Market cap of government companies has remained unchanged in the past 8 years.
Tight liquidity will hit over-leveraged and cash-hungry companies, spare conservative ones
The department believes dividend from CPSUs is a return on investment made by the government.
Pharma major Lupin and mortgage lender HDFC were the top losers.
Firms generated free cash flows in 2013-14, for the first time since the 2008 Lehman crisis
Markets end higher ahead of Fed outcome, China stimulus
Sensex gained 38.18 points or 0.15% at 25,918.95 and Nifty ended higher by 12.50 points or 0.16% at 7,739.55.
From Kudankulam to the Land Bill, the author takes the Twitter route to capture the infra action of 2013.
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Sensex in green in afternoon trade.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 30.30 points at 28,161.72 and the 50-share Nifty dipped 7.95 points at 8,543.
The 30-share Sensex closed down 114 points at 28,622 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 37 points at 8,686.
Stock prices is due to valuation expansion
'The big thing is on the works on Zero Distance, the initiative to bring innovations in every project.'
The 30-share Sensex ended lower by 61 points at 29,122 mark and the 50-share Nifty slipped by 12 points to close at 8,797.
The 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 162 points at 28,338 and the 50-share Nifty was down 67 points at 8,463.
Engineering major BHEL rebounded from its day's lows to end around 1% higher.
Markets extended gains led by financials and capital goods shares coupled with a rebound in IT shares.
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Revenue yield on every rupee of investment fell to Rs 1.06 in FY13 from Rs 1.20 in FY08.
Metal shares gained on hopes that the government may adopt ordinance route for mines sector reforms
IT and pharma companies again save the day; mask pain in domestic consumption.
The Petroleum Ministry has asked for Rs 26,000 crore (Rs 260 billion) as fuel subsidy for the third quarter of this financial year, but the finance ministry is inclined to provide only Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) cash support.
The market breadth in BSE remains positive with 1,554 shares advancing and 1,196 shares declining.
ONGC, Hindustan Petroleum, Bharat Petroleum, Indian Oil and Oil India listed the spending as part of their mandatory CSR commitment, but CAG noted that the Sardar Patel statue did not qualify for CSR funding.
Oil India is set to usher in a new era with a road map drawn to ramp up production and diversification plans to foray into liquefied natural gas
In a live chat on rediff.com held on Friday, July 11, well-known equity specialist Devang Mehta discussed what effect the Budget will have on the stock markets -- from how NOT to lose money in the markets to which are the safest stocks.
Transparency International, a non-profit organisation fighting against corruption and malpractices, gave Reliance Industries and ONGC ninth and 26th positions, respectively, in its latest report Transparency in Corporate Reporting.
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Investors often forget that the movements in indices such as the Sensex reflects the performance of its constituent stocks; nothing else.
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.
FIIs pump in Rs 2,075 crore in past three trading sessions.
The long-term growth perspective or potential for India is one of the highest in the Asia Pacific region.
In an hour-long chat on rediff.com on Thursday, A K Prabhakar, senior VP and Head - Equity Research (Retail), Anand Rathi Financial Services Ltd, answered some important questions on the market.
Valuation-wise, the markets look more attractive now
The government shouldn't hide behind the veil of making a domestic giant out of the HPC-ONGC deal, rather it should just say it needs cash from this divestment exercise, says Sudhir Bisht.
Election results, diesel & gas pricing moves, labour law changes - all stoke anticipation of more cheer ahead.
In the last fiscal, the government had originally budgeted a dividend income of Rs 27,178 crore (Rs 271.78 billion) from PSUs.
On Wednesday, FIIs sold shares worth Rs 1,573 crore.
'It is my duty to give the govt the right price of crude oil.'
World Bank lowered its global economic growth outlook for 2016 to 2.9% from 3.3% earlier.
ICICI Bank and SBI were among the top Sensex gainers along with FMCG majors ITC and HUL.
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