Sankaran Naren, Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer of ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund, has cautioned investors against treating silver as a long-term asset class, saying the white metal behaves more like a small-cap stock and carries significantly higher risk. Speaking at the MFD Galaxy 16th Knowledge Summit 2026, Naren said that while silver can deliver…
The Indian stock market has crashed amid the turbulence triggered by the US–Iran war in the Middle East, soaring crude oil prices and tariff tensions as investors are grappling with heightened volatility across classes. In an interview with livemintAvinash Agarwal, Head–Equity at Bandhan Life, shares his views on navigating uncertain markets amid the US-Iran war,…
The war in the Middle East escalated sharply on Monday, intensifying fears of a prolonged and destabilizing conflict. The killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, combined with sustained military strikes and no visible diplomatic exit plan, has significantly raised geopolitical risk. Israel and the United States targeted Iranian missile infrastructure and naval assets,…
Indian stock market benchmark indices Nifty 50 and Sensex have been muted in February so far, swinging between gains and losses amid positive and negative cues. While the finalization of US-India trade deal as well as US-EU deal were positive triggers, rising dollar and geopolitical tensions between US and Iran have kept the gains capped….
India VIX, the volatility index, slipped below the 12 mark during Tuesday’s intraday session, even as benchmark indices — Nifty 50 and BSE Sensex — traded largely flat with a positive bias. India VIX, often referred to as the market’s “fear gauge,” measures the expected short-term volatility in the Indian equity market over the next…
The Indian stock market extended its rally for the third straight session on Tuesday, with the benchmark Sensex surging above 84,300 level, and the Nifty 50 hovering near 26,000 level. The Sensex was up 380.13 points, or 0.45%, at 84,445.88, while the Nifty 50 traded 113.75 points, or 0.44%, higher at 25,981.05. Bank Nifty index…
Budget 2026: Morgan Stanley said it remains ‘overweight’ on Indian equities after the Union Budget 2026 announcements on February 1. As per the global brokerage, the Union Budget 2026 carefully balances fiscal consolidation with growth support. It observed that the Budget blends cyclical recovery measures with long-term structural reforms that could strengthen India’s medium-term growth…
Stock market crash: Several headwinds in the form of tepid corporate earnings, rising geopolitical tensions, and sustained foreign investor outflows hit the Indian stock market on Tuesday, resulting in a broad-based selloff. Today’s stock market crash pushed the Sensex and Nifty to over three-month lows after falling 1.28% and 1.38%, respectively. The selloff was far…
