'Experts are not ruling out further pain as global factors cannot insulate India from the aftermath.'
E-commerce in India could grow to $137 billion by 2020 from $11 billion in 2013, says Morgan Stanley, and firms like Amazon, local market leader Flipkart and rival Snapdeal, backed by Japan's SoftBank, are fighting for a bigger share.
Does the rally reflect expectations of improving fundamentals or they are likely to correct?
Sebi also plans to examine if any comments made by company officials or the bankers could have misled investors.
Wonder why corporate India is showering dividends?
'India is the largest stomping ground in the world for impact investing as we have an extraordinary combination of entrepreneurial drive with huge, absolute demand for all kinds of social services,' IDFC First Bank's chief Rajiv Lall tells Anjuli Bhargava.
'Yet the market didn't do all that badly because it was cushioned by domestic inflows.'
International oil prices retreated from an over seven-year high but was still above $100 a barrel and continue to pose threat to India's inflation rate and current account deficit. While there are no supply concerns as the oil route remained open, consumers will feel the pinch when PSU oil firms start passing on the increase in international rates through a revision in petrol and diesel prices, which have been on a pause for over three-and-a-half-months in view of elections in Uttar Pradesh and four other states. The government is "closely monitoring the situation" and will "take appropriate steps as and when required", a top official said. Brent crude oil surged past $105 per barrel on Thursday for the first time since August 2014, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
TCS plans to build ignio as a standalone company.
Half of the sharp rise in stocks in 2014 was driven by re-ratings - rise in price-to-earning ratios on hopes the new government would turn around the economy which will reflect in corporate earnings.
Gold, which was hovering around $1,321 an ounce in January 2019, has already breached $1,600 per ounce in the past few sessions to a seven-year high.
While large-cap funds, in three months, yielded gains of 26.3%, small-cap funds are up 37.9%, and mid-cap funds fetched returns of 29.9%.
The trip was more about understanding the Indian market, but was also about signaling to the world that Apple has arrived in India
Dollar's strength and falling crude oil prices force downward revision of 2015 growth forecast.
Warehousing and logistics segment has been among the most resilient asset classes in the pandemic.
ignio has more than 75 patents filed in the artificial intelligence, machine-learning and intelligent-automation space
The Street was hoping that investors will lap up shares of high-dividend companies on optimism that their payouts will increase further, thanks to the 20 per cent tax saving. However, the trade failed to materialise as wealthy investors stayed away fearing high tax outgo, and experts raised doubts on whether companies would actually increase cash dole outs.
Online retail in the country is expected to grow to $200 billion by 2026, up from $15 billion in 2016.
A new generation of scholars -- this time, sociologists and anthropologists, who hitherto have been busy with researching social practices of primitive tribes and social structures like India's caste system -- are starting to cast their eyes on the financial sector.
In Q1, India's GDP shrank by a staggering 24 per cent year-on-year amid the imposition of one of the most stringent global nationwide lockdowns.
It is the fundamentals of companies that will drive stock performance.
If the rupee falls further, it would negatively impact the dollar-based returns of foreign investors, and could influence foreign flows into India.
Firms have to adhere to strict compliance requirements mandated by global parents
Banking stocks, including top ones like State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Bank of Baroda and Bank of India, among others, have fallen sharply in the last one month.
Though most experts remain bullish on the banking space, they suggest investors buy only those banks whose NPAs are at a manageable level of 3% to 4% and there is credit growth or earnings visibility.
While some equity analysts have raised target prices for public sector banks, others remain cautious
India must be prepared for a big, fat fuel import bill in FY23 - barring any further avatars of the Covid virus - as refiners crank up runs, or crude processing rates, to meet the growing demand for fuels, and crude prices soar. Capacity additions by an Indian state-run refiner will reinforce the need for foreign crude. Demand for all fuels is expected to increase by 3-8 per cent next fiscal from 2021-22, reaching pre-pandemic levels, according to analysts and industry experts.
D-Street is hoping RBI policy review meeting on Tuesday will uphold its stand on easing of interest rates
... As the world swings from 'financialisation' to 'artificial intelligence', asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Broader markets underperformed indices with BSE Midcap down 0.43% while the Smallcap index fell 0.07%.
More than 87 per cent of the spectrum has been allocated to bidders.
The study claims that from its peak of 18 per cent of gross domestic product in 2008, the crony capitalists' wealth is now down to three per cent
If you plan to send your child to the US five years from now and expect the rupee to depreciate five per cent every year, adding US funds to your portfolio might be a good idea, says Ashley Coutinho.
Apple Pay also faces competition from Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) - a consortium of retailers including Wal-Mart and Best Buy - which is developing its own mobile payment platform.
Understanding InvITs properly will enable investors to make an informed decision, says V K Bansal.
The Consumer Price Index hit the lowest in six months in March at 4.83 per cent.
Buying stocks during bad times can lead to good returns.
Today, it holds $131 billion in assets under management.
RIL's standalone net profit rose one per cent quarter-on-quarter
With a rise of around 30 per cent in the benchmark index S&P BSE Sensex, 2014 has been the best year for Indian equity markets since 2009, when the benchmark index surged 81 per cent.
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