Shree Cement beats ACC in market value, Lupin ahead of Dr Reddy's Labs
The road ahead for the markets in the short term will depend on external factors rather than domestic developments.
Investors turn their attention to export-driven sectors.
23 Nifty companies reported an annual decline in net profit.
Leverage ratio falls to under 1; but group heavily dependent on TCS & Tata Motors.
The Sensex ended in red on domestic concerns.
Eight Sensex biggies such as Reliance, L&T, BHEL, SBI and ICICI Bank are among the worst hit.
The event will also hurt PNB's asset quality in the March 2018 quarter. While the finer details of the fraud have not been provided, making it difficult to gauge the exact impact, analysts say it will dent the bank's financials.
The Indian indices also offer one of the lowest dividend yields.
Fresh investments by corporates up just 5.8% in FY17, lowest since 1992
The Sensex ended lower on unfavourable cues.
144 companies will pay Rs 61,087 crore in equity dividends to their shareholders for FY16, an increase of 19.2 per cent year-on-year
More than 10% (40 of 498 companies) have lost at least half their market value.
Growth concerns on China, which has already seen the yuan getting devalued twice in August, have rattled global financial markets, including that of India.
The company plans to overhaul business and rationalise costs in a bid to reach parent Unilever's new profit targets, reports Viveat Susan Pinto.
In India, bond yields have fallen nearly 70 basis points in the last one year.
The analysis is based on the free-float market capitalisation.
That resulted in a 50-basis point improvement in operating profit margins on a sequential basis.
There are a few factors that can spoil the party
This weakness is likely to continue in the near-term.
Many analysts find market expensive, even at current levels.
Players like UltraTech Cement more expensive than ITC and HUL; others catching up fast.
IT companies account for a third of the entire dividend pot this year
Sales expansion also down 4.4%
The amount is around a fifth of the cumulative investment in fixed assets by these companies.
Longest period of price-earnings expansion in the index since 1996
Bharti Airtel, HDFC, ONGC, ITC and CIL emerged as the top gainers.
Higher crude oil prices also translate into better corporate earnings for India's top companies
The analysis covers BSE 200 Index's 171 companies for which data on the compensation to the boards of directors for FY14 and FY13 are available.
World trade has been growing slower than world GDP since 2012.
Patanjali, to a large extent, has penetrated the target group for its products. As a result, increasing the consumer base and revenue by 100 per cent in FY18 will be a stiff challenge.
Top companies in China are valued at 7.7 times the trailing 12-month earnings against a P/E ratio of 18.6 times for Nifty 50 companies.
The calculation excludes cross-holding of listed group cos in each other.
Firms generated free cash flows in 2013-14, for the first time since the 2008 Lehman crisis
Stock prices is due to valuation expansion
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.
New strategy for Infosys by October, says Nandan Nilekani. New chairman's other priorities: Hiring CEO, reviewing Panaya probe reports.
Although the markets could see a knee-jerk reaction, they rule out a sharp fall.
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