Compared to their Indian peers, MNCs have higher return ratios.
Better-than-expected financial results in Q3 due to higher revenue growth and margins in key markets fuel the rally
FMCG stocks have underperformed the market, falling 2.2 per cent so far in 2014.
A delay in US Federal Reserve's quantitative easing tapering, coupled with better-than-expected September quarter earnings, ensured FIIs kept foreign money flowing into Indian equities.
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Q1 results indicate more pain ahead, as slowdown has spread to more sectors, pricing power has come down and rising interest cost is eating into profits.
A record net inflow in Indian equities in the financial year ending March 2013 helped foreign investors widen their grip.
Interview with CMD, Motilal Oswal Financial Services
Demand low, regulatory issues seen as bigger hindrances.
Sales growth slows but expenditure control, lower interest burden save the day.
Though the Infosys stock has regularly tanked on days the company's results are announced, it has made up for the losses before the announcement of the next results.
One in three stocks outperforms market after disclosing quarterly numbers
Earnings and financial condition of only a few companies influencing sentiment.
The Indian capital markets have seen far-reaching changes in the last 20 years. Take, for instance, the quantum of wealth created. Total market capitalisation has shot up from Rs 68,870 crore (the value of 1,191 companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange or BSE) in 1991 to Rs 59,84,875 crore (the value of over 4,000 companies listed on the BSE as on August 29, 2011).
Aggregate figures for a sample of 43 companies (excluding oil & gas PSUs as well as those in the banking, telecom and software sectors) in the BSE 100 index suggest that operating profit margins (OPMs) were down by 63 basis points (bps) year-on-year in the December quarter and that there appears to be no major causes for concern.
There are four nodes and each of these, like Dronagiri, is also formally termed an SEZ, all part of the NMSEZ.
Restated numbers are better than the Street's expectations.
The two arms of L&TFH are L&T Finance, with its retail, micro-finance and corporate loan portfolio, and L&T Infrastructure Finance.
While the merger will see the share of the promoter group increase by two percentage points, the move has also seen a few analysts raise concerns.
After 3G auctions, analysts worried over the likely rise in debt and pressure on margins
ICICI Bank's move to amalgamate Bank of Rajasthan (BoR) with itself at a 1:4.72 ratio indicates the bank would pay a premium of 89.4 per cent to Bank of Rajasthan's closing stock price on Tuesday.
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