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Friday, January 21, 2011
| Posted by: Sajeev Gandhi
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India’s economy continued to demonstrate strong growth during 2010. There was significant liquidity in the market with both corporate profits and the sensex posting strong gains for the year. The BSE sensex closed 2010 at 20,509 a respectable 17% uplift during the year. Our view is that this positive trend is likely to be maintained in the medium term given the robustness of the domestic Indian market albeit against a backdrop of western economies which clearly still face some economic challenges.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
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As highlighted in our economic update, India’s economy continues to grow at a remarkable rate. While there continues to be fiscal matters which the Government will need to address in the short to medium term, business activity is very much on the rise.
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
| Posted by: Grant Thornton
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Grant Thornton’s latest India Watch Index reveals that Indian companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) have continued to outperformed both the AIM All-Share index and the FTSE 100 index. The outstanding performance of Indian firms listed in London and London’s position as a leading financial centre looks to have encouraged other Indian firms to look into raising funds here. Evidence of this can be seen in the impending £1.6 billion IPO of Essar Energy which is set to become London’s biggest flotation in almost ten years, with additional IPO’s also in the pipeline
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
| Posted by: Grant Summers
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| Tags: India,
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Grant Thornton’s latest India Watch Index reveals that the share prices of Indian companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) have collectively outperformed both the AIM 100 and the FTSE 100. The India Watch Index has soared by 153% in the year-to-date, following a 36% rise in the third quarter of 2009.
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Monday, July 13, 2009
| Posted by: Grant Summers
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| Tags: India,
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Grant Thornton’s latest India Watch index reveals Indian companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) are collectively outperforming the FTSE 100 and continue to outperform AIM 100, AIM all-share and AIM 50 markets.
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| Posted by: Grant Thornton
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Pankaj Karna
Whilst M&A markets are usually less prone to instability than recession hit equity markets, recently the Indian M&A sector’s combined deal values have fluctuated dramatically. Combined deal values stood at US$970.85m in January, falling substantially to US$243.66m in February, before unexpectedly climbing steadily in March and April and finally dropping to a period-low of US$118.83m in May.
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