J.P.Morgan recommends going long Federal Bank but shorting HDFC Bank. Says recent deviations in the two stocks is unjustified given the lack of fundamental reasons for the move. "We find in this

The market fell on Monday on the news that Macquarie Asia Hedge Fund was exiting the Indian derivatives market due to its anticipation of tax incidence in 2012-13. The exit triggered further selling

Ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala intends to reduce the number of companies in his portfolio to a third over the next two or three years, to reduce risk. “I have decided to trim my portfolio.

NIFTY Current: 5,189 (April futures: 5,217) Target: NA The index was tightly ranged through settlement and closed weak. A big session could move it till 5,100 or 5,300. Stop-loss shorts at 5,250.

The week of April 23 to April 27 is being celebrated as Capital Market week. Any capital market without investors seems funny, but slowly and steadily the so-called 'retail investor' is being ousted

With the slump in real estate market and television ratings, DLF, the country's largest real estate developer, is unlikely to continue with the title sponsorship of the Indian Premier League,

Volumes in Nifty sharply picked up by the end of the session due to trading tied to the expiry of futures contracts, changing course from the earlier drift towards their lowest since mid-July.

Onshore bonds of quasi-sovereign financials and corporates such as Power Finance Corp and Indian Railway Finance Corp will find it harder to attract foreign investments after S&P cut the

Barclays Capital said current spreads between India's call fixing and repo rate reflects market pricing for a 25 basis points cut in July, followed by one in October. This spread is unlikely to ease

Near-month Nifty futures contracts down 0.1 percent, in line with spot markets, ahead of their expiry at the end of the session on Thursday. So far about 60.3 percent of positions have been rolled