Weekly Recap: Purpose of Love

world equities 2014-02-28.2014-03-07

The Nifty clocked in +3.98% (+5.83% in USD terms) this week.

Major
DAX(DEU) -3.52%
CAC(FRA) -0.95%
UKX(GBR) -1.42%
NKY(JPN) +2.92%
SPX(USA) +0.58%
MINTs
JCI(IDN) +1.42%
INMEX(MEX) +0.53%
NGSEINDX(NGA) -1.53%
XU030(TUR) +0.95%
BRICS
IBOV(BRA) -1.80%
SHCOMP(CHN) +0.08%
NIFTY(IND) +3.98%
INDEXCF(RUS) -7.29%
TOP40(ZAF) +1.02%

Nifty Heatmap

NIFTY heatmap 2014-02-28.2014-03-07

Index Performance

index performance 2014-02-28.2014-03-07

Top Winners and Losers

DLF +18.24%
ADANIENT +19.21%
YESBANK +23.27%
GLAXO -13.03%
DRREDDY -5.88%
GODREJCP -5.62%
Dash for trash?

ETFs

BANKBEES +10.22%
PSUBNKBEES +7.31%
NIFTYBEES +4.07%
JUNIORBEES +3.97%
INFRABEES +2.87%
GOLDBEES -1.01%
Infrastructure finally caught a bid! Banks rallied.

Advancers and Decliners

advacers and decliners 2014-02-28.2014-03-07

Investment Theme Performance

High beta names caught a bid. IT stocks corrected towards the end of the week on a strong rupee.

Sector Performance

sector performance 2014-02-28.2014-03-07

Yield Curve

yield Curve 2014-02-28.2014-03-07

Thought for the weekend

Could one of the “purposes” of love be to make couples crazy enough to ditch their current partners first? The overwhelming evidence from our genes and from the history of human societies is that something is driving breakups just as powerfully as that same mechanism, or some related one, drives people to get together in the first place.

Source: What if the purpose of love is to get us out of relationships, not into them?