Commodity Prices

Jewellery, apparel sales take massive hit in run-up to Diwali amid economic slowdown: Report

The average ticket size observed in jewellery retail dipped by 66 percent to Rs 3,625 for Dhanteras and Diwali, while the same for apparel stores dipped 28 percent to Rs 1,746

Softening of demand in domestic market, protectionist measures abroad may impact value creation: Maruti Suzuki

Terming the weak demand situation as unfortunate, Maruti Suzuki India Chairman R C Bhargava said the company needs to recognise that such downturns do happen from time to time all over the world.

Vedanta Q1 profit drops 11.8% to Rs 1,351 cr on fall in commodity prices, income declines to Rs 21,754 cr

The company had posted a consolidated profit "attributable to owners of Vedanta Ltd" of Rs 1,533 crore in the year-ago period, Vedanta said in a BSE filing.

Corporate India's revenue growth hits six-quarter low in Q4 on weak consumer sentiments: ICRA report

Weakness in consumer sentiments and softening commodity prices have led India Inc to deliver six-quarter low revenue growth of 10 percent in the fourth quarter of FY19, a report said on Thursday

India Inc revenue growth in Q4 hits six-quarter low of 10.7% on weak consumer spending, softening commodity prices

From profitability perspective, operating margins also narrowed 0.78 percent to 16.8 per cent during the period, but were up 0.93 percent on lower commodity prices and price hikes

Rising protectionism, commodity prices, inadequate liquidity are major challenges for exporters: FIEO

Sahai said that the other two challenges include fluctuation in commodity prices and inadequate availability of credit as banks are not coming forward to lend exporters.

RBI likely to cut repo rate by 25 bps due to weak economic activity, inflation, says Goldman Sachs report

Goldman Sachs expects inflation to remain below the RBI's medium term target until the end of 2019

Indian corporates may see slowdown in revenue growth over 24 months: S&P Global Ratings

Global risks such as stability of commodity prices and demand from the US and China will have a greater influence on the fortunes of Indian companies than domestic demand in the next year or two, S&P said

Farm distress: Govt must restructure subsidy regime, invest more in rural infrastructure and agricultural research

Speeding up overall economic growth will absorb the slack in the agricultural sector and push up farm wages.

Low base drives up Corporate India's Q1 revenues 17% on y-o-y basis; consumer-oriented sectors do well, says Icra

"Indian corporate sector's aggregate revenues have grown by 17.1 percent during the first quarter (Q1FY19), on a year-on-year basis,