There are vexing questions around the disconnect between Nifty returns and portfolio returns, between economic growth and earnings growth, and finally, between earnings growth and market returns, points out Debashis Basu.
China appears determined to upgrade Pakistan's military capabilities, sufficient to ensure local parity with India, alerts former foreign secretary Ambassador Shyam Saran.
After a year of heady gains, Chinese markets have been buffeted by increasing signs that economic growth is faltering.
The falls meant that both crude futures were at their lowest levels since mid-April
The CSI300 index of the largest listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen ended at 3,355.16 points and the Shanghai Composite Index at 3,116.35.
Japan's Nikkei fell 0.5% and South Korea's Kospi lost 1.3%.
In the past two weeks China has cut interest rates.
Chinese stock markets have slumped 30 per cent since mid-June.
The Shanghai Composite Index eased 0.2 percent in subdued trading on Wednesday morning.
Asian stocks sagged on Monday, with risk sentiment dampened as Shanghai shares wobbled after the Chinese markets resumed trading following a four-day long weekend.
The regional fallout could continue.
oil market remained under pressure and big gains are unlikely.
More than 1,500 shares listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen dived by the daily limit.
The yuan-denominated A-share market of China will become world's third largest stock market in the next ten years - after the stocks markets of United States and Japan, an expert from Goldman Sachs Group (Asia) Ltd. said.
China's CSI300 stock index shed 1.1 per cent, hitting a five-week low, while shares of Hong Kong-listed Chinese companies sagged 0.9 per cent.
L&T was the top gainer in the Sensex pack followed by M&M, SBI, Titan, Infosys, Bharti Airtel and Ultratech Cement.
Jack Ma, founder of China's e-commerce giant Alibaba suffered a major setback on Tuesday as Shanghai and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges suspended dual listing of the shares of his world's biggest initial public offer of $39.7 billion of the group's subsidiary - the Ant Group, 48 hours before the highly-anticipated trading was due to start. The Shanghai Stock Exchange surprised market investors with an abrupt announcement late on Tuesday that it will suspend Ant Group's IPO, as regulators and the public debate the balance between financial innovation and risk control, state run Global Times reported. According to media reports, the Hong Kong exchange followed suit several minutes later.
Top gainers in the Sensex pack included Vedanta, ICICI Bank, ONGC, Kotak Bank, Axis Bank, SBI, M&M, Infosys, PowerGrid, HCL Tech, NTPC, Bajaj Finance and Reliance Industries, rising up to 2.72 per cent.
Selling pressure increased in line with a slide in the yuan.
China's stock market plunged on Monday.
US crude was down 25 cents at $52.08.
Experts said fall in China markets often triggers a risk-off trade among investors, as it is the world's second-biggest economy and global growth engine.
Indian bourses are likely to benefit from higher foreign fund flows as cracks appeared in the Chinese stock markets after the government tripled the tax on securities transactions to cool a rally.
China's stock market index breached the 4,000 mark for the first time on Wednesday as the value of shares traded was higher than the rest of Asia, including Japan.
'There are reports of political dissent mounting on Xi Jinping's handling of the Wuhan fallout.'
Asian shares have begun the week on a plaintive note.
In New York, the US currency fell against the Australian dollar and British pound on Monday as investors continued to weigh the potential weather drag on recent economic data, and whether or not it could sway monetary policy.
Plenty of other factors are likely to keep a lid on prices.
The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market turned negative from positive
Persistent fall in crude oil prices affected the market sentiment
The domestic unit moved in a range of 64.14 and 63.99.
The S&P BSE Midcap and S&P BSE Smallcap indices hit a new lifetime high
Chinese shares opened lower, with the Shanghai Composite Index down 1.8% and the CSI300 index down 2.2%.
Asia's falling stocks have triggered an exodus of funds from the region.
Once decisions are taken to sell stock in certain state-controlled enterprises, there is no reason to not start scheduling sales immediately.
It was a "bloody Monday" for Chinese stock markets as shares once again nosedived in the sharpest decline since 2007.
Top gainers from the Sensex pack are Asian Paints, Bajaj Auto, ITC, NTPC, L&T and HDFC, all up 2% each
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