If financials and oil sectors were removed, India Inc has done quite well.
In the mid-quarter review on December 18, the Reserve Bank left key policy rates unchanged but said it will hike interest rates if inflation does not subside.
While okra was being sold for Rs 100-120 a kg and cauliflower for Rs 120-140 a kg in Mumbai and its suburbs, all other vegetable prices have increased by almost 100 per cent since July 20.
Aviation companies were in focus with all the three airliners SpiceJet, InterGlobe Aviation and Jet Airways adding in the range of 2% to 3% on the BSE
Faced with sluggish economic growth and dwindling exports, China on Wednesday devalued its currency for the second consecutive day.
'In the long run, the boost to farmers' incomes must come from technological breakthroughs,' says Pratap S Birthal and Digvijay S Negi.
Markets climb higher tracking global cues.
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.
Beijing did not announce expected policy support over the weekend
In the broader market, the S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices gained 0.5% and 0.4%, respectively.
Analysts expect inflation to peak in the first half of 2016-17 and moderate, thereafter, on the back of positive impact of monsoons
Prices of the key vegetable have also gone up in various cities.
'If it doesn't happen, we may be in for a difficult time.' 'Our biggest problem is our population and the fact we are a very social people.' 'However, I would say two months is more than enough time for things to settle down.'
Traders said wholesale prices are firm as supplies from producing regions have been lower in the past couple of days.
Gains were led by HUL on better-than-expected margins in March quarter and capital goods shares.
The US Fed's rate cycle is set to turn later this year, but India is in a much better position than it was in 2013.
The headline HSBC India Purchasing Managers' Index -- a composite gauge designed to give a single-figure snapshot of manufacturing business conditions -- stood at 53.3 in November significantly higher from 51.6 in October.
Eight Sensex biggies such as Reliance, L&T, BHEL, SBI and ICICI Bank are among the worst hit.
'We need to further catalyse economic growth and the government needs to increase revenue,' says G K Agarwal, BJP's national spokesperson on economic affairs.
A survey conducted by Business Standard reveals that a majority of the country's states are still firmly against the move, while a few are open to considering only conditionally.
From linking innovation with supply of inputs to providing contract farming, the private sector can help agriculture move to the next stage of development.
Today Aashirvaad, ITC says, has 75 per cent of the market.
23 Nifty companies reported an annual decline in net profit.
Far from the metros and big cities, the coronavirus crisis in the country's districts, towns and villages is being led by district magistrates.
The responsibility of keeping the pandemic under control lies with the DM or collector.
Subrat Kumar Sen, the young district magistrate of Saran, north Bihar, tells Rediff.com's Archana Masih how he and his staff are combating a crisis that no one has confronted before.
ICICI Bank was the top loser along with index heavyweights RIL, ITC and HDFC.
It is important to note that slowdown in activity is really confined to a selected few regions within China.
'In the Asean market, the train left at the same time for India and China, but while India's ride has been symbolic of India's rickety railways, it seems that China's has been on a bullet train,' note Renjini V R, Manmeet Ajmani and Devesh Roy.
This means lower losses on fuel sales by Indian oil companies and a shrinking oil subsidy bill for the government.
Imported Ethane will substitute its current propane imports and a portion of naphtha used for ethylene production.
'The good news is that money continues to flow into India-focussed offshore funds.'
In the December quarter, Sensex earnings had contracted 5 per cent.
Rise in investor sentiment, return of risk appetite aid shares across the board
Experts said a future rate cut would depend on the inflation.
Experts feel select companies in banking, automobiles, financial services & real estate will gain from lower interest rates
Banks stocks continued to trade weak along with FMCG major ITC.
The study claims that from its peak of 18 per cent of gross domestic product in 2008, the crony capitalists' wealth is now down to three per cent
Mumbai's alternative business district of Bandra-Kurla Complex was at 18th position.
The upcoming general elections will be the focus and the economy and market performance will pivot around that event. The general consensus is that the India stock market should be up around 10 per cent by the end of the year.
A day after an FIR was filed against 35 persons on board US ship 'M V Seaman Guard Ohio,' detained for straying into Indian waters carrying weapons and ammunition, a multi-agency investigation, including officials from Research and Analysis Wing and Intelligence Bureau, has begun, sources said on Tuesday.
India's manufacturing PMI rose to 54.5 in December, 2014, while in the corresponding period a year ago it stood at 50.7, just above the crucial 50 mark which separates growth from contraction.
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