Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
The lowest FMCG index valuation has been around PE 27, while the highest have been above 42PE.
Banks and Capital Goods scrips among the top losers in noon deals.
Asian shares dragged their feet on Tuesday.
The bias for the Sensex is likely to remain bearish as long as the index sustains below 18,900-odd levels. On the downside, the index could slide to 17,300-odd levels
The brokerage said the consolidated fiscal deficit, including that of the Union (3.6 per cent), the states (2.6 per cent) and the off-budget borrowings which are being resorted to increasingly is a worry.
Sensex climbs higher at close, bluechip stocks in focus.
Analysts expect earnings to become increasingly relevant given that the stocks have rallied on positive sentiment and the gush of liquidity. Macro factors, they suggest, have already led to a large re-rating in most counters
The BSE benchmark index is yet to give any indication on the monthly Fibonacci charts.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram has asked the Income Tax department to focus on the companies that pay less than effective tax rate of 24 per cent.
ONGC, Bharti Airtel, HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries, Mahindra & Mahindra and ITC among the top gainers.
Global funds have pumped in over Rs 38,000 crore (about $5.5 billion) into domestic equities since February 20, helping the Sensex rebound 2,671 points, or 7.6 per cent, from its 2019 low.
S&P BSE Sensex settled at 31,170, up 60 points, while the broader Nifty50 closed at record high for third straight session. It ended at 9,624, up 19 points.
BSE Mid-cap index ended lower by over 2.5% and BSE Small-cap index tumbled over 3%.
Here is a list of stocks spanning various sectors that brokerages and research houses across the country are recommending for 2013.
M&M will close down GenZe, an e-scooter business in California, because it is unlikely it would stand on its own feet, and is ahead of its time.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Investors accumulated quality stocks at valuable and attractive levels.
'Our discussions with investors and the market's multiples suggest that Prime Minister Narendra Modi winning 2019 is being priced in,' says a UBS report.
Stockmarket Gurus Raamdeo Agrawal, Manish Gunwani, S Naren and Nilesh Shah discuss their favourite themes for the New Year.
On Wednesday, FIIs sold shares worth Rs 1,573 crore.
Sensex has shed over 150 points in afternoon trade.
Investors on Friday became richer by over Rs 1 lakh crore, with benchmark Sensex witnessing 460-point rally amid easing concerns over the US tapering.
In absolute terms, the year closed with the market capitalisation of all BSE-listed companies rising by Rs 45.5 lakh crore to Rs 152 lakh crore, or an increase of 42.8 per cent, compared to the closing value on December 30, 2016, says Pavan Burugula.
Images from Sunday's action in the Premier League.
Participants will keenly watch fate of GST Bill in Parliament.
The BSE Sensex was down 326 points at 23,277 and the Nifty was down 107 points at 7,056.
'This is the first time we will see how SIP investors react to market correction.'
Market breadth ended weak with 1,688 losers and 1,205 gainers on the BSE.
It, however, was a record-smashing week for both the indices, which scaled their lifetime highs.
Liquidity pushed benchmark indices 22% higher to become the best performing equity market globally
In November last year, the Wipro board had approved the demerger of the non-IT businesses -- Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting (including furniture business), Wipro Infrastructure Engineering (hydraulics and water businesses) and Medical Diagnostic Product & Services business -- into a privately- held company to be named 'Wipro Enterprises Ltd'.
World Bank lowered its global economic growth outlook for 2016 to 2.9% from 3.3% earlier.
BSE-real-estate, bankex, auto lead gains on BSE.
Financials and telecom shares lead the upmove.
Running a SIP plan for more than six years almost completely eliminates the chances of earning negative returns.
ICICI Bank extended yesterday gains, rising 10% in two trading sessions
Most experts said indices would open higher on Monday and rally might sustain for a few sessions
BSE Auto was the top sectoral loser with a 4.6% fall followed by realty sector down 3.7% and consumer durables 3.6% post disappointing IIP numbers