Global private equity major KKR has ranked India second among the emerging markets on external risks, citing the high fiscal and current account deficits.
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On an average most commodities are up between 20-30 per cent compared to a year ago levels.
Among the stocks that have seen the largest cut by MFs, the DVR shares (shares with differential voting rights) of Tata Motors have seen a cut of 243 basis points (bps) in MFs' stake.
A total of 183 stocks rallied 10 per cent, of which 32 stocks saw price appreciation of 20 per cent each.
Internet, tech, infra, realty in India might gain
Make in India campaign has huge potential.
The latest penalties for insider trading follows an earlier disgorgement order passed by Sebi in July last year.
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5,565 contracts, valued at $201 billion are up for rebids across geographies and verticals by 2018.
HDFC, TCS, RIL, ITC and ICICI Bank dragged the Sensex by over 100 points.
A rebounding and steady market is a good time to weed sectors and funds that tend to drag the portfolio.
'There has been far too much overconfidence about the size and composition of the Indian consumer economy,' notes Mihir S Sharma.
'Earnings revival could be two quarters away.'
Growth concerns on China, which has already seen the yuan getting devalued twice in August, have rattled global financial markets, including that of India.
The broader Nifty too fell for the second straight session and closed with a loss of over 62 points, or 0.54 per cent, at 11,520.30, after hovering between 11,496.85 and 11,602.55.
Sensex ended in green on Friday amid heavy buying.
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Cement shares have been outperformers on the stock market
Some make for good investment ideas even after a strong run-up but others could see gains fizzling.
The GDP numbers destroy any hopes of an economic rally prior to the elections, and the installation of a new government.
he government is examining a plan of bank recapitalisation and considering an urban version of MNREGS.
While the positive surprise has been the high growth in agriculture, the negative surprise is in the trade, transport, hotels segment where growth came lower than expected, says Madan Sabnavis.
The agency is looking at alleged "diversion of funds and financial reporting frauds".
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.
Since January 2011, a third of firms making such offers failed to meet new floor; current penalties would have been hefty.
The 30-share Sensex ended higher by 30 points.
The 30-share Sensex lost 54 points at end at 27,086 and 50-share Nifty shed 19 points to close at 8,096.
Bank shares were the top gainer in early trades with Bank of Baroda up over 4%.
While some companies used that to become world leaders, others squandered it by over-borrowing.
'The fact that housing units worth a whopping Rs 4.5 lakh crore in top seven cities are stuck under various stages of non-completion indicates that there is a dire need to create stress-asset fund which will help bail out lakhs of distressed homebuyers,' says Anuj Puri, Chairman, Anarock Property Consultants, a real estate services company.
Sharp fall in capital goods production and manufacturing activity also dented sentiments.
Increase in taxes on luxury cars will not have any effect on the demand
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Long-term funding was a requirement for infrastructure projects, and asset-liability mismatch in the banking system, impacts the access to finance for infrastructure projects. One of the key challenges would, however, be to get private sector back into investing.
The 30-share Sensex provisionally ended up 366 points at 27,275 and the 50-share Nifty ended up 132 points at 8,235.
The Sensex ended in red on domestic concerns.
RBI and Sebi are close to reaching an agreement for providing waiver of existing norms to banks.
Experts consider Sebi's takeover code in its present form to be on a par with any foreign code governing public mergers and acquisitions.
Excise duty hike for cigarettes could be lower.