Results Analysis – Cement Industry..
It has turned out to be a bumper quarter for Cement Industry with near doubling of net profit even though sales grew at barely 8%. The result has come about…
Results Analysis – Power Sector..
Declaration of results by NTPC yesterday for June’16 quarter was the last of big ticket results from Power Generation & Distribution sector. NTPC has provided a support to the sector’s…
Understanding IIP’s Growth…
Index of Industrial Production (IIP) has recorded an increase of 2.1% for the month of June as per data released last week, best in last eight months. All the components of IIP…
Understanding IIP's Growth…
Index of Industrial Production (IIP) has recorded an increase of 2.1% for the month of June as per data released last week, best in last eight months. All the components of IIP…
Untangling Corporate Bond Market..
The report on development of Corporate Bond Market in India submitted by RBI’s working group yesterday doesn’t seem to have the potential to cut much ice. For one, the recommendations of the…
Public Sector Banks – Performance revisited..
SBI and a number of other Public Sector Banks (PSBs) declared their results for June’16 quarter last Friday. The results was a big sigh of relief as it provided much…
CPI, WPI Inflation – Tracking the performance..
Monthly data on WPI inflation was released today and CPI inflation was released last week. WPI inflation increased to 3.55% in July’16 whereas CPI stood at 6.1%,, marginally above the…
Grasim – A B Nuvo Merger – Towards Group Consolidation..
The reorganization being undertaken by Aditya Birla Group involving two group companies is an exercise to reduce some of the complexity around its business structure. While the market is confused…
Government e-Marketplace – A Gem indeed..!
It would not be an exaggeration to say that government has been hitting fours and sixes on the economic front after negotiating the initial rough phase when it was trying to…
Monetary Policy – The Key Lessons..
RBI released its third Monetary Policy for this financial year today which is also the last under the current governor. This is probably also the last rate setting exercise by…