Gap up

    Gap Up Opening

    Basics of Stock Market

    When a stock opens significantly higher than yesterday's close.

    Formula

    Open > Prev Close

    Why it matters

    Indicates strong positive sentiment/news.

    Indian example

    Related terms

    Gap downGap Filling

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    From the research

    Valuation

    A Comparative Financial Analysis of Three Listed Companies

    Three IT services leaders, five years of numbers: similar growth, very different margins and returns on capital, and their October 2026 valuations.

    Markets

    IPO Issue Price vs. Listing Price vs. Subsequent Performance

    Seven of India's most talked-about IPOs since 2021, tracked from issue price to listing to October 2026. Buying on listing day lost money in six of seven.

    Valuation

    Paytm: Valuing a Company With No Clean Comparable

    Paytm is part payments processor, part device business, part loan distributor. Why no single peer fits, and how to value it in parts and in reverse.