Dipen Shah

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  IT Firms' Q1 Revenues Seen Strong, Salary Hike to Hurt Margins: Analysts

  Healthy demand across developed markets is expected to bolster revenues of Indian IT services firms for the April-June quarter but margins may remain under pressure due to salary hikes, visa costs and a stronger rupee, according to market analysts.

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  Market to See Volatility Amid F&O Expiry, Oil Price Movement: Experts

  Indian stock market is expected to witness volatility as traders roll over positions in the futures & options (F&O) segment, while movement in crude oil prices linked to the Iraq unrest and the progress of monsoon will set the tone this week, according to experts.

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  Industrial Production, Inflation, Monsoon to Drive Markets This Week: Experts

  Macroeconomic data, investment trend by foreign institutional investors (FIIs), progress of monsoon rains and global cues will dictate trend on the domestic bourses this week, say experts.

• Earnings, foreign fund movement to drive stock markets this week

  The stock market would take cues from the ongoing July-September quarter earnings, with HDFC and ICICI Bank among the blue-chips set to report results this week, and investors would also closely track overseas fund flow movement for further direction, according to experts.

• Sensex likely to hit all-time high by Diwali: experts

  The BSE benchmark Sensex is likely to hit the much awaited psychological level of 21,000 this Diwali, driven by robust foreign fund inflow, good quarterly earnings from corporates so far and favourable global cues, according to analysts.

• NIIT Ltd Q2 net up 3.5 per cent at Rs 12 crore

  IT training solutions firm NIIT Ltd on Friday reported a 3.5 per cent rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 12 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, aided by growth of its corporate learning solutions (CLS) and banking, finance and insurance training courses.

• Infosys results, economic data to guide near-term market trend: experts

  India's macroeconomic data, September quarter corporate earnings that start from Friday with IT major Infosys declaring its results and global cues will dictate the near-term trend on the stock markets, according to experts.

• Sensex slumps to 3-week low, Nifty below 6,000

  Steep losses in Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel and ICICI Bank today dragged BSE benchmark Sensex to three-week low of 19,781.19 and Nifty to below 6,000 as tepid earnings and RBI's draft guidelines on bank provisioning requirements hit the sentiment.

• Market outlook: Sensex, Nifty to look for progress on economic reforms this week

  Stock markets are likely to remain volatile this week as investor sentiment will be guided by the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament as they track the progress on economic reforms, experts said.

• Stock markets likely to remain volatile this week

  Markets are likely to be volatile and may witness bouts of profit-booking this week ahead of the GDP data.

• GAAR, rupee scare investors, markets look to Parliament for revival cues

  Lack of clarity on GAAR, which will tax capital flows routed via tax havens, has dampened the market sentiment of FIIs - one of the most influential stock market forces. The sharp depreciation of the rupee over last couple of weeks is also taking a heavy toll on trading sentiment. Hence, All eyes will be on the Finance Bill debate in Parliament, st...