Ravi Gopalakrishnan, head-equities, Canara Robeco Mutual Fund, tells Ashley Coutinho that earnings growth will pick up once the benefits of reform initiatives accrue.
New Reserve Bank of India chief makes his first monetary policy statement on Friday with expectations he may scale back some of the emergency measures that have helped the rupee bounce from a record low.
Buying activity was so strong that all the sectoral indices except IT and technology ended in the green, rising by up to 3 per cent
With the frontline Indian benchmark indices trading near all-time highs ahead of the general elections that begin later this week, Marc Faber, Editor and Publisher of "The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report" tells Puneet Wadhwa that the Indian stock market is relatively expensive, especially the index (large-cap) stocks.
Year 2017 will be a benign year for FII flows into India feels Akash Singhania, deputy chief investment officer, DHFL Pramerica Asset Managers.
The finance ministry and RBI must get less conservative and improve co-ordination.
In the broader markets, the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices extended gains and were up over 1% each
The rupee has dropped by 21 paise or 0.32 per cent in the last two sessions.
The flawed response to the crisis has fed a us-vs-them mentality in which the banker, the expert, the coastal entrepreneur, the immigrant, the foreigner are all villains. The crisis was not that much of a problem; the response -- the over-reaction, the sovereign debt build-up and the lasting anger -- is the problem, says Mihir S Sharma.
Covering-up of short positions ahead of Thursday's expiry of August series in the derivatives segment gave equities a slight push
The NSE Nifty too ended 58.60 points, or 0.54 per cent, higher at 10,967.30 after shuttling between 10,985.15 and 10,928 during the session.
Raghuram Rajan, whose current three-year tenure ends on September 4, has already said no to a second term.
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Markets are also watching a meeting in Moscow of G20 finance ministers for signs of an orchestrated approach to the end of US money-printing, which could help defuse volatility in global markets.
Forex dealers said besides increased selling of the American currency by exporters and banks, a higher opening in the domestic equity market and the dollar's weakness against other currencies overseas supported the rupee.
Forex dealers said besides the dollar's gains against other currencies overseas, increased demand from importers for the American unit put pressure on the rupee but a higher opening in the domestic equity market capped losses.
'The Chinese devalued the yuan initially but then stopped'.
Risk sentiment is likely to be favourable if oil prices stay benign, global growth sentiment remains robust and the dollar index does not break out, says B Prasanna.
'Chinese real GDP growth is 7.1% and India's is 7.4%'.
You can use gold as a financial instrument to diversify your portfolio into hedging against uncertainties in the market, but for ambitious returns, you must explore opportunities in other asset classes such as equities, debts and real estate, says Adhil Shetty, CEO, BankBazaar.com.
The price of gold in India seems to have bottomed out.
The second half of June could be driven more or less by technical factors triggered by news flow from Greece, the US Federal Reserve and the monsoon. The technical picture seems bearish as of now, says Devangshu Datta.
The Budget has to provide for capex on roads, railways, defence and other infrastructure sectors.
Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan today criticised multilateral institutions like the IMF and the World Bank saying "they are not immune to cognitive capture".
Corporates' forex borrowings have grown at a CAGR of 15.6% since 2008.
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has said falling oil prices act as a cushion for CAD, adding it is time India does away with restrictions on gold imports
Voices from the Treasury are clamouring for lowering rates as this would boost demand.
RBI must balance the need for improving domestic bank credit demand and respond to lower inflation.
'Who are these people on the streets?' 'They are youth and students who were hoodwinked, bluffed by Modi for the last seven years, with a promise of 2 crore jobs every year.' 'And Mamata sings the same tune.' 'But the youth can see that as long as there is Mamata or Modi, there is no hope.'
To provide exporters/importers greater flexibility in risk management, RBI enhanced the limit available to exporters to 50 per cent
Economist Abheek Barua's insight into the global and domestic economy at the turn of the financial year.
Surprisingly, RIL scrip also fell by 2.73 per cent to 1,029.15, becoming the second biggest loser in the index
India's foreign exchange reserves are at an all-time high.
Indian economy is doing well and the performance of domestic stock markets is not as bad as that of other nations.
In the broader market, the BSE Midcap was down 0.2%, while BSE Smallcap fell 0.1%.
A rising rupee is a tailwind for dollar investors.
Reflecting the bearish mood, all sectoral indices, led by metal, teck and healthcare, ended in the negative zone.
The CAD has been narrowing since 2012 to an estimated 1.6% of GDP in 2014
The 30-share Sensex ended up 12 points at 28,517 while the 50-share Nifty ended nearly unchanged at 8,660.
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