FMCG stocks have underperformed the market, falling 2.2 per cent so far in 2014.
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.
Inability of stocks to return to their highest levels is one of the reasons why retail investors have been reluctant to return to the market.
Every Rs 1-cr FII inflow has coincided with a Rs 11-cr investor wealth erosion.
In first year, ONGC spending likely at Rs 405 cr, followed by Reliance Industries' at Rs 377 crore.
Sales growth slows but expenditure control, lower interest burden save the day.
At least 43 of the 175 issuers would have been hit if proposed mechanism had been in place before the R-Power IPO.
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
Salaries are performance-linked and FY12 was good on both counts; now, persistent inflation and patchy rains show on rural market.
In dollar terms, the Nifty has gained 26.7 per cent in this year, while the Sensex has advanced 25 per cent during the same period.
While listing can be good, success depends on sentiment and performance.
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.
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