The combined assets of the top five - Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys Technologies, Wipro, HCL Technologies and Tech Mahindra were down one per cent to Rs 27,7400 crore at the end of 2017-18, from Rs 28,0100 crore a year before.
A total of 183 stocks rallied 10 per cent, of which 32 stocks saw price appreciation of 20 per cent each.
A financial turnaround in Tata Steel and Tata Motors has come as a shot in the arm for Chandra.
After years of losing money on two of the group's biggest bets - global steel business and domestic passenger cars - there are strong signs of a revival in both businesses.
The S&P BSE Sensex has dipped five per cent, thus far, in CY15.
Wipro, Steel Authority of India, HDFC Bank, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam, Bharat Heavy Electricals and Reliance Commnications among companies reporting a decline in headcount in FY17.
India's cash-rich promoters are not the same as the wealthiest. For example, Mukesh Ambani is the richest Indian based on his stake in Reliance Industries, followed by Premji, the Adani family of the Adani group, and Radhakishan Damani of Avenue Supermarts.
The 30 share Sensex ended up 183 points at 27,470 and the 50-share Nifty gained 44 points to close at 8,295.
The rally in most of these stocks is partly attributed to impressive financial performance.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 204 points at 27,215 and the 50-share Nifty ended up 59 points at 8,238.
Earnings spread for foreign investors down to 10-year low of 1.1 per cent, from 2 per cent at the beginning of the year and record high of nearly 5 per cent in 2013
Most Asian markets were trading weak on Monday.
Experts suggest domestic factors rather than the Greece crisis would determine the course of the Indian equities.
The finance ministry has short listed 11 PSUs for a possible buyback of shares in the ongoing financial year
While companies have not launched too many products in rural areas of late, easy financing has helped push up demand.
In good times, analysts justify valuations giving interesting investment rationale.
It was a year of big gains for equity investors.
The outcome is beyond the market's expectation and will be a sentimental boost, say analysts.
On the other hand, the group's two traditional cash cows, TCS and Tata Motors' subsidiary Jaguar Land Rover, are slowing as other businesses pick up pace
The list of companies skipping dividends in FY19 includes some of the country's largest firms and industry leaders such Tata Motors, Avenue Supermart, Future Retail and Vodafone Idea, among others.
Experts say it will now be tough for the Modi government to catch up with the UPA's economic record owing to the shock induced by the currency demonetisation.
The Sensex ended in red on domestic concerns.
More than half the Sensex companies have declared their results for the third quarter and there are more positive surprises than disappointments.
Equity investors should thank cash-rich biggies such as TCS, ITC, HUL, Nestl, and Bajaj Auto for this.
This analysis is based on the quarterly earnings for 724 companies.
In five years, royalty payments have grown 31.1% yearly, much faster than rise in revenue and profit.
India on track to be third largest consumer economy by 2025.
Many analysts find market expensive, even at current levels.
The combined share of customs and excise duties, service tax, and value-added tax in India's gross domestic product reached an all-time high of 10.5%.
'The government is encouraging consumption through fiscal spending in a bid to push up economic growth in the face of a slowdown in corporate investment and exports.'
12 out of 21 public sector banks reported declines in their loan books in the last financial year against seven such banks in 2015-16 and none in 2013-14.
In the past 12 months, such earnings have grown in double digits in Europe, the US, Japan and South Korea.
The Indian indices also offer one of the lowest dividend yields.
Longest period of price-earnings expansion in the index since 1996
The government will release the Index of Industrial Production for July 2015 on Friday, September 11, 2015.
Tata Motors, Titan Company & Tata Steel come in at second, third & fourth slots.
The road ahead for the markets in the short term will depend on external factors rather than domestic developments.
144 companies will pay Rs 61,087 crore in equity dividends to their shareholders for FY16, an increase of 19.2 per cent year-on-year
Asian markets were trading mixed with shares in China witnessing profit taking after sharp gains in the previous session.
ITC's net profit grew the fastest, followed by HUL and Asian Paints.
