'We are certainly open to inorganic opportunities to grow.'
"The shift is gradually happening more on account of favourable risk-reward for stocks in these sectors and the shift would be more pronounced as investors roll over their targets to 2017," the head of research at a foreign brokerage said.
The continuing stress faced by corporate India has weakened their debt-servicing capability and this is reflected in the banks' books, as yet-burgeoning bad loans.
Gains in key IT, capital goods, healthcare and metal stocks, after consistent buying by domestic and foreign investors, helped both the key indices to scale new peaks.
March was the first full quarter for Infosys under its new CEO Salil Parekh.
'Indian non-bank lenders stand exposed to a deteriorating credit quality environment.' 'Such a deterioration could put at risk the value of NCDs purchased by the mutual funds and expose investors in bond and liquid funds to a risk of capital loss.'
Johnson Controls-Hitachi, Voltas, Blue Star, Whirlpool recently recorded new 52-week highs but still haven't lost their steam
"For an airline, the most important asset are the pilots. They are a mature lot who understand that strikes will not help anyone, that planes have to fly; only then will the money come."
Investors lost around Rs 1.57 lakh crore in market valuation on Friday.
Dealers of Tata Motors in most parts of the country have stopped placing orders for this small car in the last three-four months and the showrooms are displaying contemporary models such as Tiago, Tigor, Hexa and Nexon.
In many parts of central and north India, monsoon reaches only in July.
Despite low tariffs, voice usage is not growing.
The services sector, which plays the biggest role in shaping the economy, is facing loads of issues currently. The largest segments, financial and real estate, are struggling to cope with bad debts and low demand for houses.
The venue for Saturday's meeting was shifted at the last minute from the headquarters of the India Banks' Association in Cuffe Parade to avoid media glare.
Bankers have hailed the Prime Minister's call to end "financial untouchability" and opened millions of accounts on the inaugural day itself.
These consistent performers are expected to maintain momentum.
Slowing growth, stronger rupee and higher local hiring to pull firms down this financial year
India has achieved 100 per cent electrical connectivity, but 100 per cent electrification remains a long-drawn task, says Shreya Jai.
4 Ranbaxy facilities in India have been barred from exporting to US.
There were heightened expectations from Budget 2017 after the impact of note ban on different sections but most remain unfulfilled.
$10 billion TAPI pipeline unlikely before 2020
Lower interest rates needed to boost manufacturing, officials say.
'The mismatch between valuations and fundamentals is startling,' warns Devangshu Datta
How Amul is changing the face of dairying in Jammu & Kashmir. Some 15,000 dairy farmers, many women, are participating in the initiative.
In 5 years, the AMC has clocked a growth rate of 40% with its AUM up nearly 4 times.
'It is almost four years since we've seen strong growth in earnings.' 'The markets have rallied about 20 per cent in the past year, which is ahead of earnings.' 'So, the stress now will be on earnings to catch up.'
With IndiGo executing its long haul low-cost plans the airline will certainly need a lot of cash going forward.
The payroll estimates, released by the EPFO based on its enrolment, threw up some contrasting trend between September 2017 and February 2018.
N Ganapathy Subramaniam, chief operating officer (COO), discusses the strategy to concert digital opportunities to larger deals, focus on reskilling own people instead of acquiring a company to get access to skillsets and demand from newer verticals in an interview with Romita Majumdar
GST impact: Higher lease payouts may hit airlines, cab aggregators.
Respiratory product paves way for launch in larger markets and greater earnings visibility.
Sun Pharmaceutical, which is growing its dermatology and ophthalmic specialty business in the US will spend $460 million on R&D.
Saurabh Mukherjea, CEO, Ambit Capital, says he is advising clients to either take a genuinely long-term view on stocks or diversify the portfolio with stocks, bonds and gold for those with a short-term view.
Nissan' exit from the light commercial vehicle joint venture has helped speed up consolidation and growth for the company
'Despite uncertainties around demonetisation and the GST, we expect Indian equities to deliver positive returns.'
State owned banks SBI and PNB were the top Nifty gainers along with ICICI Bank and auto shares.
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%.
From the stock perspective, though, even as all the 10 analysts polled by Bloomberg have a 'buy' recommendation on FRL, their target price of Rs 535 suggest most of the positives are already priced in.
At a time when major economies have increased spending, India will have to do the same.
Enfield enjoys almost the entire 250-350 cc motorcycle market in country
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