Previous peak in 2010 crossed in first five-and-a-half months this year.
Indian Hotels, Tata Steel, Tata Teleservices, Tata Motors, Tata Power need some immediate attention of the Tata Group chairman
In the past three years, personal loans have grown at twice the rate of growth in personal disposable income, leading to a steady rise in household indebtedness. At the end of March this year, Indians owed Rs 25.2 lakh crore to banks and listed non-banking finance companies (NBFCs), up 65 per cent in the past three years.
HUL, UltraTech, Asian Paints, L&T, HDFC Bank top global valuation charts
Strong macroeconomic headwinds causing turbulence in the $245-billion Indian IT industry are yet to calm down. Top Indian IT services companies are likely to post a decline or just marginal growth in sequential revenue in Q1FY24 because of a soft discretionary spending environment. Though the first quarter is seasonally strong for IT firms, "June 2023 will be an exception", according to analysts at Kotak Institutional Equities.
Investors turn their attention to export-driven sectors.
Operational income not covering even their interest expenses, finds study; analysts say if economy turns around, new equity issuances an option
These firms reported a combined operating profit of Rs 26,077 crore (Rs 260.77 billion).
Government-owned companies are more generous in rewarding their shareholders with dividends.
Reports have suggested Rs 400-650 as the possible IPO price
The retail inflation, which is factored in by the RBI to arrive at its monetary policy, has been on decline since last month. The previous low was 5.54 per cent in November 2019. The government has asked the RBI to restrict the inflation around 4 per cent, with a margin of 2 per cent on the either side.
There, however, has been an improvement in operating margins.
According to Rahul Rege, business head (retail) at Emkay Global Financial Services, it is difficult to track more than 10 stocks.
The Sensex and the Nifty witnessed biggest one day loss in percentage terms since June 24
The index is more expensive than it was at 2014-end or when it hit a life-time high in January.
As inflation rate is near the upper limit of the comfort zone, experts rule out rate cuts anytime soon
Recovery seen in Q4, companies continue to focus on enhancing cash flow
Mid- and small-cap companies seem to have done better than top-tier companies
Analysts say strengthening bank's capital will boost earnings, bank needs chief with long stint to run show
Build up inflation rate in the financial year so far was 2 per cent compared to a build up rate of 4.56 per cent in the corresponding period of the previous year. Inflation in food articles as a group rose to 11.08 per cent during the month as against 9.80 per cent in the previous month, mainly driven by exorbitantly high onion prices, the rates of which spiked by over 172 per cent from a year-ago. The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index was at 0.16 per cent in October.
A full-blown recovery remained elusive for India Inc in the July-September quarter, even as it overcame the challenge of achieving profitable growth.
The benchmark Sensex companies' underlying earnings per share are down 3 per cent (on a cumulative basis) since January 2015, against 25 per cent rise in the index value during the period
Analysts mostly prefer domestic plays beside select films with foreign exposure.
This is largely on the back of Tata Steel's expansion at Kalinganagar, as well as JLR's in China and Brazil
NTPC to be the worst hit, stock slides to five-year low on announcement.
HUL, ITC, Nestle, Colgate, Dabur, Britannia, Asian Paints, P&G are trading at nearly 48 times. The previous record high was 53 times at the end of March 1994.
The number of infrastructure projects cleared by a monitoring group set up in the Cabinet Secretariat had increased consistently in the past year.
Most NBFCs will have to slow down their loan growth. Some of the most leveraged will have to sell a part of their assets (or loan book) to banks to raise incremental capital. Others may have to knock on the door of their deep-pocketed parents.
Declining vegetable prices brought down the retail inflation to a 15-month low of 4.59 per cent in December and within the comfort zone of the Reserve Bank, government data showed on Tuesday. It is for the first time during the current fiscal that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation print is below 6 per cent or in the RBI's target range of 2 to 6 per cent. The central bank factors in the CPI-based inflation while arriving at its monetary policy. The inflation in December 2020 came down from 6.93 per cent in November, mainly on account of 10.41 per cent decline in vegetable prices over the year-ago period.
Analysts refuse to read too much into the early birds numbers.
12 out of 21 public sector banks reported declines in their loan books in the last financial year against seven such banks in 2015-16 and none in 2013-14.
The incumbents Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea recorded adjusted gross revenue of Rs 10,701.5 crore and Rs 9,808.92 crore, respectively, during the quarter.
Analysts say there is still no visibility of earnings improvement.
During the month, inflation in vegetables shot up to 35.99 per cent, as against 26.10 per cent in October. Likewise, the prices of cereals and eggs grew at a faster pace of 3.71 per cent.
In the domestic market, the Tata Group has lost ground in the passenger car business.
Sales expansion also down 4.4%
Analysts now expect India Inc to report a decline in both top line and bottom line for the September quarter.
Higher crude oil prices also translate into better corporate earnings for India's top companies
With commodity markets remaining soft and uncertain, it is likely the money will flow into equity markets with strong upsides, such as India.
