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Nothing to worry, Sensex will go up again: Jaswant
Monday, January 26 2004 10:01 Hrs (IST)

New Delhi: Finance Minister Jaswant Singh today (Jan 26, 2004) said there was nothing to worry on account of the recent fluctuations in share market as economic fundamentals were very strong even as he exuded confidence that the market will go up again.

"There is no cause of panic as economic fundamentals are very strong. The Sensex is undergoing a correction and it will go up again. I am confident about it," Singh told Doordarshan News.

He said when the Sensex crossed the 6000-mark, it was said why the feel-good factor is allowed to be attributed to the share market and now that Sensex has gone down, the same set of people are saying that the feel-good factor is diminishing.

"This feel-good factor is stable and strong. It is on and shall be on for a long time, no one should have any doubt about it," Singh said.

The stock market has been on a roller-coaster ride over the last few days due to heavy selling by hedge funds.

On January 23, the last trading day of last week, Sensex zoomed by 223 points in unusual volatility after a three-day havoc on bourses.

As a result, the BSE Benchmark 30-share Index touched 5816.64 as against January 22 Sensex close of. 5593.74, a net rise of 222.90 points or 3.98 per cent.

The rebound was unbelievable and came along with couple of coincidences such as the global rating agency Moody's and Fitch upgrade of India's investment grade as well as a warning by the market regulator of stringent action against players floating rumours.

PTI