The International Data Corporation (IDC) on Monday said the wearable device market shrank for the second straight quarter as Indians bought fewer smartwatches, earphones and other gadgets.
At close, the Sensex was down 820.97 points or 1.03% at 78,675.18, and the Nifty was down 257.80 points or 1.07% at 23,883.50.
At close, the Sensex was up 9.83 points or 0.01 per cent at 79,496.15, and the Nifty was down 6.90 points or 0.03 per cent at 24,141.30.
The market outlook for next week will be guided by key macroeconomic data and the last round of Q2 earnings.
Last week, nine of the top 10 most valued firms together lost a whopping Rs 2,09,952.26 crore from market valuation. Hindustan Unilever and Reliance Industries Limited took the biggest hit.
With India’s market cap touching $4 trillion and the market cap GDP ratio climbing to 1.2, valuations are getting stretched, says V.K. Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services.
This week is likely to be volatile but a rally is likely soon. FIIs have already turned buyers. FII and DII money flows can trigger a large-cap led rally, says V K Vijayakumar,
Drugs and pharma exports grew by 29.31 per cent to USD 2.42 billion from USD 1.87 billion in October 2022. Engineering goods exports record a growth of 7.2 pc from USD 7.55 billion in October 2022 to USD 8.09 billion in October 2023.
The market is likely to witness a major rally before the next Samvat, says V.K. Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services.
Market history tells us that sharp up moves in the market happen at unexpected times. It appears that this truism is turning out to be true
