2016 is difficult to predict, and this uncertainty will drive volatility in global markets.
These have been selected based on the earnings growth prospects and favourable (buy) ratings by brokerages
Cyrus Mistry had put in place a strategy that would have pulled most of the Tata group's 'legacy hotspots' out of the financial mess from legacy issues and helped turn around the group's finances.
The 30-share Sensex lost 12 points to end at 29,559 and the 50-share Nifty climbed 4 points to close at 8,914.
'India needs to adopt a more proactive policy of triggering exports to China.'
The pre-dawn signals are on the balance negative.
Benchmark share indices gained for the fifth straight session on Thursday led by index heavyweight Reliance Industries.
The market could be influenced by events elsewhere in the world and regardless of what happens to India's economy
It will be difficult for the Indian equity to outperform overall growth to the extent bullish observers expect.
Banking stocks, including top ones like State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Bank of Baroda and Bank of India, among others, have fallen sharply in the last one month.
Arun Jaitley had a tough fiscal hill to climb.
Over to the government how they manage the uncertainty of monsoon and revive spending in order to entice RBI for another round of rate cuts
Assessing the shape of the Indian economy just a couple of days ahead of the Union Budget for 2016-17, Saugata Bhatacharya, senior vice president and chief economist, Axis Bank, speaks about his budget wishlist and suggests measures that can help finance minister Arun Jaitley achieve the targeted fiscal deficit of 3.5 per cent of India's gross domestic product.
Engineering major BHEL rebounded from its day's lows to end around 1% higher.
Markets in green tracking firm global cues.
For one thing, US Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke was perhaps right in postponing the quantitative easing taper even though the markets had complained at that time that they were primed for some reduction in QE3 and the Fed had missed an opportunity to execute their plans without causing too much of a flutter.
ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank reported healthy loan growth and asset quality.
Indian economy about to take-off
Sanjay Mathur, managing director and head of economics research for Asia Pacific (ex-Japan), Royal Bank of Scotland, tells Business Standard that in the emerging market pack, India needs to learn lessons from Korea and Taiwan, which have managed their economic situations well.
Keep exit plans handy, D-day could be the second week of August, writes Sonali Ranade in Market Notes.