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What is Nifty 50 and Sensex? How is Nifty 50 Calculated? Which are stocks in Nifty 50?

What is Nifty 50 and Sensex?   Sensex was launched in 1986 by BSE and Nifty 50 was launched on 22 April in 1996. Nifty 50 and Sensex are the indices of India. Nifty 50 represents the top 50 companies of India listed on NSE and Sensex shows represent the top 30 companies of India on BSE. Indices represent the country's stock markets. Almost every having a portfolio in the same market of indices can compare their portfolio returns with indices and even mutual also compare their fund returns with indices. How to Nifty is calculated? Step 1: Calculate IWF(Investible Weight Factors)  IWF is a unit of floating stock available for trading. IWF is total shares minus (addition of shareholding of the promoter, government holding in the capacity o strategic investor, shares held by promoters through ADR/GDRs, cross-holdings by associates or group companies, Employee Welfare Trust and Shares under lock-in category) and the answer is then divided by total shares. For this, an example is given b

Indigo Paints - IPO(Initial Public Offering)

Indigo Paints IPO Details Indigo Paints had filed draft papers for IPO in January 2020. Indigo Paints would raise Rs 1000 crore including the fresh issue of Rs. 300 crore and Rs. 700 crores offer for sale through its IPO.  Indigo Paints will use Rs. 25 crore of this money to pay some of the borrowings. The table below shows details about Indigo Paints IPO History Indigo Paints started in 2000 by manufacturing low-end cement paints and expanded its range to cover most segments of water-based paints like Exterior Emulsions, Interior Emulsions, Distempers, Primers, etc. Today Indigo Paints is among the five fastest-growing paint companies in India.  Company Analysis   The company had chosen three manufacturing facilities strategically close to sources of raw material, the three manufacturing facilities are in Jodhpur (Rajasthan), Kochi (Kerala), and Pudukkottai (Tamil Nadu). Distribution of INR 545 Billion Indian Paint Industry Market by Technology is in such a way that 6% is Powder-based

IRFC(Indian Railway Finance Corporation)-IPO

IRFC (Indian Railway Finance Corporation) IPO Details IRFC IPO will be the first IPO of this year. IRFC intends to raise about ₹4,600 crores through its IPO. The company will raise about ₹3,200 crores through the fresh issue and the government will raise about ₹1,400 crores. After the issue Government will own an 86% stake in the company. Company Analysis IRFC is owned by the Government of India. IRFC is registered as NBFC in RBI which directly works for the Ministry of Railways( MOR ). IRFC raises funds and manages assets for MoR. IRFC helps in financing all the projects of MoR by taking debt or any other way. IRFC buys assets needed to complete projects of MoR and then it leases the as sets to MoR for long period of like 20-30 years. So if IRFC leased some assets to MoR for 30 years, this IRFC may recover the number of assets in 15 years, and in the next 15 years, IRFC generates revenue. IRFC also provides funding to other rail companies like RailTel, Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL).

What is REIT(Real Estate Investment Trust)? Should you Invest in It?

What is REIT(Real Estate Investment Trust)? REIT works as mutual funds for stocks in which a firm takes money from investors and from that money they buy real estate properties and manages investors' money. REITs buy properties and lease the properties and collect the rent. Collected rent is distributed among shareholders as dividends. All the small and big investors can buy REITs. The minimum investment amount in REITs is ₹50,000(approx), the amount may vary from REIT to REIT. REITs have also divided their assets into parts called units similar to mutual funds. Properties bought by REITs can be any segment healthcare, apartments, etc. REITs give investors to be part of highly valued real estate properties. Rates of properties are extensively high in cities like Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi, etc. these cities being expensive get out of reach of common people so REITs help common investors excess to these properties and become a part of it and take advantage of the growth of real estate

Reliance Industries Ltd. - Company Analysis (Part-6)

Continued... 6) Oil and Gas Exploration & Production Source Reliance Industries Ltd. Annual Report 2019-20 Financials The company saw a drop in revenue of 35.8% from 5005 in FY 2018-19 to 3211 in FY 2019-20. The company saw a drop in EBITDA of 78.5% from 1642 in FY 2018-19 to 353 in FY 2019-20. This drop in revenue and EBITDA were as volumes from domestic upstream fields and US shale was lower because of natural decline and slowdown of in development activity. For the year, domestic production (RIL share) was at 38.8 BCFe, down 34.1% y-o-y and in US Shale, the business was 80.4 BCFe, down 14.9% y-o-y basis. RIL(Reliance Industries Ltd.) History Dhirubhai Ambani, Father of current Chairman Mukesh Ambani, returns to India in 1957 after a stint with A. Besse & Co., Aden, Yemen. He starts a yarn trading business from a small 500 sq. ft. office in Masjid Bunder, Mumbai, but dreams of establishing India’s largest company. In 1977 Reliance Textile Industries went public with its IPO b

Reliance Industries Ltd. - Company Analysis (Part-5)

5) Petrochemicals Source Reliance Industries Ltd. Annual Report 2019-20 RIL is the largest producer of petrochemicals in the country and among the top ten in the world. RIL has a unique portfolio of B2B businesses spread across polymer and polyester chains,  Reliance produces an extensive range of polymers (PP, PE, PVC), elastomers (PBR, SBR, Butyl), polyesters (PSF, PFY, IDY), aromatics (PX, OX, BT, LAB), fiber-intermediates (PTA, MEG, EO) and advanced materials (composites). RIL serves its global customers through an extensive network of offices, business partners, and distributors spread across the world. RIL is the world's largest integrated producer of polyester fiber and yarn, second-largest of paraxylene, and among the top ten for purified terephthalic acid, mono-ethylene glycol, and polypropylene. RIL is also the largest producer of synthetic elastomers in India and has the world’s largest Refinery Off-Gas Cracker (ROGC) complex of 1.5 MMTPA ethylene capacity at Jamnagar in

Reliance Industries Ltd. - Company Analysis (Part-4)

4) Refining and Marketing Reliance's Jamnagar Refinery Plant is the refinery in the world which is located in the Jamnagar Special Economic Zone (SEZ). This Plant has a capacity of 1.24 mbpd (Thousand Barrels Per Day). Under the company's Refining business company produces the following products: Propylene - it is used as raw material for polypropylene  LPG - it is used as Domestic, commercial, and industrial fuel  High-Speed Diesel/ Gasoline - it is used as a transport fuel  Naphtha - it is used as raw material for petrochemicals such as ethylene, propylene, and fertilizers and as fuel in power plants  Sulfur - it is used as raw material for fertilizers and pharmaceuticals Under its Petroleum Retail business it has the following brands: Reliance Gas - which sells Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Domestic, commercial and industrial fuel  Reliance Petroleum Retail - which sells Transportation Fuels Retail distribution of fuels Auto LPG - which sells Auto LPG Auto fuel outlet  Trans

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