According to industry estimates, the sector's revenue would increase eight-10 per cent in 2013-14, against 12 per cent in 2012-13.
Metal shares were the top gainers with Hindalco up over 5%.
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Bigger and broader indices do relatively poorly as investors get selective; experts see opportunity if scrips chosen with care.
According to technical analysts, the Nifty could trade in the range between 7,400 and 7,700.
In the first six months of the year, the average number of deals a month stood at 1,264, against 1,484 in the six months ended December 2012
Wiping off nearly Rs 4 lakh crore of investors' wealth during the day, benchmark Sensex crashed on Friday.
The industry feels that prices of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) can go up in the range of 5-15 per cent.
In Q3, E&P business accounted for just 1.5% of gross revenue
Annualised staff attrition rate at Infosys rose to a record 20.1 per cent in the September quarter.
The finance ministry is resisting pressure from other departments to cap foreign ownership of domestic drugmakers, fearing such a move would discourage potential investors, a senior ministry source said.
At its current stock price, RIL now has 8.4 per cent weight in the Sensex against Infosys' 8.8 per cent.
Experts say investors should be careful, as even a 50-100 bps cut in rates will not help such companies if their business is not doing well. Check what is the problem and consider
'Over the next two to three years, hiring will come down further.' 'You will see the industry intake of freshers go down to 150,000 from the current 200,000.'
New law could pose challenges of cost escalation, increased paperwork, fear developers.
Fifteen months after taking power, Modi's credibility as an economic manager is on the line.
'Today, bankers don't want to take risks as the good decisions taken by them were not protected.' 'There is risk involved in all decisions, like businessmen taking risks in their businesses.' 'A banker must have taken a decision when the economic condition was different, and you cannot question him on the basis of the present situation in hindsight.' 'Naturally, this has affected the morale of bankers.'
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BSE auto index surged 2%, capital goods, healthcare and oil & gas indices also up.
While office and mall properties enjoyed revival and saw some big PE deals, residential real estate was hit by double whammy - stagnating prices and demonetisation
Sensex witnessed the biggest single day gain since May 2009 in absolute terms.
It's not as easy to know how the funds were deployed and gauge the impact.
Many people struggle to claim or liquidate investments and insurance policies due to procedural issues.
'The approach towards Mallya is not right because his unit could have been turned around earlier with additional funds from his side and the bank's side.'
Born and abandoned in Mumbai, reborn in Sweden, Erika Sandberg says she is Indian on the outside but feels Swedish on the inside. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel narrates her tale.
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