For the first time in a decade, the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices outperformed the benchmark index for a consecutive year
Longest period of price-earnings expansion in the index since 1996
67 companies with total debt of Rs 5.65 lakh cr were either loss-making or didn't generate enough profit to cover interest cost in FY15
Indian CEOs might like to make some serious course correction.
Premium valuations era started in 2006 and went hand in hand with decline in the US interest rates
The rupee's fall against the dollar is bad news for companies which have increased their exposure to foreign currency loans in recent years.
It took the Aditya Birla group four years to make up its mind on entering the the burgeoning e-commerce market in the country.
Kingfisher Airlines owed Indian banks Rs 7,000 crore as of January.
'Investors are now getting clarity on policies.'
Promoters' holding in private sector BSE 500 companies declined to 43.4% in Sept
In the past 12 months, such earnings have grown in double digits in Europe, the US, Japan and South Korea.
Ajay Banga, the 55-year-old CEO of MasterCard, is on a roll.
The index is more expensive than it was at 2014-end or when it hit a life-time high in January.
Lower IT exports will raise India's dependence on capital flows to fund imports.
Ajay Piramal bets highly on infrastructure, realty
For top IT services firms, revenue growth in FY15 was the slowest since the Lehman crisis
Analysts said the higher capex by PSUs, along with government spending, could trigger a capex revival for the corporate sector by the second half of FY17
Companies with more than Rs 10,000 crore of debt would seek refinancing.
The rise in India Inc's market value was led by asset-light firms.
The calculation excludes cross-holding of listed group cos in each other.
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