A new management at one of India's oldest paint companies looks to revive the dormant paints brand, readies for a stiff fight with rivals.
It may be a little early to cheer the recovery in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) space as a deceleration in discretionary demand, after the festival season, may offset fragile rural recovery, analysts have cautioned. "The overall demand environment for staples remains muted, while discretionary demand trends have seen some deceleration after the festival season. "We believe margins in staples have bottomed out, but we expect only a gradual uptick with the ongoing softening in raw material prices.
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FIIs have offloaded shares of Bajaj Corp, Nestle, Jyothy Laboratories and Britannia.
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Reliance Industries accounted for Rs 6.3 trillion in wealth created since 1995; closest rival was Hindustan Unilever which was at Rs 4.9 trillion.
Market breadth turned negative with 1,779 declines over 884 advances on the BSE
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India Inc is gearing up for a slugfest this year and from tech to paints, new battlegrounds are emerging, observes Indrajit Gupta, co-founder, Founding Fuel.
Of the 16 FMCG firms, 12 companies saw an increase in their respective foreign institutional investors holding in three months ended September 2013 over the year-ago period, while the remaining four witnessed a decline in FIIs stake, according to a report by A C Choksi Share Brokers.
Companies, so far, were constrained by the provisions of Articles 370 and 35A, which restricted the purchase of land and hiring manpower.
The 30-share Sensex provisionally ended up 366 points at 27,275 and the 50-share Nifty ended up 132 points at 8,235.
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The Sensex ended down 134 points at 28,559 and the Nifty ended 35 points lower at 8,554
From MRF to Shree Cement: 23 companies which delivered 30% CAGR in 15 years.
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Strong gains in Vedanta Ltd, Adani Ports, Bharti Airtel and Maruti Suzuki helped the index touch record levels.
While everyone raves about the joys of the monsoons, Keya Sarkar is not as enthusiastic.
'Zero Day' visitors like Maruti Suzuki, TVS, Tata Motors, Hero MotoCorp, Ashok Leyland and Bajaj Electricals are visiting fewer campuses.
Quite a few large- and mid-cap stocks are yet to recover from the note ban, pharma, banking and rural demand-based industries among laggards.
The S&P BSE Sensex has rallied about 28 per cent in 2014, after formation of a stable government at the Centre.
A bonus is given to existing stockholders in proportion to the number of shares they already hold.
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The sentiment around Indian equities remains positive and unchanged.
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Sun Pharma stock has appreciated at 35% a year for 20 years
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Analysts mostly prefer domestic plays beside select films with foreign exposure.
Markets ended higher for the second straight session mainly on the back of upbeat corporate earnings.
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Its latest member is a Frenchman. Bernard Arnault's fortune is now estimated at $100.4 billion.
RPG Enterprises Chairman Harsh Goenka thinks aloud about what Vijay Mallya could or should do to get out of the current mess.
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