oppn parties Stocks: Carnage on Monday

News Snippets

  • Sikh extremists attacked a cinema hall in London that was playing Kangana Ranaut's controversial film 'Emergency'
  • A Delhi court directed the investigating agencies to senstize officers to collect nail clippings, fingernail scrappings or finger swab in order to get DNA profile as direct evidence of sexual attack is often not present and might result in an offender going scot free
  • Uniform Civil Code rules cleared by state cabinet, likely to be implemented in the next 10 days
  • Supreme Court reiterates that there is no point in arresting the accused after the chargesheet has been filed and the investigation is complete
  • Kolkata court sentences Sanjoy Roy, the sole accused in the R G Kar rape-murder case, to life term. West Bengal government and CBI to appeal in HC for the death penalty
  • Supreme Court stays criminal defamation case against Rahul Gandhi for his remarks against home minister Amit Shah in Jharkhand during the AICC plenary session
  • Government reviews import basket to align it with the policies of the Trump administration
  • NCLT orders liquidation of GoAir airlines
  • Archery - Indian archers bagged 2 silver in Nimes Archery tournament in France
  • Stocks make impressive gain on Monday - Sensex adds 454 points to 77073 and Nifty 141 points to 23344
  • D Gukesh draws with Fabiano Caruana in the Tata Steel chess tournament in the Netherlands
  • Women's U-19 T20 WC - In a stunning game, debutants Nigeria beat New Zealand by 2 runs
  • Rohit Sharma to play under Ajinkye Rahane in Mumbai's Ranji match against J&K
  • Virat Kohli to play in Delhi's last group Ranji trophy match against Saurashtra. This will be his first Ranji match in 12 years
  • The toll in the Rajouri mystery illness case rose to 17 even as the Centre sent a team to study the situation
Calling the case not 'rarest of rare', a court in Kolkata sentenced Sanjay Roy, the only accused in the R G Kar rape-murder case to life in prison until death
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Stocks: Carnage on Monday

By Linus Garg
First publised on 2022-06-14 03:02:02

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Sunil Garodia Linus tackles things head-on. He takes sides in his analysis and it fits excellently with our editorial policy. No 'maybe's' and 'allegedly' for him, only things in black and white.

After a slide of 1069 points on Friday, the Sensex went down by 1456 points on Monday.  The two-session carnage has wiped out more than Rs 9 lakh crore investor wealth. Such was the across-the-board sell-off that among the major shares, only Nestle India was in the green and all other shares tumbled by 2-4%. The broader Nifty slid by 427 points to 15774. The carnage was witnessed across sectors with banking, IT and metals leading the slide.

Experts said that with FIIs taking funds out of India as there is a chance that the US Fed will go for a good rate hike and squeeze out money from the system due to the record inflation in US, the Indian markets will mirror what is happening in bourses worldwide. After fears of stagflation being stoked by some economists, the sentiment has soured and investors are looking for safer investment instruments. With overnight sell-off in US markets, the outlook for Indian markets remains negative on Tuesday too.

But the Indian economy, despite elevated inflation, is showing signs of growth although the pace seems to have slackened. As per recent numbers, it is the fastest growing major economy in the world and although consumer demand has still not picked up, the outlook remains positive. But inflation, supply chain disruptions and high commodity and crude prices can play spoilers and that is why the confidence in the stock market is taking a beating.

Yet, if one has a long term outlook, there are many stocks that are now available at a bargain. But one will have to do proper research and invest with care. The bottom has not been reached yet and investors should wait. Remember, this is the time when one will be flooded with text messages from unverified sources asking one to buy this or that share at a bargain with a promise of astronomical rise in a short time. Steer clear of falling into such traps. Invest wisely.