The benchmark Sensex companies' underlying earnings per share are down 3 per cent (on a cumulative basis) since January 2015, against 25 per cent rise in the index value during the period
Crude oil prices have more than doubled, pushing up India's import bill and raising fears of a higher current account and fiscal deficit. This will impact corporate earnings.
Street may be ignoring TCS headwinds as the stock's peak valuation doesn't seem justified by BFSI weakness, likely higher US tax rates and stronger rupee, reports Ram Prasad Sahu.
M-Cap of top 10 business groups went up by 46% this year.
Earnings spread for foreign investors down to 10-year low of 1.1 per cent, from 2 per cent at the beginning of the year and record high of nearly 5 per cent in 2013
In the quarter ended September 30, the Pirojsha Godrej-led firm recorded Rs 492 crore net sales, up 49% year-on-year
The decline is attributed to lower salary growth and a rise in households' financial liabilities.
Wipro, Steel Authority of India, HDFC Bank, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam, Bharat Heavy Electricals and Reliance Commnications among companies reporting a decline in headcount in FY17.
Mid- and small-cap companies seem to have done better than top-tier companies
'The government is encouraging consumption through fiscal spending in a bid to push up economic growth in the face of a slowdown in corporate investment and exports.'
The combined share of customs and excise duties, service tax, and value-added tax in India's gross domestic product reached an all-time high of 10.5%.
Anup Roy and Krishna Kant on the challenges the public sector banks face in revitalising themselves
In the past three years, personal loans have grown at twice the rate of growth in personal disposable income, leading to a steady rise in household indebtedness. At the end of March this year, Indians owed Rs 25.2 lakh crore to banks and listed non-banking finance companies (NBFCs), up 65 per cent in the past three years.
First sequential decline in a decade as 8 of top 15 software firms report drop in manpower
The gap between Nifty's price-earnings multiple and economic growth is at a 12-year high
One thing has remained constant through the Indian economy in the last seven decades: the dominance of family-owned businesses. Krishna Kant reports.
12 out of 21 public sector banks reported declines in their loan books in the last financial year against seven such banks in 2015-16 and none in 2013-14.
Fresh investments by corporates up just 5.8% in FY17, lowest since 1992
Once tipped to emerge as the biggest exporter, the pharmaceutical industry is yet to acquire the scale of those in software services, says Krishna Kant.
While larger companies like Nestle India, Britannia and the like are often mentioned, some mid-cap companies are also expected to grow at a rapid clip.
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