The markets will be eyeing the amendments.
Valued at $71.2 billion, the bank's market capitalisation is more than that of global banks like Barclays, JP Morgan Chase and Credit Suisse.
Investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and his family's net worth in listed companies surges in the recent bull run.
Experts say going ahead data price will fall further due to competition
Using buyback as a divestment tool is not new, the amount raised this year is phenomenally high.
The bourse's valuations may get a boost, as it gets set for its OFS of about Rs 10,000 crore.
Puneet Wadhwa and Debashish Pachal locate real estate stocks to watch out for.
IT major nears $100 bn m-cap, accounts for 61% of the group's combined valuation.
How did marquee Dalal Street investors fare in the Jan-Mar quarter that saw the BSE Sensex tank 10 per cent?
Centre took Rs 1,002 bn from here in 2017-18, sharply up from Rs 904 bn a year before and Rs 123.6 bn in FY14
With a loan book of $268 billion, India's retail banking is now ahead of Russia, Malaysia and Mexico but behind China, Brazil and Thailand
'Investors should not commit fresh money to these stocks right now, unless they can hold for the next three to four years.'
HUL, ITC, Nestle, Colgate, Dabur, Britannia, Asian Paints, P&G are trading at nearly 48 times. The previous record high was 53 times at the end of March 1994.
Analysts expect inflation to peak in the first half of 2016-17 and moderate, thereafter, on the back of positive impact of monsoons
Crude oil prices have more than doubled, pushing up India's import bill and raising fears of a higher current account and fiscal deficit. This will impact corporate earnings.
Indian companies have raised $1 billion so far this year - almost four times what they raised last year.
The firm would require it to more than triple its CAGR of revenue to 18.5% for the next decade from 6%
Government has forecast annual economic growth to rise to 7.4%.
Analysts expect structural risks such as risk to voice revenues, steep correction in data realisations, capex spend and rise in churn and subsequent increase in costs to continue in the medium term
ICICI Bank was the top loser along with index heavyweights RIL, ITC and HDFC.
FMCG has been behaving unlike a defensive category in recent quarters.
BSE PSU index rallies 10% in one month; nearly a third of the stocks on the index has gained 20% over the period
Financial shares were among the top Sensex gainers along with auto and pharma shares.
Wipro, Steel Authority of India, HDFC Bank, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam, Bharat Heavy Electricals and Reliance Commnications among companies reporting a decline in headcount in FY17.
Between now and the general elections (likely in May 2019) there are 12 assembly polls, which analysts say, in a way will also be interpreted as a referendum on the Modi-led government's key reforms
On the other hand, the group's two traditional cash cows, TCS and Tata Motors' subsidiary Jaguar Land Rover, are slowing as other businesses pick up pace
Flipkart will need $2 bn annual profit to make Walmart investment viable, which will mean yearly revenue of $100 bn
'If an investor wants to clone an ace investor's portfolio, s/he will be better off cloning the entire portfolio rather than cherry picking stocks selectively.'
Participants will keenly watch fate of GST Bill in Parliament.
'Kerala isn't as dependent on agriculture like Bihar or Odisha or even other southern states.' 'Economic losses would not be too intense, unlike other states.' 'The floods could, at best, impact India Inc's earnings for a quarter or two.'
It is the fundamentals of companies that will drive stock performance.
Have conviction in your bets and use stop-loss as a defence mechanism to curtail losses.
Further outperformance hinges on pickup in industrial activity, buying by local investors.
The buyout will cost LIC about Rs 100 billion, based on the Rs 248 billion market capitalisation of IDBI Bank as on Friday, and assuming it acquires a 40 per cent equity stake from the government.
A fall presents an opportunity to buy rate-sensitive stocks.
The combined assets of the top five - Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys Technologies, Wipro, HCL Technologies and Tech Mahindra were down one per cent to Rs 27,7400 crore at the end of 2017-18, from Rs 28,0100 crore a year before.
Ricoh India, the largest gainer among these pack, has rallied 192 per cent from Rs 294 to Rs 859 on the BSE so far in the current calendar year.
Equity markets in Pakistan and Bangladesh are tiny compared to the market capitalisation of the Indian equity market.
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