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Q3 results review: Corporate earnings see biggest dip in three quarters

Decline in crude oil prices is expected to aid margins, say experts

Tata Motors' record Q3 loss brings back focus on group's foreign buys

TCS remains the cash cow for the group, accounting for 70% of the group's market capitalisation and over 90% of holding company Tata Sons' dividend income from all group companies

Consumer, retail lenders make 93% of FY19 market capitalisation gains

Both sectors combined account for 35% of market cap, up from 12.2% in March 2008

Promoters of BSE 500 firms raise number of pledged shares by 23% in 2018

Analysts say the rise in pledged shares is on account of the recent decline in the broader market even as the large-cap or index stocks have held their ground

Tepid start to Q3 earnings as India Inc reports net profit growth at 10.1%

The combined net profit of 94 companies that have declared their results for the October-December 2018 quarter stood at Rs 35,723 crore, up from Rs 32,452 crore a year ago

Return on equity for Nifty firms slip to record low of 12.9% in January

Average RoE now at record low of 12.9% as compared to 13.6% a year ago

Listed realty developers saddled with unsold properties worth Rs 1 trillion

The inventory was equivalent to 32 months of the industry's annualised net sales in the first half of 2018-19 or FY19

Nifty50 more resilient than S&P 500 in last one year, down 2.1%

American index's valuation fell 520 bps against 150 bps decline in NSE index

Drop in oil, metal prices likely to hurt Nifty50 companies' Q3 net profit

Robust growth in banks, capital goods, IT and consumer companies

Yen appreciation may put pressure on Maruti Suzuki earnings, stock price

The Japanese currency is up 5.2% against $ in 1 month

Azim Premji is India's most cash-rich promoter, Anil Agarwal comes second

Most of the upside in the promoters' cash income is now coming from share buybacks, as equity dividends have remained sluggish

PSBs are among least capitalised banks in the world, say experts

In FY18, on an average, public sector banks reported tier-I capital ratio of 8.4 %, against global average of 14.1%

Why equity investors should brace for more volatility and negative returns

The S&P500 rallied from a level of 112, beginning 1982, to its peak of 1,500 in March 2000 - largely led by a steady rise in the underlying earnings multiple

IL&FS crisis: Was correction in NBFC stocks overdue, given rich valuations?

Second-tier NBFC stocks are trading at 24.4x their trailing earnings, which is nearly twice their 15-year average of 13.9x

India's retail credit market now most dynamic in EMs outside China at 15.7%

China accounts for nearly half of all retail credit in the emerging markets with loan outstanding worth $6,142 billion at the end of December, 2017

Corporate India sees earnings rebound after sharp fall in March quarter

Corporate India's earnings up 7.9% in April-June quarter, led by energy, metals and mining companies, and retail lenders

June quarter results: Retail lenders spur consumer demand across industries

Analysts expect the trend to continue for a while, given the low level of household indebtedness

Tata group profit rises 35% under Chandra; importance of TCS, JLR declines

While Tata Motors' domestic business contributed with a 33 per cent year-on-year jump in net sales last financial year, the story at JLR was disappointing

Retail NBFCs outdo private banks in profits as lending picks up pace

Listed retail NBFCs reported a combined net profit of Rs 108 billion during the January-March quarter, compared to private sector banks' net profit of Rs 72.9 billion

Subpar performance: Q4 revenue improves, profit under pressure

Double-digit sales growth, operating margin at 16-quarter lows