The BSE Realty Index is on a downhill journey.
Nifty 50 firms' net profit estimated to grow by a modest 3.1% in Q2, reports Krishna Kant.
Many giving double-digit returns, with India up less than one per cent; even so, it has done much better than other emerging markets.
If financials and oil sectors were removed, India Inc has done quite well.
Analysts say there is still no visibility of earnings improvement.
An analysis of year-wise movements of average global crude oil prices versus India's GDP reveals no inverse correlation, contrary to wide belief.
67 companies with total debt of Rs 5.65 lakh cr were either loss-making or didn't generate enough profit to cover interest cost in FY15
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An action on the rate front is unlikely to figure in Rajan's plan for the moment.
Lower IT exports will raise India's dependence on capital flows to fund imports.
The markets gained nearly 7 per cent in the 4 trading sessions of March.
There, however, has been an improvement in operating margins.
Analysts now expect India Inc to report a decline in both top line and bottom line for the September quarter.
Wiping off nearly Rs 4 lakh crore of investors' wealth during the day, benchmark Sensex crashed on Friday.
R Vignesh is a member of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of India in Chennai, appeared on Rediff Chat to answer readers' queries on GST.
Through the past 12 months, the Bank Nifty has risen 55%
The growth premium India enjoyed has largely been lost.
Bhilar, a strawberry farming hub in Maharashtra, has been transformed into India's first 'books village'.
Previous peak in 2010 crossed in first five-and-a-half months this year.
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Though Indian banks don't have large exposure to subprime mortgages, analysts are worried at the rise in their restructured loan portfolios and deterioration in credit quality.
In India, bond yields have fallen nearly 70 basis points in the last one year.
Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha MP Nitin Gadkari, late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan's daughter Poonam, former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Vijaysinh Mohite Patil are a few of the 29 new entrants to the 16th Lok Sabha among the 48 MPs from Maharashtra.
The road ahead for the markets in the short term will depend on external factors rather than domestic developments.
With mutual funds, promoters turning net-buyers, foreign investors may have to bid up prices to raise holdings.
More than half the Sensex companies have declared their results for the third quarter and there are more positive surprises than disappointments.
Salman Khan in defence of Yakub Memon said the wrong man is being punished for the crimes.
With commodity markets remaining soft and uncertain, it is likely the money will flow into equity markets with strong upsides, such as India.
Most analysts expect growth in the sales of Nifty-50 companies to decelerate, albeit marginally, in the quarter ended December compared to the corresponding period of 2013-14, with metals and real estate companies pulling down earnings.
In the domestic market, the Tata Group has lost ground in the passenger car business.
FIIs have offloaded stocks worth Rs 13,110 crore
This weakness is likely to continue in the near-term.
Many analysts find market expensive, even at current levels.
The rise in India Inc's market value was led by asset-light firms.
'If I am not there, the RSS would do that job. They are obviously in power, they can do anything.'
For equity investors, the risk-to-reward ratio is worsening.
That resulted in a 50-basis point improvement in operating profit margins on a sequential basis.
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.
'But practically speaking, I have to feed myself and pay my bills, so I have to do a few commercial films too', Sruthi Hariharan tells Praveen Sundaram/Rediff.com
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