These firms reported a combined operating profit of Rs 26,077 crore (Rs 260.77 billion).

This analysis is based on the quarterly earnings for 724 companies.

If financials and oil sectors were removed, India Inc has done quite well.

The recovery was led by information technology exporters.

In five years, per-employee revenue for IT companies grew at 9 per cent each year.

144 companies will pay Rs 61,087 crore in equity dividends to their shareholders for FY16, an increase of 19.2 per cent year-on-year

During the 11 years ending FY15, Tata Sons cumulatively earned dividend income of around Rs 31,500 crore from TCS.

Analysts refuse to read too much into the early birds numbers.

Consumer businesses come to the rescue of large conglomerates in the midst of a meltdown in commodities.

Combined net profit estimated to grow 14.6% year-on-year, against a 5.7% decline in the Dec 2015 quarter

FIIs accumulated India's top-listed companies at an average valuation of around 16 times.

The markets gained nearly 7 per cent in the 4 trading sessions of March.

Additional levy to eat into Rs 6,000-crore income of top promoters

Experts expect the trend to continue in the near term.

Combined net profit up 7.4% over a year ago, versus 11.2% in Q2.

For the first time in a decade, the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices outperformed the benchmark index for a consecutive year

Longest period of price-earnings expansion in the index since 1996

67 companies with total debt of Rs 5.65 lakh cr were either loss-making or didn't generate enough profit to cover interest cost in FY15

Premium valuations era started in 2006 and went hand in hand with decline in the US interest rates

Promoters' holding in private sector BSE 500 companies declined to 43.4% in Sept