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    FY22 starts on a dull note for benchmark stock market indices

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    FY22 starts on a dull note for benchmark stock market indices

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    The Nifty 50 lost 0.4 per cent in April 2021. The price-to-earnings multiple of the Nifty 50 was at its lowest since October 2020.

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    S&P BSE Sensex lost 1.5 per cent in April 2021. P/E of S&P BSE Sensex is at 32.1 times in April 2021.

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    Performance of mid-caps and small-caps in April 2021 was better than the large-cap scrips. This was evident in the 1.2 per cent returns yielded by the CMIE Overall Share Price Index (COSPI).

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    Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and foreign portfolio investors (FPI) pulled out USD 1.2 billion from the Indian capital market in April 2021.

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    Mutual funds, on the other hand, invested USD 3.6 billion in the Indian capital market in April 2021. They pumped in USD 2.8 billion in debt instruments and USD 795.4 million in equities.

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    The Indian rupee depreciated by 2.3 per cent to Rs.74.5 per USD during the first 26 days of April 2021 compared to March 2021. This is the weakest performance of the rupee against the greenback in the last eight months.
    Story: Shivani Sharma
    Design: Mohsin Shaikh