New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- After weeks of pressure, the stock market bulls finally had reason to celebrate as Indian equities made a strong comeback in Monday's session, August 11, with frontline indices ending the day nearly 1% higher, their biggest single-day jump since June 26, as investors took advantage of the recent sharp corrections to buy quality blue-chip stocks at reasonable levels.

The tariff tensions, tepid Q1 performance by India Inc., sustained selling by FPIs, and the absence of fresh domestic triggers have pushed Indian stocks into six consecutive weeks of losses-the longest such streak in five years-dragging the Nifty 50 down over 7% from its recent peak and causing it to significantly underperform other markets.

While there...