Shares of Motilal Oswal Financial Services, Edelweiss Financial Services and IIFL Holdings have all doubled in the past one year against the Sensex's 23 per cent gain.
Other losers included HCL Tech, Yes Bank, IndusInd Bank, TCS, ONGC, Bajaj Finance, PowerGrid, Vedanta, Asian Paints, NTPC and Hero MotoCorp, which shed up to 4.07 per cent.
The gap between Nifty's price-earnings multiple and economic growth is at a 12-year high
In the Sensex kitty, ITC turned star performer by surging 2.45 per cent, followed by NTPC rising 2.19 per cent.
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
Corporate indebtedness is now twice what it was before the global financial crisis; banks' bad loans ratio is 3.5 times higher.
With commodity markets remaining soft and uncertain, it is likely the money will flow into equity markets with strong upsides, such as India.
Slowdown and liquidity squeeze by RBI have put India's top 10 indebted firms in a tight spot. But they have a few options.
Besides foreign flows, corporate earnings and US Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen's testimony to the nation's legislature are also likely to impact investor sentiment.
With India's imports exceeding exports, weak rupee does more harm than good. Analysts, however, say that rupee depriciation is positive for export-oriented sectors such as IT services, pharmaceuticals, textiles and automobiles
Analysts say there is still no visibility of earnings improvement.
According to Rahul Rege, business head (retail) at Emkay Global Financial Services, it is difficult to track more than 10 stocks.
For equity investors, the risk-to-reward ratio is worsening.
Rising oil prices and diminishing cash pile to limit capacity in 2018-19
Analysts expect RIL to report consolidated revenue of Rs 1.40 trillion and 10 analysts expect RIL's net income to be Rs 9,629 crore
Gold is currently trading at Rs 25,200 for 10 grams.
The road ahead for the markets in the short term will depend on external factors rather than domestic developments.
FIIs have offloaded stocks worth Rs 13,110 crore
NTPC to be the worst hit, stock slides to five-year low on announcement.
Markets end in red; bluechips struggle to keep pace.
Worries remain on earnings-valuations mismatch, global issues; resolution of the MAT row could be biggest positive trigger
The index is more expensive than it was at 2014-end or when it hit a life-time high in January.
The fall came on the back of a massive selloff in NBFCs, led by DHFL which skidded over 50 per cent on fears of a liquidity crisis.
FIIs accumulated India's top-listed companies at an average valuation of around 16 times.
Analysts now expect India Inc to report a decline in both top line and bottom line for the September quarter.
Among Sensex constituents, HCL Tech suffered the most by diving 2.26 per cent, followed by HDFC shedding 2.10 per cent.
Higher crude oil prices also translate into better corporate earnings for India's top companies
TCS kicked-off the Q1FY17 earnings season for information technology companies on Thursday.
In the past 12 months, such earnings have grown in double digits in Europe, the US, Japan and South Korea.
Oil and gas sectot may not put up good numbers in Q4.
More than half the Sensex companies have declared their results for the third quarter and there are more positive surprises than disappointments.
Through the past 12 months, the Bank Nifty has risen 55%
This analysis is based on the quarterly earnings for 724 companies.
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.
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.
And why markets could give up 25 per cent of all these gains made since March 2020
Government-owned companies are more generous in rewarding their shareholders with dividends.
Consensus continues to be cautious with analysts pointing towards tougher days ahead
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