Corporate India's growth in the quarter ended June was the slowest in years and profitability has never been under more stress.
"The year 2010 has been one of strong growth for the Indian capital markets. Bulls tossed off the markets in the year 2010... following global recovery and with FIIs pumping money into the market," the Economic Survey said.
IndusInd Bank was the biggest gainer in the Sensex pack, rising 3.25 per cent, followed by Tech Mahindra, Wipro, Bharti Airtel, HCL Technologies, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, RIL, TCS, L&T and Infosys. State Bank of India, NTPC, Maruti, Bajaj Finserv, Tata Motors and Power Grid were among the laggards, slipping up to 2.94 per cent.
The claim relates to assessment year 2008-2009.
Bajaj Finance was the biggest gainer in the Sensex pack, rising 2.70 per cent, followed by Power Grid, IndusInd Bank, NTPC, Bharti Airtel, ITC, Bajaj Finserv, Infosys, Nestle, Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services, Titan and Axis Bank. Reliance Industries, Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti and State Bank of India were among the laggards.
Foreign institutional investors have raised their stakes in India Inc by acquiring close to two of every five equity shares held by the in the top 100 listed firms.
The Reserve Bank on Friday said FII investment in MindTree has reached the trigger limit under portfolio investment scheme and purchase of further equity shares of company will require its approval.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes said on Monday the draft cicular relating to taxation on sale of stocks does not refer to FIIs and rejected suggestions that it was 'ambiguous'.
The domestic equity market, which is on a record-breaking spree, will focus on macroeconomic data announcements, movement in global stocks and the US Fed minutes to get further direction, analysts said. Trading activity of Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) will also innfluence investors.From the domestic macroeconomic front, Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) data for the manufacturing sector will be released on Monday, and that o,f the services sector on Wednesday. Investors, this week, will keenly watch major global market events, icluding the outcome of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes, scheduled to be out on Wednesday.
N R Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani and other directors of Infosys Technologies along with Foreign Institutional Investors own half of the company despite a gradual drop in their shareholdings.
Bharti Airtel was the biggest gainer in the Sensex pack, rising 2.37 per cent, followed by Mahindra & Mahindra, HCL Tech, Tata Motors, Tech Mahindra, HDFC Bank, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services, Axis Bank and Nestle. Asian Paints, Hindustan Unilever, Bajaj Finserv and NTPC were among the laggards.
Foreign investors have poured in a whopping Rs 9,600 crore (Rs 96 billion) in the stock market so far this month, mainly on the hopes of a stable government in general elections starting next month.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have brought in capital to the tune of Rs 26,000 crore (Rs 260 billion) in India till December 2007, the government said.Finance Minister P Chidambaram, however, insisted that it was not a "massive infusion" considering the size of the Indian economy.
The RBI has removed Yes Bank from its caution list of monitoring foreign investment following the dip in shareholding by foreign investors below the prescribed limit.
Inflation data, global trends and foreign fund trading activity would guide equity market movement in a holiday-shortened week, analysts said. Stock markets would remain closed on Tuesday for Independence Day. "Macroeconomic indicators, rupee and FII activities will be pivotal in shaping market trends in the coming days.
Total foreign investment in the stock market has reached Rs 90,715 crore so far in 2013.
Stock markets would be largely driven by macroeconomic data, auto sales numbers, FII inflows and global trends this week, analysts said. The US debt ceiling negotiations and institutional flows will also be watched by investors. "This week, market participants will closely monitor institutional flows, as there is a historical observation that when both FIIs and DIIs become net buyers simultaneously, there is a likelihood of some profit-booking in the market," said Santosh Meena, head of research, Swastika Investmart Ltd.
In the last six trading days, the Sensex, BSE's benchmark index, has declined a record 3,222.10 points - from 20,827.45 to 17,605.35. The total market capitalisation of the actively-traded stocks fell by Rs 11,85,687 crore (Rs 11.85687 trillion) to Rs 59,53,526 crore (Rs 59.53526 trillion).
Post-Satyam, brokerages asked to do stricter checks of financial records.
Currently, FIIs are allowed to invest up to $10 billion in government bonds, and the limit has been almost exhausted in the first half of 2011-12.
From the Sensex pack, State Bank of India, HDFC, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank, Tata Motors, NTPC and Bajaj Finserv were the major gainers.
The encouraging response, at the auction held on Thursday at Bombay Stock Exchange, came at a time when Foreign Institutional Investors have been pulling out from Indian debt market heavily.
Foreign institutional investors turned net sellers in the entire previous week after a gap of nine months. FIIs were net sellers to the tune of Rs 3,693.50 crore ($833.28 million) in the last five trading days between February 26 and March 2.
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