Buoyed by strong sales, Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and Honda have scaled up their annual targets, but others are still stuck in low gear
Investors engaged in profit booking in the recent gainers at attractive and higher valuations.
With more firms now offering stock options to their chief executives, the salaries of these managers are sky-rocketing.
IT exporters were the top gainers amid a weak rupee along with select index heavyweights.
Financials ended mixed despite the status-quo on key rates by the RBI. SBI, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank ended up 0.4-2.5% each.
Falling margins, high inflation pitting workers against management.
With over 45 healthcare facilities and over 300 vibrant diagnostic centres, Fortis is India's second-largest hospital chain -- next only to Apollo, which has 64 hospitals with 10,000 beds. Therefore, any international or domestic hospital chain that buys Fortis will simply catapult to the numero uno position.
Capital goods, IT, auto and pharmaceuticals lead gains for the financial year
Kotak Mahindra Bank and Vedanta were the top Nifty gainers.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 12 points at 28,517 while the 50-share Nifty ended nearly unchanged at 8,660.
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Nifty 50 firms' net profit estimated to grow by a modest 3.1% in Q2, reports Krishna Kant.
BSE Bankex and Telecom indices led the fall.
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Market breadth depicted gains with 1,476 advances over 1,403 declines on the BSE. 140 stocks remained unchanged.
Most analysts expect growth in the sales of Nifty-50 companies to decelerate, albeit marginally, in the quarter ended December compared to the corresponding period of 2013-14, with metals and real estate companies pulling down earnings.
On a weekly basis, the Sensex climbed 749.86 points or 2.69 per cent and the NSE Nifty soared 237.10 points or 2.76 per cent
The broader markets were marginally higher with mid-caps and small-caps gaining 0.1-0.4 per cent on the BSE.
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ITC, Infosys, Wipro and HDFC Bank among the major losers.
Urban and rural FMCG sales growth data for the last five quarters show the latter outperformed the former consistently.
Custodian banks are selling dollars for their foreign fund clients.
That resulted in a 50-basis point improvement in operating profit margins on a sequential basis.
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Riding on a stock market boom since 2009, India Inc's chief executives have been able to salvage a lot of lost pride in their second innings.
TVS should be prepared for a rough ride as Bajaj Dominar, Mahindra Mojo, Royal Enfield Classic 350 and many others are stepping on the gas for a slice of this category.
The broader markets outperformed the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices gained 0.4% each
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Markets ended at record closing highs for the second day in a row on institutional buying.
Investors booked profits at higher levels with oil shares leading the decline
At Rs 52,610 (on-road, Mumbai), the attractive pricing, refined engine and good manoeuvrability makes the Platina 100 ES emerge as a value for money package and a worthy competitor to the offerings from Hero MotoCorp and Honda.
Metals, auto and banking shares were in the limelight in this session; the FMCG pack, however, ended lower.
Markets end in green with auto, banks on a steady climb.
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Gains were led by index heavyweights with Reliance Industries contributing the most.
Fresh investments by corporates up just 5.8% in FY17, lowest since 1992
The 30-share Sensex jumped 729 points to end at 28,076 and the 50-share Nifty soared 217 points to end at 8,494.
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Analysts mostly prefer domestic plays beside select films with foreign exposure.
The upbeat earnings from Reliance Industries will set the tone for the truncated week ahead
Tata Steel, SBI, L&T and Sun Pharma advanced 2-5% each.
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