Nestle India has tied up with five cement manufacturing units.
'Is it advisable to have more number of scrips in small quantities or a few scrips in big quantities?'
Investment in market leaders with a safety-first approach could yield reasonable returns across sectors.
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'The pipeline of new industrial projects is the best I've seen in the last 10 years, and it looks solid enough to sustain for at least a few quarters,' points out Naushad Forbes, adding, 'It is only when we get back to the same labour force participation we saw before Covid that the economy will have truly recovered.'
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The mismatch between PMI and core sector could also be due to the fact that while core sector is calculated year-on-year, PMI is calculated month-on-month.
The slowdown comes a month after the six core infrastructure industries grew by 7.4 per cent in March.
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Mumbai airport is the largest gateway for movement of pharma and agro products in the country.
The eight sectors, which also include fertilisers, steel, natural gas, electricity and crude oil, had expanded by 1 per cent in June last year.
'A time-wise, as well as price correction, so that the market can absorb the gains made over the past 17 months.'
An opportunity to enter a burgeoning sector at a low valuation and favourable policies are propelling some of India's largest corporate groups to scoop up drone start-ups. "Indian corporations lost the race in aerospace and space tech. "No one wants to miss the bus this time. "These are seasoned businessmen and they realise that the market cap of tech companies with problem-solving capabilities will exponentially rise in future," says Vipul Singh, CEO of Aarav Unmanned Systems (AUS).
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Bajaj Finance was the top laggard in the Sensex pack, slumping over 10 per cent, followed by M&M, Titan, Hero MotoCorp, ICICI Bank and Tech Mahindra. On the other hand, L&T, Bharti Airtel, IndusInd Bank, UltraTech Cements and NTPC were among the gainers.
This is one of the largest monthly increases in the labour force, observes Mahesh Vyas.
Prices of all metals - from steel to copper, aluminium, zinc and lead - have shot up by about 5-11 per cent in the past month. Commodity inflation is raising its head, forcing companies to consider price hikes.
During April-August, the eight sectors grew by 4.4 per cent, against 4.2 per cent in the year-ago period.
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As many as seven of eight core industries saw a contraction in output in September.
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Sluggish infrastructure sector growth would also have impact on IIP as these segments account for about 41 per cent of the total factory output.
With natural gas and cement showing decline in production, the growth of eight core infrastructure industries slowed down to 5.3 per cent in May against 7.4 per cent a year ago.
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Annual growth in the eight core sector industries more than doubled to seven-month high of 5.1 per cent in September on good production in coal, cement and petroleum refinery sectors.
'The selling in India may emerge as soon as the RBI reverses its interest rate stance.'
Natural gas and fertiliser output recorded a negative growth of 1.7 per cent and 1 per cent, according to the data of the Commerce and Industry Ministry.
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A hallmark of some new businesses today is that they seek to use the brute force of capital, combined with smart technology and operations, to create new needs that you didn't even know existed, the chairman of Aditya Birla group said in a blog post on the trends for the new year.
'The recent correction in indices has made the markets cheaper to invest for the long term.'
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'We expect the new government to look into the issue of penalties imposed on technology firms involved in UID related projects.'
The eight core industries -- fertilisers, cement, steel, electricity, crude oil, coal, petroleum refinery products and natural gas -- have a combined weight of about 38 per cent in the Index of Industrial Production.
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Tech Mahindra was the top laggard in the Sensex pack, cracking over 5 per cent, followed by Infosys, HDFC, IndusInd Bank, Reliance Industries and NTPC. On the other hand, Hero MotoCorp, L&T, Maruti, UltraTech Cement and Sun Pharma led the gainers' chart.
Eight infrastructure industries grew by 3.5 per cent in August this year, down from 4.4 per cent expansion witnessed in the same month last year.
The Centre and states are looking to further tighten the GST registration process and legal measures to deal with the rising cases of fake invoicing. A meeting of the law committee of the GST Council has been convened on Wednesday to discuss these issues, finance ministry sources said. The committee, comprising senior central and state tax officers, would also discuss the GST fake invoice frauds, further tightening of the GST registration process and work out other legal measures including necessary law amendment required in the GST Act to curb the menace of fake invoicing, they added. Also the provisions related to deemed registration under Goods and Services Tax (GST) law may be tightened to prevent the misuse of such provisions by fake dealers and the provisions related to suspension of registration may also be streamlined to make the procedure of suspension and cancellation of registration more efficient and faster, so that such fraud operators can be prevented in time from continuing to pass on fake credit down the chain.
Trump will pay a state visit to India on February 24 and 25 at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who on Wednesday said the US President's visit will be a 'very special one' and it will go a long way in further cementing India-USA friendship.
India on Friday revoked the 'most-favoured nation' status to Pakistan following the Pulwama terror strike.
Karsanbhai Patel's risk-taking abilities are on display once again.
