Indian markets started 2012 on a positive note. Ridham Desai, managing director and strategist and head of India equity research, Morgan Stanley, says, he expects a 15 per cent upside in the Sensex this year.
Given the recent weakness in the rupee and the high forward premium, information technology companies can prove to be good defensive stocks with low downside risks in the prevailing market conditions, Moses Harding, head (global markets group), IndusInd Bank, tells Puneet Wadhwa.
The key triggers would be price of oil, inflation and results of state elections. If oil and inflation levels come down, there could be a rally.
We believe equity markets in 2011 will be volatile. However, for investors, volatility will provide investment opportunities.
India, per se, is witnessing more promising growth.
Anuj Puri, chairman and country head, Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj, tells Business Standard that high prices and hardening of mortgage rates may act as a dampener.
India Inc's order book doubled in the fourth quarter (January-March) of the last financial year compared, to the year-ago period.
The central bank may increase both repo and reverse repo rates by another 25 basis points each in the next policy meeting.
QIP is a capital raising tool, whereby a listed company can issue equity shares, fully and partly convertible debentures, or any securities other than warrants that are convertible to equity shares to a Qualified Institutional Buyer.
Manufacturing sector suffers from project delays, lack of fresh capital.
India Inc could set a new fund-raising record in 2010. Even before the year starts, companies have lined up equity raising plans of Rs 1,50,000 crore, close to two-and-a-half times of what they raised through share sales this year.
The number of FIIs registering with Sebi this year touches six-year low.
The reason is obvious: Both the benchmark indices have almost doubled from their March 2009 levels. The reasons for the stake sales vary from meeting their company's working capital requirements to debt repayment. A few did so for business expansion.
India Inc's order book has more than doubled to an all-time high of Rs 73,320 crore in the second quarter of the current financial year, compared to the first quarter.
It's actually a problem of plenty for investors now. Buoyed by the success of the three companies that sold their QIP issues within a day of opening, as many as 32 companies have joined the queue, hoping to raise a combined Rs 40,000 crore (Rs 400 billion).
In rupee terms, market capitalisation inches closer to GDP.
Besides coming back to power in the recent elections, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has more reasons to smile.
Number of people with net worth of at least Rs 100 crore at 475 now.
Ripples of Indias largest corporate scam along with poor quarterly performance have made more than half of the actively traded companies on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) opt not to disclose their fourth quarter un-audited results this month. Instead, they would announce only their annual audited results, before the end of June.
The slump in corporate earnings has affected interim payouts, with only 95 firms declaring interim dividends in the first nine months of this financial year compared with 144 in the corresponding period last year.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances