A delay in US Federal Reserve's quantitative easing tapering, coupled with better-than-expected September quarter earnings, ensured FIIs kept foreign money flowing into Indian equities.
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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.
A record net inflow in Indian equities in the financial year ending March 2013 helped foreign investors widen their grip.
Sales growth slows but expenditure control, lower interest burden save the day.
Though the Infosys stock has regularly tanked on days the company's results are announced, it has made up for the losses before the announcement of the next results.
One in three stocks outperforms market after disclosing quarterly numbers
India Inc's order book doubled in the fourth quarter (January-March) of the last financial year compared, to the year-ago period.
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.
The government is set to exceed its 2009-10 disinvestment target of Rs 1,120 crore through the first company that is slated to go to the markets this year -- NHPC.
With the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill awaiting Parliamentary approval, Max India, Analjit Singh's flagship company, has started discussions on divesting 23 per cent out of its 74 per cent shareholding in Max New York Life Insurance to its foreign partner.
For the second time since Press Note 2 and 4 were issued in February 2009, the Department of Economic Affairs in the finance ministry has raised questions on their implementation, this time over an application before the Foreign Investment Promotion Board.
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).
Move to help India Inc access funds in the absence of foreign funds.
In rupee terms, market capitalisation inches closer to GDP.
The insurance company has formed a four-member committee headed by LIC chairman TS Vijayan to decide the valuation of LIC Mutual Fund.
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