion Ethereum hack rattled markets. Ethereum dropped 7%, while XRP, BNB, and Solana also posted sharp losses.

Power Finance Corporation (PFC) shares will be in focus on Friday after the company signed an initial agreement to provide Rs 26,800 crore in financing to Madhya Pradesh’s power utilities. This funding will support capital expenditure projects for entities such as Madhya Pradesh Power Generation Company Ltd (MPPGCL), Madhya Pradesh Power Transmission Company Ltd (MPPTCL), and the state’s distribution companies (discoms), PFC said in a statement.

Kernex Microsystems shares will be in focus on Friday after the company announced that South Eastern Railway has issued a letter of acceptance (LoA) to the Kernex-MRT consortium for a Rs 325.33-crore contract to supply, install, test, and commission the Kavach safety system across 688 RKM in the Kharagpur and Chakradharpur divisions. «We would like to inform you that 'South Eastern Railways, Kolkata' has issued a Letter of Acceptance (LoA) to the KERNEX-MRT CONSORTIUM for the project, namely, the supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of Kavach on GO & GO routes (688 RKM), including associated works in sections of the Kharagpur and Chakradharpur divisions of South Eastern Railway,» the company said in an exchange filing.

Tata Power will be in focus on Friday after the company announced that its solar manufacturing arm, TP Solar, has secured an order worth Rs 632 crore to supply 292.5 MWp solar modules to the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). This order, awarded under the CPSU Scheme Tranche-III, involves the delivery of high-quality DCR (Domestic Content Requirement) modules to a site in Ramagiri, Andhra Pradesh.

market fatigue, particularly for retail traders. However, Rohit Srivastava, Founder of Strike Money Analytics & Indiacharts, believes the market may be nearing a bottom, based on historical and seasonal trends, as he stated in a discussion on ET Now.

Christy Mathai of Quantum MF, in a discussion on ET Now, outlined his views on which sectors appear vulnerable to further correction and which ones present attractive opportunities at current valuations.

Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras could bring forward investments in the future if it leads to higher oil production earlier, Chief Executive Magda Chambriard told journalists during a presentation of the 2024 financial results. On Wednesday the firm reported higher-than-expected investments for 2024 in its fourth-quarter results release, surprising analysts and leading to a dip in the share price on Thursday.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On 27 February, global cues dictated the trends in the market. Indian equity indices, the Sensex and Nifty, concluded the trading day with minimal changes, as their movements were relatively flat throughout the day.