Weekly Recap: Surprise is information

nifty performance

The Nifty rallied 3% (in INR) and 6.5% (in USD) in a week that saw the rupee rally and hope return to the Indian growth story.

Index Performance

All indices, except for IT, ended the week in green.

index performance

Top Winners and Losers

UNIONBANK +14.84%
PNB +14.87%
BANKINDIA +17.31%
TECHM -5.22%
YESBANK -4.01%
CAIRN -3.58%
You should probably buy this dip in Tech Mahindra…

ETFs

PSUBNKBEES +8.05%
INFRABEES +4.77%
NIFTYBEES +3.12%
BANKBEES +2.71%
JUNIORBEES +2.61%
GOLDBEES -3.14%
PSU Banks retraced most of their losses of the past week. Gold continued to tumble.

Advancers and Decliners

Bulls see hope in the A/D ratio…

advance decline ratio

Yield Curve

Long-term rates rose but the curve continues to be inverted…

yield curve

Sector Performance

Most sectors ended the week in the green…

sector performance

Thought for the weekend

Surprise is information. So an organization that puts all its effort into planning, tracking, monitoring and documenting to minimize surprise and the chance of failure prevents itself from acquiring and spreading information, and consequently from learning.

Source: Why Organizations Should Embrace Randomness Like Ant Colonies