Sensex gains 2.4%, Nifty crosses 7,000; investors feel exit polls have vindicated their stand
Gland Pharma, promoted by China's Fosun, has extended its gains, is up 40 per cent since its listing.
However, it still lags far behind the US, which leads with a market-capitalisation of $23.9 trillion through August 2014.
Experts, however, caution that though the moves are positive for the sector as a whole, they don't expect much gain in the near-term.
With a rise of around 30 per cent in the benchmark index S&P BSE Sensex, 2014 has been the best year for Indian equity markets since 2009, when the benchmark index surged 81 per cent.
FY17 GDP growth faces cash crunch heat
Though India has been one of the best-performing markets in the last two months, it has lagged some of its emerging market peers such as the Philippines, Thailand and South Africa.
While larger companies like Nestle India, Britannia and the like are often mentioned, some mid-cap companies are also expected to grow at a rapid clip.
'Overall, the Indian economy is doing well.' 'Our economic fundamentals are strong and the early signs of recovery are sustainable.' 'This is positive for the market in the long run.'
Higher input cost is likely to weigh on Auto sector's Q4 numbers.
India Inc's earnings seem to have gathered momentum with a surge in the BSE Sensex over the past two quarters.
Company feels automation is a big tool to drive down costs and improve efficiency
Returns on capital harder to sustain as debt levels rise; responsibility for this invariably of firms themselves
Companies from the capital goods space will under-perform.
'We try to pick up stocks early and hold onto them for the long term.' 'We are not someone who buys and sells on a daily basis.'
Infosys, however, feels the high level of cash is an important tool to weather tough times.
A fundraising boom in the domestic market and tightening of the regulatory framework for overseas issues are responsible for this trend.
Insurance companies are seeking a separate deduction limit of Rs 1 lakh for insurance premium payment under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act in the upcoming Union Budget to bring in more people under the ambit of insurance. The insurers also want reduction in the goods and services tax (GST) rate of 18 per cent currently applied on health insurance products to 5 per cent to make such products more affordable to common people. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget for 2022-23 on February 1.
Election results, diesel & gas pricing moves, labour law changes - all stoke anticipation of more cheer ahead.
They are making switch to the high-growth alternative investments fund industry, reports Pavan Burugula.
Even today, many MFIs already distribute pension and micro insurance products to low-income households.
Top officials said asking employees other than the fund management team to mandatorily invest a fifth of their salary goes against the principle of natural justice.
Agricultural incomes can be taxed without hurting farmers, as a substantial section - the small and marginal ones - will remain outside the tax net simply because their incomes are likely to be below the basic exemption limit of Rs 250,000 per annum that is extended to all taxpayers in India, finds out Ishan Bakshi.
'It is a worrying trend as we are not seeing too much fresh capital being raised for new projects, plants, expansion or diversification. It's just private equity or venture capital or promoters cashing out.'
There will be different ways of returning the money, depending on the profile of the depositors and the amount, predicts Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
It was a roller-coaster week for the markets, amid talk of a fiscal stimulus by the government. Saurabh Mukherjea, chief executive officer, and Prashant Mittal, strategist, at Ambit Capital tell Puneet Wadhwa the recent flows into equity mutual funds are largely speculative in nature and pose a risk of reversal.
While a DFI will help banks derisk their loan portfolios, creation of a bad bank will clean up their balance sheets.
Together, they controlled nearly Rs 26 lakh crore of assets at the end of FY16.
The two parties did not share the deal size but said MavenHive's two founders and 40-odd team members have joined the Bansal-owned firm. MavenHive was started by Bhavin Javia and Anandha Krishnan in 2012.
The sharp fall in the rupee's value against the dollar during the July-September quarter, it turns out, has come as a boon for corporate earnings.
The regulations will only apply to the share purchases that have been done after October 1, 2004
Stay orders keep law out of citizen access even years after CIC rulings on opening market institutions to scrutiny
The analysis is based on the free-float market capitalisation.
The crackdown on black money has manifested itself in a doubling in outward remittances as black money attempts to leave India.
Delay in the recovery in earnings has led Macquarie, Barclays and Ambit to downgrade Indian shares over the last few days.
'He was always opposed to a form of nationalism that was narrow, selfish and arrogant.' 'He will always remain a beacon of inspiration for freedom-loving people across the world and for movements of resistance against oppressive State power.'
Prof Pradip Narayan Ghosh, former Vice Chancellor of Jadavpur University, Kolkata tells us how the quota system has been unable to make higher education accessible to a large section of society.
Analysts now expect India Inc to report a decline in both top line and bottom line for the September quarter.
Experts suggest domestic factors rather than the Greece crisis would determine the course of the Indian equities.
