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Market Update on 21.08.08

All that glitters is certainly not GOLD. Nothing would explain this better than India’s present Economic Story.Though for the past few years people have been raving about India’s Growth story, Not everything seems hunky dory over here .A lot of factors have a spiraling effect on the Inflation Index.The entire market is suffering from this fear that inflation is rising much faster than expected and would continue to do so for the next few months.

Weekly Update for week ended August 08,2008

Sensex has finally shown some respite to the Investors. For the week 4th Aug 2008 – 8Th Aug 2008 SENSEX ended 3.5% higher i.e 511 points. The rise in Sensex brought some relief to concerns regarding monetary policy tightening. The uniform market sentiment in the past few weeks have been quite negative.Investors expected - Aggressive monetary tightening. - And Growth rate slowing down due to higher inflation. This week thanks to the correction in Commodity Price and Monsoon picking up uplifted their sentiments.

HOW THE STOCK MARKET REACTS ON TRUST VOTE DAYS

Earlier trust vote days, Market reaction

On the day of the trust vote

Trust vote date

Prime Minister

Trust vote outcome

Sensex

% Change

Nov 7, 1990

VP Singh

Lost

1381

+3.7

May 28, 1996

AB Vajpayee

Resigned before motion started

3636

-0.5

April 11, 1997

HD Deve Gowda

Won

3634 

+1

April 17, 1999

AB Vajpayee

Won

3327

-6.9

  A day after the trust vote...

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s insights

Quick Summary

  • Expect a market slow down in the short term due to US subprime woes

  • More money being poured into India Stock markets

  • Mutual fund money supplies have increased

Stock of the week: Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited VSNL

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