India has more service companies, such as IT and healthcaresectors, which always trade at a premium to the overall market.
Experts say a turnaround may happen after the general elections.
More than half the Sensex companies have declared their results for the third quarter and there are more positive surprises than disappointments.
Analysts say Tatas could sustain their current pace of growth, provided the group's "cash cows", such as TCS and Tata Motors, continue to deliver.
In five years, royalty payments have grown 31.1% yearly, much faster than rise in revenue and profit.
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Barring one, three are debt-free and sitting on large cash reserves.
New regime places more limits on unregulated foreign entities
Putting money in key PSUs a better option
Smaller players may find it difficult to bear the costs associated with such a requirement.
No one can fault India Inc for not taking care of shareholders; in fact, it has been extra generous.
Sensex rose 5.8% this year, against a 3.2% rise in Nifty; Axis Bank inclusion may blunt Sensex edge
Three closed-ended equity schemes have been launched in the past month or so and another is set to open soon for subscription.
While some companies, such as HSBC, have closed retail operations, big players such as India Infoline is scaling down.
At its current stock price, RIL now has 8.4 per cent weight in the Sensex against Infosys' 8.8 per cent.
The 91.9 per cent slide in the stock price of Gitanjali Gems since April has depleted the value of promoter Mehul Choksi's holding in the company by at least Rs 17 crore (Rs 170 million) a day on an average.
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.
The exchange may now look to its real estate business for cash flows
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Bigger and broader indices do relatively poorly as investors get selective; experts see opportunity if scrips chosen with care.
Sahara says awaiting further clarity on issue from regulator, suggests 'human error' or investor confusion led to mismatch.
The value of the index, adjusted from its all-time high for the relative loss in the rupee's value, is close to sub-10,000 levels.
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