If financials and oil sectors were removed, India Inc has done quite well.
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.
Analysts say traders have been building long positions on expectations the BJP would sail through in the five Assembly elections
The combined share of customs and excise duties, service tax, and value-added tax in India's gross domestic product reached an all-time high of 10.5%.
Though Indian banks don't have large exposure to subprime mortgages, analysts are worried at the rise in their restructured loan portfolios and deterioration in credit quality.
There, however, has been an improvement in operating margins.
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.
The road ahead for the markets in the short term will depend on external factors rather than domestic developments.
Its rich valuation with a PE of 62 times raises downside risk for investors
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.
The number of infrastructure projects cleared by a monitoring group set up in the Cabinet Secretariat had increased consistently in the past year.
In five years, per-employee revenue for IT companies grew at 9 per cent each year.
Top losers in the Sensex pack included Yes Bank, Vedanta, IndusInd Bank, Tata Steel, L&T, SBI, NTPC, Kotak Bank, HDFC, HDFC Bank, PowerGrid, Infosys and ITC, falling up to 4.18 per cent.
According to Rahul Rege, business head (retail) at Emkay Global Financial Services, it is difficult to track more than 10 stocks.
Brokerages expect revenue growth at a 7-quarter high but profitability may disappoint.
From the 30-share basket, 28 scrips suffered losses. Over 200 stocks were at their 52-week low in Tuesday's trade.
Mid- and small-cap companies seem to have done better than top-tier companies
Analysts refuse to read too much into the early birds numbers.
FIIs have offloaded stocks worth Rs 13,110 crore
This weakness is likely to continue in the near-term.
Higher crude oil prices also translate into better corporate earnings for India's top companies
Operational income not covering even their interest expenses, finds study; analysts say if economy turns around, new equity issuances an option
The growth premium India enjoyed has largely been lost.
Recovery seen in Q4, companies continue to focus on enhancing cash flow
Anaysts recommend a 'buy' on Icra due to its positive outlook.
Anaysts recommend a 'buy' on Icra due to its positive outlook.
More than half the Sensex companies have declared their results for the third quarter and there are more positive surprises than disappointments.
Five stocks - Havells, NCC, Suzlon, Blue Star and Crompton Greaves look most attractive after the recent course correction.
Many giving double-digit returns, with India up less than one per cent; even so, it has done much better than other emerging markets.
Analysts say there is still no visibility of earnings improvement.
After unseasonal rains, supply disruptions and pandemic-induced woes pushed retail inflation well over the Reserve Bank's comfort zone in 2020, the scenario is likely to stay that way at least in the short term as economic recovery slowly gains foothold. For most part of this year, pricier food items pushed the retail inflation, based on Consumer Price Index (CPI), higher in the range of 6.58-7.61 per cent, except for March when the reading was 5.91 per cent. Experts believe retail inflation is likely to average around 6.3 per cent this fiscal and mostly will remain sticky going forward owing to pick-up in demand across sectors.
With commodity markets remaining soft and uncertain, it is likely the money will flow into equity markets with strong upsides, such as India.
Most analysts expect growth in the sales of Nifty-50 companies to decelerate, albeit marginally, in the quarter ended December compared to the corresponding period of 2013-14, with metals and real estate companies pulling down earnings.
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.
In the domestic market, the Tata Group has lost ground in the passenger car business.
Equity investors grew richer by Rs 32.49 lakh crore in 2020 on the back of smart returns in the stock market which had a roller-coaster ride during the year hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The COVID-19 outbreak ravaged lives and livelihoods on a global scale, shuttering businesses and jolting world equities. But amid all the gloom, Indian stock indices gave hope of returning to winning ways towards the latter part of the year.
The BSE Mid-Cap index was currently up 0.83%. The BSE Small-Cap index was currently up 0.8%.
Through the past 12 months, the Bank Nifty has risen 55%
These firms reported a combined operating profit of Rs 26,077 crore (Rs 260.77 billion).
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