India continues to lead in global confidence index

In the first quarter of 2015, India's consumer confidence score rose to 130 followed by Indonesia (123) and Philippines (115).   For the sixth quarter in a row, India continued to lead the......

Why valuation of FMCG sector is likely to be attractive

The fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector has underperformed the Nifty over the past year as its 20 per cent return is trumped by 29 per cent of the benchmark index. The FMCG index saw a 2.2 per......

Consumption story gets a facelift as rural demand shows promise

Consumer goods firms and auto companies are witnessing an upturn in rural demand, which had been lagging for most of FY24. Photograph: Niharika Kulkarni/Reuters Expectations of a bumper rabi crop......

More than half of consumers globally upbeat on job prospects: Nielsen

More than half of consumers globally expect job prospects to be good to excellent in the year ahead, a survey showed on Tuesday. That helped push global consumer confidence up in the second quarter......

Tendulkar ton in vain as Aus win thriller

- Scorecard: India vs Australia, 5th ODI A superlative 175 by Sachin Tendulkar was, in the end, not enough to help India score a come-from-behind victory over Australia in the fifth One-Day......