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Why Finance Minister's stimulus failed to impress stock market

Thursday, May 14, 2020
Equity market came under heavy selling pressure on today(14th May 2020) even after the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Wednesday announced a set of stimulus measures of nearly Rs 5.94 trillion to support micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), and power distribution companies. The S&P BSE Sensex tanked as much as 703 points or over 2 percent during the day while NSE's Nifty slipped nearly 200 points. On the sectoral front, barring FMCG and pharma, all the indices on the NSE were trading in the negative territory. Read more