What's spooking smallcaps? Who can stop this meltdown? 5 ways to deal with carnage

THE ECONOMIC TIMES Fri, Feb 12, 2016 | 06:03 PM IST ET Market Watch Newsletter

Lost Rs 15 lakh crore on Dalal Street in 2016, here are 5 ways to deal with this carnage The m-cap of BSE-listed cos declined by Rs 15L crore to Rs 85.79L crore at the end of Friday's trade. The m-cap recorded on Jan 1 stood at Rs 100.93L crore. Mapping the market: Smallcaps get the sinking feeling; BHEL spooks CG pack It turned out to be the worst week for the domestic equity benchmarks in over 6 years, as the 6.7% weekly fall in Nifty50 was the worst since July 2009. Who can really stop this meltdown in markets? Over to the central banks The selloff since the beginning of the year is reminiscent in many ways of the early days of 2008. Only Central bankers can abate this selling pressure.

InterviewOne to One We believe that this year is going to be a very volatile year and there are going to be continuing fears over the yea... S Naren ,CIO,ICICI Prudential AMC

Market Watch 12 Feb | 06:03PM| SENSEX NIFTY USD/INR GOLD 22986.12 ↑34.29 6980.95 ↑4.60 68.23 ↓-0.07 29495.00 ↓-296.00

Gainers Losers 12 Feb, 2016, 06:03PM IST, PTI|View All Company Name Live Price Change (%) Volume High Low Birla Cotsyn (India) Ltd. 0.05 25.00 1992571 0.05 0.04 Gloster Ltd. 433.60 19.98 4798 433.60 342.00 Shri Dinesh Mills Ltd. 121.00 19.92 12861 121.00 97.00

FROM THE NEWSPAPER

FM Arun Jaitley to investors: Don't panic, trust economy's strength FM Arun Jaitley said major sell-off in global markets created a chain reaction impacting the markets world over including in India. Some blue chips down 50%! Should you try and catch the falling knife? Sensex nosedived 20% in last 12 months, while as many as 11 of the top 100 stocks on the BSE wiped out over 50% of investors wealth in the same period. Oh gold! Bullion inches closer to Rs 30,000-mark Now, the yellow metal has gained Rs 2,600 in the eleven straight sessions, its longest winning streak this year. Have the heart? Top 10 multibagger opportunities to look at The tussle between the bulls and the bears is clearly giving sleepless nights to investors, who made a comeback to the equity market in calendar 2015. Game for smallcaps? 8 out of every 10 stocks below 200 DMAs, most in oversold zone The cards seem to be stacked heavily against the smallcap stocks, and a sharp 17 per cent plunge in the BSE smallcap index over the past one month says it all.

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