The BSE Midcap index has declined 5.7% thus far in May 2018. In comparison, the S&P BSE Small-cap index has lost 5.6%
India has more than 45 million SMEs, accounting for nearly 40 percent of gross domestic product.
'The focus is more on the outlook for global growth'.
The 30-share Sensex stayed in the green for the better part of the session and hit the day's high of 38,297.70 as buying pace gathered momentum towards the fag-end.
More than 10% (40 of 498 companies) have lost at least half their market value.
Investors booked profits at higher levels after the Sensex and Nifty hit all-time highs in the previous session.
Unlike in the past, when old private banks compromised upon underwriting standards to take on the bulk, they've now realised that scaling up at the cost of quality isn't worth the while. These banks have also readjusted growth targets when required, and rebalanced books to preserve capital and asset quality.
M-cap of 35% of BSE-500 companies, excluding financial ones, is below their debt or just a shade above
The 30-share Sensex ended up 165 points at 29,044 and the 50-share Nifty gained 54 points to close at 8,834.
As regards India, market valuations already reflect most positives.
Budget-makers in North Block are looking to maintain this fiscal status quo, in spite of tax revenues nowhere close to where the government wants and in spite of possible higher expenditure commitments.
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session.
The Nifty50 slipped 33 points to close the session at 8,509 after hitting an intra-day high of 8,587.
'Vodafone Idea has losses running over Rs 10,000 crore in the last four quarters.' 'It has long-term debt of about Rs 1.15 trillion.' 'Even post-issue, the debt service numbers won't be good,' points out Devangshu Datta.
The RIL stock has halved from an all-time high of Rs 1,626 made (intra-day) on January 15, 2008, to on Wednesday's closing figure of Rs 800.55.
The big boys of India's traditional retail have finally come together to fight the onslaught of their online counterparts.
While the two high-profile exits in pharmaceutical and telecom have raised concerns over regulatory hassles in the country, Japanese investors are still keen to tap into India's consumer growth story and many more merger and acquisition deals are in the offing in this space.
Promoters' holding in private sector BSE 500 companies declined to 43.4% in Sept
Rebound in IT majors TCS and Infosys in late trades helped markets end higher.
Benchmark share indices gained for the fifth straight session on Thursday led by index heavyweight Reliance Industries.
Budget was a mild disappointment. Yet, the bull run continues.
Notable losers were ONGC, Axis Bank, ITC, SBI, ICICI Bank, NTPC, Hero Motocorp, Sun Pharma and Bharti Airtel who fell by up to 2.80 per cent.
Markets under pressure; IT financials grab spotlight.
Aggressive rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve could result in a flight of capital from emerging markets like India, says B Gopkumar, chief executive officer, Reliance Securities.
Finance minister attempts a clean-up job, keeps projected expenditure growth low.
The Sensex has slid 18.5 per cent from its January 2015 peak.
The first task before him is to get used to the idea of working with the Monetary Policy Committee
Among Sensex constituents, Vedanta fell 3.40 per cent, followed by SBI 3.17 per cent, Yes Bank 3.11 per cent, Axis Bank 1.68 per cent, ONGC 1.60 per cent, Power Grid 1.52 per cent and HDFC 1.48 per cent.
In 2012, Akula quit as chairman of Bharat Financial Inclusion (formerly SKS Microfinance), which he'd founded and led to a successful initial public offering
Enabling labour to become more globally mobile can produce higher remittances with powerful 'brain gain' dividends.
'For how long can investors fund loss-making companies?'
Bank shares were the top gainers led by ICICI Bank.
In effect, companies which put their money in telecom in India would have done much better to keep the cash in bank and earn interest.
The airline is gearing up to come out with an initial public offer.
The 30-share Sensex ended higher by 177.46 points at 28,885.21 and the Nifty gained 63.90 points at 8,778.30.
He will be the eighth Deputy Governor to be made Governor at RBI
India's credit and banking are neither too big nor too small.
In the capital goods space, Punj Lloyd and KEC International could be in limelight for the expected turnround
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
144 companies will pay Rs 61,087 crore in equity dividends to their shareholders for FY16, an increase of 19.2 per cent year-on-year
