Although large companies like Nestle, Dabur or HUL have been impacted by this slowdown in demand, it was the small, local players that have been hit harder.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
With founder Subhash Chandra no longer in the driver's seat at Zee, the acid test for Punit Goenka would be to take the financial investors along with him even as he strives to weather the latest storm. The question, now, is how he will deal with the challenges of being a professional CEO rather than an owner-CEO in the aftermath of his family offloading most of its promoter stake to a clutch of financial investors. However, the silver lining is that Zee remains the most profitable of the top four broadcasters in India.
Nearly three-fourths of the debt money, as of April 30, 2019, was invested in securities with duration of less than three years.
Vishal Goyal, Banking Analyst at Edelweiss Capital, says that the interest rate increase is not that harmful for banks' bottomline.
Bids for the issue, which opens on January 23 and closes on January 25, can be made for a minimum of 18 shares and in multiples of 18 thereafter.
On Friday, the stock was the worst hit among the 30 blue-chips on the Sensex
The shares - close to 30% of the total holding - are expected to list on rival National Stock Exchange on or around February 3.
Analysts said with more power sector companies referred to the NCLT by banks, large companies would be at an advantage.
The thrust, they feel, remains on design thinking, AI and digital besides enhanced focus on investing in selling and marketing efforts, expanding local talent base and re-skilling staff
Attractively low prices, rising demand and a favourable ratio to gold point to better days ahead for the white metal.
Milk products and nutrition, the largest category that contributes nearly 47.6% to the company's top line, grew 1.6%
In the December quarter, Sensex earnings had contracted 5 per cent.
Even as you fight the ongoing health challenge, here are some tips to strengthen your personal finance in the time of coronavirus.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
In UK, France and Germany, the president and CEO of Edelweiss Securities, anticipates votes incrementally in favour of local protection and de-globalisation.
Most brokerages have maintained their Sensex and Nifty targets as they believe there is little room for further re-rating in the backdrop of weak earnings.
Tobacco will be subjected to the highest tax slab of 28 per cent and an additional cess. The current rates of taxation on cigarettes and chewing tobacco are about 64 per cent and 81 per cent, respectively.
Tata Steel and Tata Chemicals under investor watch
A break-up of business shows that 75% of a firm's turnover is led by volume growth, while 25% is price-led. Companies such as Britannia, Nestl, Dabur, Marico, Kellogg, Parle Products, and Hindustan Unilever have increasingly focused on smaller packs of their key products, aimed at improving sales.
BSE, the oldest stock exchange in Asia, aims to raise up to Rs 1,243 crore from the IPO, which has a price band of Rs 805-806 per share.
Nifty 50 firms' net profit estimated to grow by a modest 3.1% in Q2, reports Krishna Kant.
There, however, has been an improvement in operating margins.
Analysts attribute this outperformance to the government's proactive economic reform measures
The biggest challenge is crude oil's sustained rally - it is nearing $80 a barrel - stoking inflationary pressures and consequent price hikes in the sector.
Vrde currently manages about $14 billion globally, and has invested nearly $500 million in India in the past five years
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries
The government should partner with commodity exchanges such as MCX.
Investment guru and mutual fund expert Ashok Kumar, answers all your MF related queries.
ETFs may be an option if you are considering only large-cap funds, experts tell Tinesh Bhasin.
The double-digit growth in itself is eye-popping, given the FMCG sector has seen low single-digit volume growth in recent times.
Sebi takes 6 merchant bankers to task for lapses in IPO
Reliance announced energy asset sales worth around $ 16 billion; end of the investment cycle in telecom; bringing net-debt to zero in 18 months; value-unlocking options for real estate and financial assets; listing of telecom and retail in five years; and focus on dividends.
Bankers say there is palpable fear among erring promoters that the banking system just cannot be taken for granted, and any delay in loan repayment could mean promoters losing business
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
With equity and commodity exchanges allowed to enter each other's areas from October, brokerages are pump-priming their businesses to allow their clients seamless trading in commodities and equities.
The IMD on its part is sticking to its forecast of July rainfall.
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