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

In the past 12 months, such earnings have grown in double digits in Europe, the US, Japan and South Korea.

The index is more expensive than it was at 2014-end or when it hit a life-time high in January.

Lower IT exports will raise India's dependence on capital flows to fund imports.

For top IT services firms, revenue growth in FY15 was the slowest since the Lehman crisis

The rise in India Inc's market value was led by asset-light firms.

The calculation excludes cross-holding of listed group cos in each other.

Tata Motors, Titan Company & Tata Steel come in at second, third & fourth slots.

The growth premium India enjoyed has largely been lost.

More than 10% (40 of 498 companies) have lost at least half their market value.

During the dot-com bubble, it had touched a high of 1.9.