The net claims of non-residents on the country, as reflected in the net Index of Industrial Production, decreased by $12.8 billion to $296.2 billion on the back of a $10.6-billion fall in the value of foreign-owned assets for the quarter ended September, the Reserve Bank said on Tuesday.
India's wholesale prices declined at a faster-than-expected annual rate of 2.33 per cent in March.
PMI increased from 52.0 in August to 56.8 in September -- highest since January 2012.
The 30-share Sensex gained 271 points to end at 28,805 and the 50-share Nifty ended up 84 points at 8,712.
Progress of monsoon, investment trend by foreign investors and the movement of rupee against the dollar will also influence sentiment
The new IIP series based on the new base year, is expected to lead to better capturing of ground data
Factory output as measured in terms of IIP had grown by 7.3 per cent in December 2017.
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After a string of extremely low and even negative monthly numbers, the industrial sector grew by 2.6 per cent year on year, far exceeding expectations.
Though it is likely gross domestic capital formation increased in the quarter ended June, against declines in the previous two quarters, a significant revival in investment might take a few quarters more, economists say.
The recovery was led by pharma majors led by Dr Reddy's Labs.
Inflation print for food articles, as a basket, remained nearly flat at 7.47 per cent during the month.
'When growth drops precipitously from 7% to 4.5% in four quarters, it is for all practical purposes a recession' notes T N Ninan.
India grew at 7.6% in 2015-16 and at 7.2% in 2014-15.
The core industries, which also include coal, natural gas, refinery products and crude oil, having a weight of about 38 per cent in the Index of Industrial Production, grew at 3.7 per cent January this year.
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
In the broader market, the S&P BSE Midcap added over 1% to finish at record closing high
'...to come back to power because it was not doing well.'
RBI must balance the need for improving domestic bank credit demand and respond to lower inflation.
Nifty50 surged 145 points to close at 8,468 after hitting an intra-day high of 8,475.
Sensex may remain under pressure this week due to weak global factors.
The US currency's decline against major world currencies alongside fag-end dollar supply largely helped the rupee recoup some of its initial losses
It is pegged at 6.8-8% by various economists, as compared to 6.7%.
There are actually great similarities between the two PM
Lack of new investments may undermine higher consumption
Inflation dipped to a five-month low of 5.19 per cent in July mainly on account of decline in prices of some food articles, vegetables and protein rich items.
This is the biggest one-day fall in the rupee since August 3, 2016
Among food articles, vegetable prices surged by 69.69 per cent mainly on account of onion, which witnessed 455.83 per cent jump in prices, followed by potato at 44.97 per cent.
The three year lock-in period enables ELSS fund managers to invest in high conviction stocks for a long period of time because of relatively less redemption pressure, says Dwaipayan Bose
The elections held in April-May 2019 will be an important determinant of future growth and investment.
The broader NSE Nifty slipped below the 10,500-mark by falling 103 points, or 0.97 per cent, at 10,482.20. It touched a high of 10,645.50 and a low of 10,464.05 during the day.
The government will release the Index of Industrial Production for July 2015 on Friday, September 11, 2015.
Investors continue to back-up equity mutual funds in June as such schemes attracted a net inflow of Rs 15,498 crore on strong flows from systematic investment plans despite volatility in the stock market and relentless selling by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs). This also marked the 16th straight month of positive inflow in equity schemes. Inflows into equity mutual funds in June was lower compared to the net inflow of Rs 18,529 crore seen in May, data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) showed on Friday.
The 30-share Sensex ended higher by 31 points at 26,591 and the 50-share Nifty gained 10 points at 8,061.
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RBI in wait and watch mode as several risks to inflation continue to exist including a sudden reversal of food prices and oil price volatility.
Build up inflation rate in the financial year so far was 2 per cent compared to a build up rate of 4.56 per cent in the corresponding period of the previous year. Inflation in food articles as a group rose to 11.08 per cent during the month as against 9.80 per cent in the previous month, mainly driven by exorbitantly high onion prices, the rates of which spiked by over 172 per cent from a year-ago. The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index was at 0.16 per cent in October.
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The rupee is set to breach the Rs 60-a-dollar mark again this week as the Street expects foreign institutional investors to continue pulling out of domestic markets. According to the street, this would result in government bond yields rising.
Sensex rises, Nifty ends at record high; RIL shares rally.
Pulled down by deceleration in crude oil production, refined petroleum products, coal and electricity, India's infrastructure industry index reported a 0.6 per cent contraction in February this year as compared to a whopping 12.2 per cent growth a ye
The 30-share Sensex ended 271 points higher to end at 28,930 and the 50-share Nifty climbed 76 points to close at 8,776.
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