Half of the sharp rise in stocks in 2014 was driven by re-ratings - rise in price-to-earning ratios on hopes the new government would turn around the economy which will reflect in corporate earnings.
Higher growth, reform bets have boosted returns but leave limited room for error.
These companies had an accumulated loss of Rs 55,656 crore (Rs 556.56 billion) in 2012-13.
The first was wholesale funded banks and non-bank finance companies.
Experts believe there are more such decisions in the offing, which along with a recovery in economic growth and India Inc.
It, however, lags other states on crucial parameters such as health care and rural poverty.
Short-term gains are always unpredictable.
The markets tend to react six to eight months in advance
Compared to their Indian peers, MNCs have higher return ratios.
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Q1 results indicate more pain ahead, as slowdown has spread to more sectors, pricing power has come down and rising interest cost is eating into profits.
Interview with CMD, Motilal Oswal Financial Services
Demand low, regulatory issues seen as bigger hindrances.
Sales growth slows but expenditure control, lower interest burden save the day.
Earnings and financial condition of only a few companies influencing sentiment.
The Indian capital markets have seen far-reaching changes in the last 20 years. Take, for instance, the quantum of wealth created. Total market capitalisation has shot up from Rs 68,870 crore (the value of 1,191 companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange or BSE) in 1991 to Rs 59,84,875 crore (the value of over 4,000 companies listed on the BSE as on August 29, 2011).
Aggregate figures for a sample of 43 companies (excluding oil & gas PSUs as well as those in the banking, telecom and software sectors) in the BSE 100 index suggest that operating profit margins (OPMs) were down by 63 basis points (bps) year-on-year in the December quarter and that there appears to be no major causes for concern.
There are four nodes and each of these, like Dronagiri, is also formally termed an SEZ, all part of the NMSEZ.
Restated numbers are better than the Street's expectations.
The two arms of L&TFH are L&T Finance, with its retail, micro-finance and corporate loan portfolio, and L&T Infrastructure Finance.
While the merger will see the share of the promoter group increase by two percentage points, the move has also seen a few analysts raise concerns.
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