In 2015, India chemicals industry had a market size of $144 billion.
India Inc's earnings seem to have gathered momentum with a surge in the BSE Sensex over the past two quarters.
'It's hard to call whether the Indian markets will go through a time or price correction.' 'There could be a swift 5 to 10 per cent fall in the market in the next two months or there could be a gradual fall and six months sideway movement.' 'Eventually, I think there will be a bit of both.'
The 30-share Sensex ended 53 points higher at 28,439 and the 50-share Nifty closed 18 points higher at 8,494.
The report, 'Road Ahead Clears Up for Oil PSUs', says the decline in underrecoveries, or losses oil-marketing companies incur on selling petroleum products below market price, will have a significant positive impact on both upstream and downstream public-sector oil companies.
Think organic food, affordable homes, artificial intelligence, suggests Prof Manmeet Barve.
Corporate India at present is more indebted than all state govts put together.
From 17 pre-school centres to 285 in less than five years - Hippocampus has brought the joy of learning to kids.
Earning returns from an asset lying idle can be a good option in times of volatility.
Import duty on PVC, at 7.5%, is far lower than that prevailing in comparable economies.
Better stick to equity diversified funds, says Larisssa Fernand
Given their growth prospects and reasonable valuations, Mindtree, Hexaware and NIIT remain top picks of most analysts.
On the investor side, we realised most of the funds have foreign capital, thus closing down the opportunity to the Indian investor.
Industry demands the basic customs duty on all steel imports to be raised to 25%
The industry employs about 10 million workforce.
Today, India is one of the fastest-growing eCommerce markets in Asia/Pacific along with China.
If you are not already lost in the zeros this wealth stands at Rs 257 lakh crore or Rs 257 trillion, according to a report unveiled by Karvy Private Wealth for the year 2014.
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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.
More, many market gurus expect the Sensex to reach 30,000 levels by December and 40,000-45,000 in three to four years.
Compared to their Indian peers, MNCs have higher return ratios.
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