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.
Institutional investors led by foreign portfolio investors have bought these shares.
Analysts expect the indices to dip further if the global macros do not stabilise
Here's how brokerages across the country are interpreting the exit polls.
'If an investor wants to clone an ace investor's portfolio, s/he will be better off cloning the entire portfolio rather than cherry picking stocks selectively.'
The Hinduja Group, Mukesh Ambani, Murugappa, and the Adani groups were the other gainers in the Modi regime, while Naveen Jindal and Sun Pharma groups saw the most erosion in their m-cap in the last five years, reports Krishna Kant.
Valued at $71.2 billion, the bank's market capitalisation is more than that of global banks like Barclays, JP Morgan Chase and Credit Suisse.
While companies have not launched too many products in rural areas of late, easy financing has helped push up demand.
Together, the top 10 business groups reported a pre-tax loss of Rs 19,342 crore during the January-March 2020 quarter, as against a profit before tax of around Rs 48,500 crore in the year-ago period and Rs 39,600 crore during the December quarter. While Vedanta was the worst hit. others included Aditya Birla, Bharti, Adani, Mahindra, and Tata.
Participants will keenly watch fate of GST Bill in Parliament.
In its investor presentation, IHH said it wanted to develop Fortis into a market leader.
Market cap of government companies has remained unchanged in the past 8 years.
Since its peak, the S&P BSE Sensex has dropped nearly 3,000 points.
Double whammy for consumer firms, where the top line will remain subdued due to demonetisation and margins will squeeze owing to a crude oil spike and rupee depreciation, reports Viveat Susan Pinto/Business Standard from Mumbai.
Further outperformance hinges on pickup in industrial activity, buying by local investors.
Analysts say there is still no visibility of earnings improvement.
A fall presents an opportunity to buy rate-sensitive stocks.
Banking and real estate stocks rise up to 5% on further rate-cut hope.
Ricoh India, the largest gainer among these pack, has rallied 192 per cent from Rs 294 to Rs 859 on the BSE so far in the current calendar year.
IT major nears $100 bn m-cap, accounts for 61% of the group's combined valuation.
How did marquee Dalal Street investors fare in the Jan-Mar quarter that saw the BSE Sensex tank 10 per cent?
Home and kitchen appliances, electronic products, apparel and B-segment cars stand to gain.
Direct investors should stagger their investments over 1-2 months.
India's cash-rich promoters are not the same as the wealthiest. For example, Mukesh Ambani is the richest Indian based on his stake in Reliance Industries, followed by Premji, the Adani family of the Adani group, and Radhakishan Damani of Avenue Supermarts.
BJP loss could trigger a correction
The sentiment around Indian equities remains positive and unchanged.
Equity investors should thank cash-rich biggies such as TCS, ITC, HUL, Nestl, and Bajaj Auto for this.
Long-term investors can stay put in the markets, but should brace for volatility
The firm would require it to more than triple its CAGR of revenue to 18.5% for the next decade from 6%
On the other hand, the group's two traditional cash cows, TCS and Tata Motors' subsidiary Jaguar Land Rover, are slowing as other businesses pick up pace
The list of companies skipping dividends in FY19 includes some of the country's largest firms and industry leaders such Tata Motors, Avenue Supermart, Future Retail and Vodafone Idea, among others.
A total of 183 stocks rallied 10 per cent, of which 32 stocks saw price appreciation of 20 per cent each.
Their share in overall market capitalisation of BSE stocks has risen to a four-year high
The finance ministry has short listed 11 PSUs for a possible buyback of shares in the ongoing financial year
Buying stocks during bad times can lead to good returns.
Have conviction in your bets and use stop-loss as a defence mechanism to curtail losses.
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.
Between now and the general elections (likely in May 2019) there are 12 assembly polls, which analysts say, in a way will also be interpreted as a referendum on the Modi-led government's key reforms
