What are the Key events & Corporate Action that affects Stock Prices
Key Events refers to the act of Goverment or Regulator which are beyond the control of Market Participents but affects stock Prices in a bigger way. Some of them are :-
- Monetary Policy by RBI,
- Budgetary Policy or Budget,
- Elections,
- Fed Meeting & Policy related decisions,
- Corporate Earning Announcements,
- Indian Industrial Production (IIP) Data,
- Inflation data
Other then above mentioned Key events there are some Corporate (or Internal actions) also which affects share Price. Lets dicuss them in details :-
A)Dividend (Positive)# it’s a part of profit which divided among shareholders, It’s up to company Management to decide whether they want to distribute profit among shareholders or wants to reinvest the same in business progress or future activities. Some of the Dividend paying company are ITC, TCS, Infosys, IOC
B) Stock Split (Positive)# it’s a managerial decision which convert stock into small Ticket size only reason behind this stock is to increase the liquidity & Trading volume. Let’s take an example of MRF
C) Bonus Issues (Positive) # Bonus issue is the Reward given by the company out of the reserve to the Shareholders usually its given in the Ratio
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D) Right issues (Positive)# Right issue is the way to raise Capital instead of Going to Public, company approach to the existing Shareholders
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E) Buyback(Positive): – Buy back is an exercise where Company buys shares from the existing Shareholders, it works as an incentive for the Shareholders and helps in preventing company from take over
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F) Promotor Stake Sale(Negative) # Its quite possible Promoter of Listed company would like to sell his stake (or position) in the company, reason could be anything (known or unknown). Market doesnt take this news very positively most of the Time
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G) Bulk Deal/Block Deal (moderate to Negative)# If more then 0.5 % of equities (in any listed company) are exchanged between two parties, typically through a negotiated deal (not using open Market operations) is considered as Block/Bulk Deal
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H) FPO (Follow on Public Offer (Positive) # When already listed company offers new shares to the existing shareholders. Company usually brings this scheme either :-
- To reduce its debt
- To increase its Capital Base
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I) OFS (Offer for Sale) (usually Negative) # Under FPO listed company offers to the general public but its different from Regular IPO route and company is supposed to meet some Conditions
K) IPO (Initial Public Offer) # when a Non listed entity decided to get listed into stock market, reasons for fund raising could be :-
- Reducing Debt
- Raising Capital for upcoming project
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- Real Life example
L) Insider Trading # Though Insider Trading is not a legal practice but its so common even in big corporates. Lets understand Insider Trading with realtime example
When a key person like Promotor,senior management creates position or help someone to create position is broadally covered under the Category of Insider Trading
Decison taken by Exchanges which affects share Price :-
Upper Circuit & Lower Circuit
- Maximum a Stock or Index can reach in any particular day is known as upper Limit
- Minimum a stock or Index can reach in any particular day is known as Lower Limit
- This Limit is created by exchange in Market to avoid any undue volatility and to protect the interest of small market player
- Exchange on a regular basis update the list of these stocks and limit is decided on the basis of stock category, F&O (or NON-F&O) etc