Is yet to decide about the partnership or acquisition route
Traders are closely watching the progress of the monsoon.
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.
A recent report has suggested that future patent expires in the cardiac and anti-diabetes space would form a good opportunity for smaller firms, given their franchise in these segments.
Next set of Q4 FY16 earnings, progress of monsoon along with election poll outcome will dictate market trend this week
Index heavyweights ITC was the top gainer along with RIL and HDFC
Bank shares were the top losers along with index heavyweight RIL
Consumer businesses come to the rescue of large conglomerates in the midst of a meltdown in commodities.
The NSE Nifty also moved up by 12 points to 8,648.35.
Midcap stocks continued to remain on buyers' radar with BSE Midcap index up 0.1%.
Sun Pharma dipped 2% to Rs 615 on the BSE, its lowest level since November 9, 2016
TCS tops the list of 100 wealth creators for the fourth time in a row
In a surprise announcement in April, Sun and Ranbaxy -- at that time owned by Japan's Daiichi -- declared an all-stock deal to create India's largest and world's fifth-largest drugmaker in an over $4 billion deal.
Market breadth was weak with 1239 losers and 1078 gainers on the BSE.
Broader market outperformed the headline indices with BSE Midcap and Smallcap finishing the day 1.22%, and 1.54% higher, respectively
Experts say the stock market correction in recent times increases the risk-reward in favour of large-cap stocks.
The broader NSE index has fallen about 0.9% as investors wait for corporate results
The BSE Midcap and the BSE Smallcap indices pared all intraday gains to end 0.3% and 0.5% lower
The 50-share NSE Nifty settled lower by 76.05 points, or 0.88 per cent, at 8,615.25
While gold returned 12 per cent annual gain in 10 years, Nifty didn't exceed 9 per cent.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), HCL Technologies and HDFC Bank are among the 50 best public companies in Asia-Pacific according to a compilation by Forbes, which ranked India second behind China as home to the "world's next growth engines".
The BSE Mid-cap index gained 1.1% while the Small-cap index surged 1.3%, outperforming the benchmark indices
The S&P BSE Sensex ended the session at 25,342, up 3 points while the Nifty50 closed at 7,738 points.
The rupee resumed lower at 63.65 per dollar as against previous closing of 63.58 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market.
n the broader market, BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices are trading higher by 0.3% each.
Shares of L&T Technology Services, an arm of engineering giant Larsen and Toubro, made a decent debut on the bourses
The broader Nifty of National Stock Exchange scaled the 10,200 mark intra day before closing at 10,184.85, showing a sizeable gain of 38.30 points, or 0.38 per cent.
Investors have turned cautious ahead of the policy meetings of central banks in Japan and the US
It's time for Indian generic companies to rethink their strategies.
This was the biggest single-day fall for the benchmark index since August 10 when it had fallen by 310 points.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' queries on stocks they own or want to buy.
With global markets pushing ahead, enthused by strengthening US jobs market, and also due to prospects of European rate hike, Indian markets also continued the march ahead.
Sectoral performance was mixed with media and PSU banking stocks attracting buyer interest and healthcare, FMCG and metal stocks bearing the brunt of the bears
These investors are not only betting on little-known stocks, but also sectors that the market participants are not paying much heed to. Some of these stocks can be potential multi-baggers, while others may not live up to the expectations of these stock-pickers, says Jash Kriplani.
Investors continue to make losses on investments.
n the broader market, both the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices, were up 1.2% and 0.7% each.
'We have seen a host of businesses across sectors generate economic value and wealth for investors.'
Impact of the slowdown is most visible among promoter/owner-CEOs
Sensex rises, snapping two-session losing streak; banks, auto gain.
After touching a fresh all-time low against the US dollar on Thursday, the rupee jumped 27 paise to end at 68.46.