144 companies will pay Rs 61,087 crore in equity dividends to their shareholders for FY16, an increase of 19.2 per cent year-on-year
During the 11 years ending FY15, Tata Sons cumulatively earned dividend income of around Rs 31,500 crore from TCS.
Analysts refuse to read too much into the early birds numbers.
Consumer businesses come to the rescue of large conglomerates in the midst of a meltdown in commodities.
Combined net profit estimated to grow 14.6% year-on-year, against a 5.7% decline in the Dec 2015 quarter
FIIs accumulated India's top-listed companies at an average valuation of around 16 times.
Bankers gave money to Mallya's airline though it was not enough to even service existing debt?
The markets gained nearly 7 per cent in the 4 trading sessions of March.
Additional levy to eat into Rs 6,000-crore income of top promoters
Experts expect the trend to continue in the near term.
Combined net profit up 7.4% over a year ago, versus 11.2% in Q2.
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
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.
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.