New normal of stock trading in India

Abstract

The stock markets around the world witnessed bloodbath in the month of March 2020 as painful news about the spread of the novel coronavirus sustained to accumulate. The immense disruption caused by COVID-19 has projected the post pandemic stock market scenario into uncharted territory. In the current pandemic scenario, the current stock market has seen its highs and lows affected by the crisis and the liquidity in the market, with the performance and operations of companies taking greater hit. In the post pandemic era, stock markets are expected to pose lot of opportunities driven by deep research analysis and market insights. What is pertinent is disruption in trading strategies in the post COVID-19 world. Looking out for future opportunities and challenges, the volatility of the stocks in the post-pandemic market is explore and the deviations from traditional trading strategies are analyzed; the aim is to prescribe the investors to plot their course through the “new normal” of capital market. The articles will be exploring investor sentiments coupled with SENSEX data to probe deeper for insights. The market has also witnessed healthcare and pharma stocks being caught in a frenzy. The article attempts to analyze the development of vaccine as well as supportive healthcare as a treatment of the novel coronavirus with an aim to predict the returns from pharma stocks. Converging the present trend of stock analysis, the course of rebound is explored, given the success of a vaccine. The authors explore how the new normal demands a ‘New Mindset’for traders and investors. While it is still believed that the current COVID-19 challenges are temporary