Nifty 50 firms' net profit estimated to grow by a modest 3.1% in Q2, reports Krishna Kant.
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Select companies in infra, capital goods, private banks, auto, oil & gas, and mining could be considered by investors.
Broader market underperformed the headline indices with BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap finishing in red
Vijay Mallya left India on March 2, presumably for London.
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The 30-share Sensex ended down 297 points at 27,438 and the 50-share Nifty closed 93 points lower at 8,305.
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Other Sensex gainers were Infosys, Wipro, ICICI Bank, Hero MotoCorp, L&T, Axis Bank,, Tata Steel, HDFC and Cipla.
HDFC Bank has ensured that no bank will be able to match them in the near future without bleeding on margins.
'After many rudderless years, India and Japan have prime ministers with a sense of purpose and direction,' says Brahma Chellaney.
The BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices outperformed to gain 0.6% and 1.1%, respectively
Markets across the globe gained after China Securities Regulator removed its four-day-old circuit-breaker system.
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ICICI Bank and SBI were among the top Sensex gainers along with FMCG majors ITC and HUL.
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Financial shares were among the top gainers with HDFC leading the gains.
Budget this year has allowed PSBs to bring down govt stake to 51%
The Union Budget 2016-17 has cheered the NBFC sector
Pharma shares were the top gainers led by Lupin after the company received EIR from USFDA for its Goa facility
Reliance ADAG, Tech Mahindra among top recruiters at IIM-A
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Markets will be closed on Thursday and Friday on account of Holi and Good Friday, respectively.
The Reserve Bank of India held its policy rate at 7.25 percent on Tuesday.
Market breadth was weak with 1239 losers and 1078 gainers on the BSE.
Government has forecast annual economic growth to rise to 7.4%.
Major global indices like CAC 40, DAX Shanghai Composite, Hang Seng, Nikkei, Straits Times, Sensex, Nifty have lost 1% - 10% in a week
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Vijay Mallya on Wednesday gave a proposal to the Supreme Court to repay around Rs 4,000 crore (Rs 40 billion) loan to banks by September this year.
Bankers pay a small price for their misdeeds, no matter how large the cost to their banks or to the economy at large, says TT Ram Mohan.
Sectors such as Auto, Banks, Capital Goods, FMCG, Metal, Oil & Gas and Power are trading marginally lower.
The 30-share S&P BSE Sensex ended up 130 points at 25,400 and the Nifty50 rose 46 points to close at 7,759.
Growth in the eight core sectors jumped to 8.5% in April, due to a sharp pick-up in refinery products and a commensurate rise in electricity generation.
Stock market investors on Friday became richer by over Rs 1 lakh crore as the share market rose and the benchmark Sensex galloped to a new closing high enthused by the clear win of Narendra Modi-led BJP in Lok Sabha polls.
The resignation is sure to create more political firestorms for the government as it comes on the eve of the winter session of Parliament where the Opposition has already made it clear to the treasury benches that infringing on the RBI autonomy would be a big talking point for them.
With a new government in place, the outlook on economy and political stability has improved
Home loans also pose lower bad-debt risks for the banks than corporate loans.
