The markets closed almost flat on Monday as the trade deal showed signs of getting delayed on the back of unwillingness of Beijing to go ahead unless the old tariffs were unwound. The US has already extended the license of Huawei. Weak oil prices Read more [...]

From tariff wars, Indian telecom companies may be moving towards tariff hikes as the losses begin to pinch. Vodafone Idea and Airtel expected to hike tariffs to compensate for AGR. In the light of the Rs.70,000 crore payable as AGR charges to the DOT, Read more [...]

After losses of nearly Rs.1 trillion announced by the 3 telcos, all eyes will be on the telecom rescue package. The telcos have written off the AGR charges against their Q2 revenues but it leaves a big hole they have to fill. Debt is another issue. Read more [...]

It does look like the FIIs are back with a bang into Indian markets. In fact, Foreign Portfolio Investors infused Rs.19,203 crore in November first half, which bettered the full October month. A total of Rs.14,436 crore was infused into equities while Read more [...]

Supreme Court order on Essar could have far reaching implications Indian markets heaved a sigh of relief when the Supreme Court on Friday adjudicated in favor of the Committee of Creditors (COC). A quick background! In the Essar resolution case, Standard Read more [...]

Telecom is too big to fail and the government needs to save it In the last few days, there has been a flurry of results from telecom companies with all of them declaring huge losses! Between Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel and RCOM, these 3 companies reported Read more [...]

Passive Funds in India are going great guns; here is why If you were to look at the October flows into equity funds, one thing that will hit you is the big shift to passive. Index funds and index ETFs saw flows of Rs.6,000 crore in October almost equal Read more [...]

News Announcement Impact Analysis IIP growth for September falls to a multi-year low of (-4.3%) The sharp fall in the IIP was triggered by weakness across mining, electricity and manufacturing The major lead indicator of the capital Read more [...]