Auto stocks led the rally with Tata Motors, Hero MotoCorp and Maruti Suzuki leading the gains.
India Inc has few leaders who are likely to grab headlines in 2015.
The Carens is a warning for cars such as the Tata Safari, Hyundai Alcazar, Maruti Ertiga, Toyota Innova Crista and Mahindra XUV 700, because Kia punches much harder than others in its weight category.
Financials were the top losers while oil shares also declined amid weak crude oil prices.
The 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 162 points at 28,338 and the 50-share Nifty was down 67 points at 8,463.
Investors sought to book profits at attractive valuations after recent run up in last few trading sessions.
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'Approach people with respect, mindful that they know their job better than you do, and that you're not superior to them just because you may be better educated or their boss.' Skoda Auto VW India MD Gurpratap S Boparai cites his management credo to Pavan Lall.
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Some leading Indian companies are likely to see their earnings declining if the Indian currency depreciates further, analysts and finance heads say.
The breadth, indicating strength of the market was strong
'Nehru once told JRD, "I hate the mention of the very word profit".' '"Jawaharlal, I am talking about the need of the public sector making a profit!" JRD replied.' 'Nehru reiterated, "Never talk to me about the word profit, it is a dirty word".' A fascinating excerpt from Shashank Shah's The Tata Group: From Torchbearers To Trailblazers.
Impact of the slowdown is most visible among promoter/owner-CEOs
Yuan depreciation will make imports in China more expensive, depressing demand, especially for commodities.
The year gone by saw the high and mighty of the corporate world face the music in the Delhi High Court which held that the telecom majors are amenable to CAG audit and Mukesh Ambani's RIL struggling hard to get rid of an FIR lodged on gas pricing by the 49-day-old AAP regime.
Both benchmark indices were driven by strong gains in IT, teck, oil and gas, pharma and banking shares amid earnings optimism.
Mukesh Ambani remains the country's wealthiest promoter as his stake in Reliance is now worth Rs 3.25 trillion!
Nifty snaps 10-day winning streak
Since existing laws do not cover Covid-19, any compensation in this regard has to be left to the discretion of companies.
Developed markets have performed better than emerging market firms in the top 10 TSR-based rankings, says a BCG report.
In the broader market, the BSE Midcap index bucked the trend to gain 0.3%
Financials were the top losers after sharp gains in the previous session along with ITC
Strengthening of rules governing insider trading is among the key proposals in the agenda set by Sebi for 2018-19, along with making improvement to the Prohibition of Insider Trading Regulations (PIT) and Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices regulations.
The National Highways Authority of India will this year witness the highest ever growth out of the last decade. But Gadkari himself admits his biggest failure as India's roads minister has been his inability to curb loss of life in road accidents.
Oil tanked to a 7-year low as OPEC decided to maintain production.
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Shedding its gains from Monday, NIkkei has declined around 0.7% while Hang Seng and Shanghai Composite were trading marginally lower.
Sensex rises, snapping two-session losing streak; banks, auto gain.
Naukri.com's Hiring Outlook Survey for 2020 reveals the jobs and sectors that saw a surge in demand during the pandemic.
Consumer businesses come to the rescue of large conglomerates in the midst of a meltdown in commodities.
Metal stocks fell on Tuesday, with the S&P BSE metal index sliding 2.8 per cent compared to the 0.64 per cent fall in the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex
A look into the state of Dalit entrepreneurship in the country.
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Reliance Industries was the top Sensex gainer up 5.6% after the company reported better-than-expected net profit growth at 12% in the second-quarter aided hby higher gross refining margins.
Traders said falling crude prices in the global market was a big boost for the economy as it lightens the country's import bill burden, eases inflation and current account deficit concerns.
Company signs MoU with state for its three-year plan; ties up with Subhash Ghai firm for content creation
Gujarat, Telangana to roll out policies to encourage manufacturing