During the dot-com bubble, it had touched a high of 1.9.
Greek crisis is coming at a time when India is short of hard news on the domestic front.
Indian companies typically have higher return on equity.
'James Crabtree ignores the emergence of a nexus between business and politics going back to the 1920s and talks of it as a new child of 21st century India,' says Shivanand Kanavi.
'We met on a Mumbai local some time ago, but the lessons she taught me about money management and life in general have stayed with me,' says Geetanjali Krishna.
Government-owned companies are more generous in rewarding their shareholders with dividends.
But much depends on govt action & global economy; Sensex gains in 2070 the biggest in five years
Election results, diesel & gas pricing moves, labour law changes - all stoke anticipation of more cheer ahead.
'The market position from here on is expected to go up'.
According to technical analysts, the Nifty could trade in the range between 7,400 and 7,700.
Iconic Dalal Street investors Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and Radhakishan Damani, known for their stock picks, have forged an unusual partnership to make Bollywood flicks.
'India is not so distant from years of high and entrenched inflationary expectations that it should start trying to play games with the economy the way the West's central bankers think they are entitled to,' argues Mihir S Sharma.
Promoters' holding in private sector BSE 500 companies declined to 43.4% in Sept
The benchmark BSE Sensex reclaimed the 28,000 mark, spurting by 409 points or 1.4% at 28,114 and Nifty settled above the 8,500 mark at 8,532, gains of 111 points.
Positive cues from the global market front aided the rally.
Positive cues from Asian peers also uplifted the sentiment.
HUL, UltraTech, Asian Paints, L&T, HDFC Bank top global valuation charts
Average monthly searches for 'bull market' have gone down significantly from May-June peak.
Shree Cement beats ACC in market value, Lupin ahead of Dr Reddy's Labs
'This fall is nothing. We could see worse if everybody hits the panic button.'
'A bold, progressive step forward,' Kotak Mahindra Bank CEO Uday Kotak said of Nirmala Sitharaman's corporate tax breaks.
Just what are Ranbir and Alia doing on the film's sets?
The growth premium India enjoyed has largely been lost.
That resulted in a 50-basis point improvement in operating profit margins on a sequential basis.
This year's investment in equities would be one the highest
Promoter holding in family-owned firms up 70 bps since 2005, 240 bps since 2010.
Though not a blockbuster budget it does not undermine the fact that key issues were addressed and the finance minister certainly did not under-deliver, says Vatsal Srivastava.
Five of the 12 BSE sectoral indices ended at 52-week highs; the oil and gas index zoomed by nearly 5%.
IT companies account for a third of the entire dividend pot this year
Experts feel select companies in banking, automobiles, financial services & real estate will gain from lower interest rates
Mop-up misses target as big FIIs skip issue.
The exchange moved through many ups and downs through the years.
The banking, oil and metal sectors were the top sectoral losers on the BSE, while IT stocks rendered support at lower levels.
Many analysts find market expensive, even at current levels.
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
Sales expansion also down 4.4%
'We saw people tripping over each other, running, screaming.' 'You could see people running with their daily briefcase despite suffering deep cuts and blood pouring from them.'
India Inc will report good set of numbers in Q4.
2015 is set for a lot of changes - and some that we would like to happen
