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The restraint on part of investors was chiefly because of RBI's minutes of its December policy meeting, which showed that some members were concerned about rising oil prices, its inflationary impact and possibility of fiscal slippage.
The 50-issue NSE Nifty in range-bound movements settled higher by 59.15 points, or 0.58 per cent, at 10,252.10.
Most listed corporate entities in the country are in a fix. With the sudden declaration in late March of a nationwide lockdown to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, the final calculations of their financial results for the year 2019-20 (FY20) are hanging in limbo. Till April 19, only 41 of the 3,947 companies listed on the BSE have managed to finalise the dates for the declaration of their yearly financial results.
The Nifty finished the day at 10,265.65, a hefty gain of 98.95 points, or 0.97 per cent, after shuttling between 10,270.85 and 10,195.25.
Honda has grown from 15% in FY12 to 27% now; Yamaha has doubled share to 5% in five years.
The benchmark Sensex gained 4,642.84 points, or 16.%, while the broader NSE Nifty surged 1,572.85 points, or 18.20% during this period.
Ather Energy would set up 30 charging points across Bengaluru by the end of May and the number would go up to 60 by the end of the year.
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.
These sectors are seeing a marked slowdown, as consumers are postponing purchase decisions amid uncertainty and severe cash crunch, report Ram Prasad Sahu, Sheetal Agarwal & Ujjval Jauhari from Mumbai.
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The analysis covers BSE 200 Index's 171 companies for which data on the compensation to the boards of directors for FY14 and FY13 are available.
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.
The Sensex closed the day at 28,141, up 486 points, while Nifty50 settled at 8,716, up 155 points.
Take out Maruti Suzuki and Honda, and the auto sector's prospects suddenly don't look all that rosy.
In 2008, the 13 companies on the list accounted for 34 per cent of the overall m-cap.
This is its biggest single session fall since August 24, 2015, when it had lost 1,624.51 points.
Money managers have turned cautious about the technology space.
Small- and mid-cap stocks continued facing selling pressure due to stretched valuations.
The challenges of transition to stricter emission norm BS-VI from BS-IV and compliance to new safety norms thereby making vehicles costlier are lurking around the sector.
Coal India was the biggest gainer on both Sensex and Nifty
Sun Pharma was the biggest gainer in the Sensex pack, advancing 1.79 per cent.
India Inc on Saturday cheered the road map for lowering corporate taxation.
Quite a few large- and mid-cap stocks are yet to recover from the note ban, pharma, banking and rural demand-based industries among laggards.
The S&P BSE Sensex dropped 207 points to end at 25,230.
A series of flip-flop on policies and a non-existent charging infrastructure are the biggest challenge in achieving the target of selling 6-7 million hybrid and electric vehicles by 2020.
Product launches to drive incremental volume growth for players such as Maruti Suzuki; medium and heavy commercial vehicle revival on track.
Persistent capital inflows by domestic institutional investors and retail investors kept the markets in fine nick
Bajaj Auto's margins are expected to expand 100 basis points, as volumes have recovered.
Anand Sharma working tirelessly for extension of tax breaks that expired on March 31, 2010.
Financial shares were the top losers.
It was the second straight week of gains for the benchmarks.
But the 30-share Sensex rose by 141.52 points, or 0.41 per cent, to close at 34,297.47. The broader NSE Nifty gained 44.60- points, or 0.42 per cent, to end at 10,545.50 after touching a high of 10,618.10.
The MFN (Most Favoured Nation, meaning non-discriminatory treatment for each other) issue is of prime importance to India, as it wants to have greater access in the Pakistani markets.
Analysts worry about possible loan waiver.
IT sector replaces auto sector after a 6-month gap.
Top companies added employees at 3% CAGR from 2003-04 to 2013-14, while revenues grew at 18%.
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