At its current stock price, RIL now has 8.4 per cent weight in the Sensex against Infosys' 8.8 per cent.
For FY14, the first full year of the law's implementation, the spend could go up to nearly Rs 8,700 crore (Rs 87 billion), given that India Inc's profitability has grown at a compounded 7.5 per cent annually in the past three years.
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Bigger and broader indices do relatively poorly as investors get selective; experts see opportunity if scrips chosen with care.
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Else, more capital outflow and pressure on rupee likely.
Banking stocks, including top ones like State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Bank of Baroda and Bank of India, among others, have fallen sharply in the last one month.
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Top firms will have enough firepower to go for foreign M&As, given their balance sheet growth, say bankers.
M-cap of 35% of BSE-500 companies, excluding financial ones, is below their debt or just a shade above
In the last two months, these stocks have lost nearly a quarter of their market cap.
In the last two months, these stocks have lost nearly a quarter of their market cap.
Slowdown and liquidity squeeze by RBI have put India's top 10 indebted firms in a tight spot. But they have a few options.
Tight liquidity will hit over-leveraged and cash-hungry companies, spare conservative ones
Crisis of growth is worsened by the challenging global environment and policy missteps. Returning to 9 per cent growth trajectory will be a tall order.
Brokerages expect Nifty50 firms to post 11.8% growth in net profit in Q1 but sales may decline
After four-odd years of focusing on reducing debt, the series of deals with Etihad could finally get it out of the spiral.
Better margins, lower interest outgo could see the company turn profitable in FY15.
Revival in domestic business should also help overall revenue growth.
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While cost pressures could partly offset the expected gains, given the currency hedging by companies the gains will not accrue immediately.
Given its track record, cautious analysts are monitoring progress on these fronts.
Law minister clears Sebi's regulation on put and call options.
Results of 138 firms show revenue growth has declined further, but net profits are up
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