According to a survey by community platform LocalCircles, early-stage start-ups, funding dependent start-ups and many small businesses will soon be fighting for survival as the spurt in coronavirus cases hits them hard.
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.
Poor performance of the banking, oil and exploration industries have impacted corporate tax collections.
The bank has one of the highest current account savings account share, stable credit quality, robust credit growth, adequate capital and low cost-to-income ratio, said PNB chief Sunil Mehta.
While some companies used that to become world leaders, others squandered it by over-borrowing.
The BSE Mid-Cap index was currently up 0.83%. The BSE Small-Cap index was currently up 0.8%.
While GST and insolvency laws are among the major achievements of the Modi government, the list of failures include demonetisation, toxic banks, manufacturing hiccups and most prominently bizarre job creation figures. Mihir S Sharma takes a look at the four years of Modi government.
In 5 years, the AMC has clocked a growth rate of 40% with its AUM up nearly 4 times.
After one year in power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pretty much on the back foot, even if he continues to display bravado in his public pronouncements. He knows within his heart that he has wasted a lot of his political capital without getting much in return, says M K Venu.
NTPC was the top gainer among the Sensex stocks, rising by 3.53 per cent. Coal India, ONGC and Sun Pharma also rose up to 2.41 per cent.
Company says integration of various businesses will reap fruit.
Majority expect economy to slow down, but are satisfied with Modi govt's performance.
Growth concerns on China, which has already seen the yuan getting devalued twice in August, have rattled global financial markets, including that of India.
Top Indian private sector lender ICICI Bank, which owns nearly 68 percent of the insurer, is selling up to 181.34 million shares in the IPO.
Sentiment was largely positive after April IIP grew at 4.9 per cent, spurred by higher growth in manufacturing and mining sectors.
Market breadth remained strong with 1,581 advances over 1,018 declines on the BSE
Companies shipping to Europe to see rupee revenues coming under pressure.
The NSE Nifty also moved up by 12 points to 8,648.35.
As per the recommendations of the 2nd National Commission on Labour, the ministry is codifying existing 44 central labour laws into four codes by simplifying, amalgamating and rationalising the relevant provisions of the legislations.
This is the highest closing for both the indices since May 15.
Market breadth depicted gains with 1,476 advances over 1,403 declines on the BSE. 140 stocks remained unchanged.
Increments in 2017 would be less than in 2016, says survey.
'There are reports of political dissent mounting on Xi Jinping's handling of the Wuhan fallout.'
The Sensex and the Nifty witnessed biggest one day loss in percentage terms since June 24
About Rs 15 lakh crore of high-value notes were scrapped, against which RBI has managed to supply roughly Rs 4 lakh crore worth of notes in the market so far, Anup Roy/Business Standard reports from Mumbai.
Sustained FII inflows and fresh spell of buying by domestic institutional investors fuelled the rally
The BSE Sensex jumped 70.42 points to end at 34,503.49, while the broader NSE Nifty finished at 10,651.20, up 19 points.
Broadband connectivity to villages has been lagging, with delay in laying of an optical fibre network up to gram panchayats
Sentiments took a hit after broader Asian markets weakened, following a renewed sell-off on Wall Street on Tuesday as energy shares dropped after crude oil prices plunged to a 13-month low amid weak earnings and US-China trade disputes, fuelling worries about economic growth
If a name does not unify the three, there could be continued clash of identities, which could splinter the brand even before it takes shape, say Abhijit Lele and Nikhat Hetavkar.
Market participants are now awaiting Thursday's meeting of the European Central Bank
Railways can contribute 2.5 per cent to three per cent in the GDP with an improved infrastructure, he said.
Macro environment, tech shift main challenges now: N Chandrasekaran
In prior elections, not only have opinion poll forecasts been very different from the results, the error margin has increased over time. One need only look at the charts that show the Sensex half a year before and after the results day for the last six elections. The markets did not change direction in any, says Neelkanth Mishra.
7.8 million square feet of mall space is under construction this year, the highest ever since 2011.
The wider Nifty hit a low of 10,033.35 before finishing at 10,044.10, down 74.15 points or 0.73 per cent.
The ban in India would hit Chinese internet companies that were making headway in the world's fastest-growing mobile market.
With rate cut expectations running high ahead of RBI meet this week, risk appetite improved especially in rate sensitive stocks
It has suggested OTTs be subject to the same security requirements that a traditional TSP has to adhere to.
Experts say the BSE Sensex could rise to around 32,000 in a year.
