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.
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.
Its rich valuation with a PE of 62 times raises downside risk for investors
Recovery seen in Q4, companies continue to focus on enhancing cash flow
FIIs accumulated India's top-listed companies at an average valuation of around 16 times.
Reports have suggested Rs 400-650 as the possible IPO price
The sector is witnessing weak tendering.
The gap between Nifty's price-earnings multiple and economic growth is at a 12-year high
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
Risk-averse investors can hold up to 10 per cent of their portfolio in gold, while aggressive ones can keep five per cent.
Government-owned companies are more generous in rewarding their shareholders with dividends.
Brokerages expect revenue growth at a 7-quarter high but profitability may disappoint.
Five stocks - Havells, NCC, Suzlon, Blue Star and Crompton Greaves look most attractive after the recent course correction.
Mid- and small-cap companies seem to have done better than top-tier companies
The cover will pay only for the construction cost of the building.
Softening rural consumption and the likelihood of weak corporate earnings in the March quarter saw investors dump stocks.
The country's narrowing power deficit and increased coal production may not be indicators of the end of stress in the industry. Amritha Pillay reports.
Market hopes govt will hike capital expenditure.
Oil and gas sectot may not put up good numbers in Q4.
Consensus continues to be cautious with analysts pointing towards tougher days ahead
For top IT services firms, revenue growth in FY15 was the slowest since the Lehman crisis
Analysts refuse to read too much into the early birds numbers.
The bank lost out on fairly meaningful quantum of fees from point of sale terminals and ATM usage during the demonetisation exercise.
The Sensex and the Nifty witnessed biggest one day loss in percentage terms since June 24
Indian Hotels, Tata Steel, Tata Teleservices, Tata Motors, Tata Power need some immediate attention of the Tata Group chairman
Firms have to adhere to strict compliance requirements mandated by global parents
Experts expect the trend to continue in the near term.
While insurance companies are yet to finalise the premiums, there are chances that group health premiums could see an increase.
The BSE Mid-Cap index was currently up 0.83%. The BSE Small-Cap index was currently up 0.8%.
Hurdles such as approvals for repair and fixed rates can make the process time-consuming.
'The government is encouraging consumption through fiscal spending in a bid to push up economic growth in the face of a slowdown in corporate investment and exports.'
Renault Kwid plays the reinvention game to suit changing customer behaviour
TCS kicked-off the Q1FY17 earnings season for information technology companies on Thursday.
Corporate indebtedness is now twice what it was before the global financial crisis; banks' bad loans ratio is 3.5 times higher.
The fallen bellwether of the technology sector has a strategy to reclaim its lost position.
These firms reported a combined operating profit of Rs 26,077 crore (Rs 260.77 billion).
Most policies have a 30-90 days waiting period, during which you will not be able to claim any hospitalisation expense, except in case of accidents.
Combined debt-equity ratio of top companies declines but interest expenses outgrow profits.
This analysis is based on the quarterly earnings for 724 companies.
While Raghuram Rajan has said in the past that other factors, including domestic fundamentals, outweigh the US Fed policy meet, this time it would be different
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