The firm would require it to more than triple its CAGR of revenue to 18.5% for the next decade from 6%
Wipro, Steel Authority of India, HDFC Bank, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam, Bharat Heavy Electricals and Reliance Commnications among companies reporting a decline in headcount in FY17.
The S&P BSE Sensex has dipped five per cent, thus far, in CY15.
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.
Their share in overall market capitalisation of BSE stocks has risen to a four-year high
Analysts say there is still no visibility of earnings improvement.
Through the past 12 months, the Bank Nifty has risen 55%
While companies have not launched too many products in rural areas of late, easy financing has helped push up demand.
This analysis is based on the quarterly earnings for 724 companies.
More than half the Sensex companies have declared their results for the third quarter and there are more positive surprises than disappointments.
Lower IT exports will raise India's dependence on capital flows to fund imports.
The rally in most of these stocks is partly attributed to impressive financial performance.
There, however, has been an improvement in operating margins.
Most Asian markets were trading weak on Monday.
It was a year of big gains for equity investors.
'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.'
Tata Motors, Titan Company & Tata Steel come in at second, third & fourth slots.
Equity markets in Pakistan and Bangladesh are tiny compared to the market capitalisation of the Indian equity market.
Sensex,Nifty to remain under pressure through the week.
Government-owned companies are more generous in rewarding their shareholders with dividends.
With mutual funds, promoters turning net-buyers, foreign investors may have to bid up prices to raise holdings.
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.
In five years, royalty payments have grown 31.1% yearly, much faster than rise in revenue and profit.
Leverage ratio falls to under 1; but group heavily dependent on TCS & Tata Motors.
The gap between Nifty's price-earnings multiple and economic growth is at a 12-year high
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.
If financials and oil sectors were removed, India Inc has done quite well.
Corporate indebtedness is now twice what it was before the global financial crisis; banks' bad loans ratio is 3.5 times higher.
In the past 12 months, such earnings have grown in double digits in Europe, the US, Japan and South Korea.
The index is more expensive than it was at 2014-end or when it hit a life-time high in January.
The road ahead for the markets in the short term will depend on external factors rather than domestic developments.
ITC's net profit grew the fastest, followed by HUL and Asian Paints.
A financial turnaround in Tata Steel and Tata Motors has come as a shot in the arm for Chandra.
Rising oil prices and diminishing cash pile to limit capacity in 2018-19
This weakness is likely to continue in the near-term.
Sales expansion also down 4.4%
Tata Steel and Tata Chemicals under investor watch
Once tipped to emerge as the biggest exporter, the pharmaceutical industry is yet to acquire the scale of those in software services, says Krishna Kant.
Investors turn their attention to export-driven sectors.
ICICI Bank was the top gainer after stable rating for its senior unsecured bonds by S&P Global Ratings.
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