Company's revenue growth is likely to be volatile going ahead
Price cuts post the November GST rate rationalisation helped improve volume growth for HUL, what pegged back sales for ITC is adverse social media rumours against Aashirvaad atta, its single-largest FMCG brand.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' queries on stocks they own or want to buy. Here are his replies to some of the 'buy, sell, hold, avoid or exit?' e-mails that we have received.
If the view is that rupee will depreciate, hedge your exposure by using forward cover
A rising rupee is a tailwind for dollar investors.
While most analysts remain positive on TCS and Infosys, they are cautious on Wipro.
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Foreign investment cap in insurance sector raised to 49 per cent.
Among these, Hindalco and Vedanta from the metal pack have become multi-baggers, gaining 100 per cent in 2016
NDTV operates news channels, including NDTV 24X7 and NDTV India.
Vistara and AirAsia India have been lobbying for the relaxation of this rule.
According to experts, due to reduction in withholding tax, FIIs' investment in corporate bonds will pick up.
If your fund's expense ratio has risen dramatically after Sebi's recent changes, compare it with the category average before switching.
Demonetisation, Donald Trump's surprise victory in the US presidential elections, and the fear that US Fed may hike rates in the upcoming policy review in December have dented market sentiments, report Puneet Wadhwa & Deepak Korgaonkar.
RCap had proprietary investment book of Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) as on end-March and owns stake in a host of companies.
Import in the first nine months of the current calendar year fell 20 per cent to 525 tonnes from 658 tonnes in the year-ago period.
Significant portion of the funds used to fuel urban demand have become illegal and inoperative.
Market experts believe the retreat is because of uncertainty.
Sensex gains 2.4%, Nifty crosses 7,000; investors feel exit polls have vindicated their stand
On Wednesday, FIIs sold shares worth Rs 1,573 crore.
Monday's steep fall turned Sensex's yearly returns to - 2.57%, but only two large-cap funds did worse.
The financial and commodity markets will continue to roil, as China's growth moderates and readjustments are made.
The turmoil on the Street and a continued fall of the rupee may affect growth stocks, pushing equity investors back to the relative safety of defensive counters, or forcing them to flee markets, or both.
More than a decade after it entered the market, Naukri.com, Info Edge (India) Ltd's recruitment services portal, has about 50,000 customers and about 120,000 job listings.
FIIs accumulated India's top-listed companies at an average valuation of around 16 times.
The 55-year-old executive takes over on August 1.
With two top exits and uncertainty on growth strategy, Jubilant is likely to remain under pressure
Be it consumer products, lifestyle or entertainment, spiritual gurus are stepping into business and are finding success
For the wealthy, post-tax returns of debt funds would work out better
Though the developments are positive, analysts say the benefits will accrue only in the long run
Sensex is now as expensive as in early 2008
Recent tribunal rulings open prospects of large haircuts and barriers to auctioning of personal guarantees, among other issues
Select companies in infra, capital goods, private banks, auto, oil & gas, and mining could be considered by investors.
The Olympic silver medalist could charge between Rs 75 lakhs and Rs 1 crore per endorsement.
Besides Budget, markets will be driven by global events and the outcome of assembly elections.
A bronze medal in wrestling gets brands talking about a potential endorser joining the ranks of past Olympics stars from India, Abhinav Bindra and Vijender Singh
One of the reasons for the failure, say industry experts and financial analysts, is that Emami strayed too far from its core with sanitary napkins.
Row also provides an opportunity for key competitor ITC (Yippee noodles) to step up market share in the prepared dishes segment
Did top Indian business groups miss the e-commerce opportunity by focusing on replicating the Walmart model instead of following the Amazon model of online shopping?
FIIs are looking at the long-term story and initiatives of Indian pharma companies to transform themselves into global entities.
With the introduction of 10 per cent tax both on long-term capital gains and on dividend, choose funds based on investment horizon and risk appetite, not on tax advantage, experts tell Sanjay Kumar Singh.
