Direct investors should stagger their investments over 1-2 months.
Experts point to the higher contribution of rural from the north for the growth reported by the region, a point endorsed by companies who've been pushing their presence aggressively there.
Not surprisingly, equity investors are bidding-up stock prices across sectors and the broader market is now more valuable than pre-Covid levels.
Analysts attribute this outperformance to the government's proactive economic reform measures
The underperformance comes amid liquidity concerns in the non-banking finance companies space and Essel Group default news.
FMCG has been behaving unlike a defensive category in recent quarters.
India Inc's cash pile was up 13.8 per cent last fiscal year, thanks to a combination of higher profits in sectors such as IT and fund raising by top companies such a Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel and Tata Motors, among others.
It is the fundamentals of companies that will drive stock performance.
The markets will be eyeing the amendments.
Banking and real estate stocks rise up to 5% on further rate-cut hope.
Combined net profit of BSE500 companies at $ 63 bn is 2.3% of GDP; global average is 5%.
During the current financial year, 25 companies have raised Rs 28,220 crore through IPOs
The sentiment around Indian equities remains positive and unchanged.
The firm would require it to more than triple its CAGR of revenue to 18.5% for the next decade from 6%
The markets had been on an upward trajectory since August 2013.
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
Buying stocks during bad times can lead to good returns.
Together, the top 10 business groups reported a pre-tax loss of Rs 19,342 crore during the January-March 2020 quarter, as against a profit before tax of around Rs 48,500 crore in the year-ago period and Rs 39,600 crore during the December quarter. While Vedanta was the worst hit. others included Aditya Birla, Bharti, Adani, Mahindra, and Tata.
Going ahead, experts say, the fundraising trend in the primary market will depend on how the secondary market performs against the backdrop of the outcome of general elections and global cues.
So far in 2017, the Nifty has gone up by 22.4 per cent.
Analysts expect inflation to peak in the first half of 2016-17 and moderate, thereafter, on the back of positive impact of monsoons
Softening rural consumption and the likelihood of weak corporate earnings in the March quarter saw investors dump stocks.
Pharma stocks have performed well after Budget
Investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and his family's net worth in listed companies surges in the recent bull run.
The current valuation is 38 per cent higher than the 10-year average of 22x and over 50 per cent higher than the 20-year average of around 20x.
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.
Equity markets in Pakistan and Bangladesh are tiny compared to the market capitalisation of the Indian equity market.
The bourse's valuations may get a boost, as it gets set for its OFS of about Rs 10,000 crore.
Market cap of government companies has remained unchanged in the past 8 years.
Second-tier NBFC stocks are trading at 24.4x their trailing earnings, which is nearly twice their 15-year average of 13.9x
A weaker rupee could aid corporate earnings through its positive impact on export intensive sectors such as information technology services, pharmaceuticals and commodity producers such as metal and mining, and oil and gas companies.
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Close to 50 companies have announced stock splits this year so far, something experts say is typical in a bull phase.
With India's imports exceeding exports, weak rupee does more harm than good. Analysts, however, say that rupee depriciation is positive for export-oriented sectors such as IT services, pharmaceuticals, textiles and automobiles
These firms owe Rs 13 trillion to lenders and account for 55% of all non-financial corporate debt.
Government-owned companies are more generous in rewarding their shareholders with dividends.
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
The BSE Midcap index has declined 5.7% thus far in May 2018. In comparison, the S&P BSE Small-cap index has lost 5.6%
ICICI Bank was the top loser along with index heavyweights RIL, ITC and HDFC.
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