On February 19, U.S. President Donald Trump hinted at possible pharmaceutical import duties of about 25 percent, which caused pharmaceutical stocks to plummet, with some falling as much as 10 percent. His warning that it “will be 25 percent and higher, and it’ll go very substantially higher over a year” raised concerns about the effect…
In the first half of this fiscal year, the government has paid out Rs 1,596 crore for six industries, including electronics and pharmaceuticals, through the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme, a senior official said on Tuesday. With this, the initiative has now disbursed a total of Rs 11,317 crore since its inception. The scheme’s total expenditure…
Due to foreign institutional investor (FII) withdrawals, global cues, and a declining rupee, the share market experienced a significant decline in late afternoon trading on Monday, with the BSE Sensex finishing roughly 850 points lower from the day’s peak and the NSE Nifty closing below the 23,650 mark. The Sensex was down 450 points, or…
Frontline indexes Nifty and Sensex plunged for the fourth straight day on December 19, losing more than three percent of their value over the week and wiping out more than Rs 10.5 lakh crore in investor capital. Whereas the Sensex plummeted 1,000 points, the Nifty 50 lost the 24,000 symbol. Interestingly, the Nifty 50 has…
According to government data, foreign direct investment (FDI) into India decreased 34% to USD 10.94 billion during April to June 2023–24, with fewer inflows in computer hardware and software, telecom, auto, and pharma being the main drivers. During April to June 2022–2023, FDI inflows totaled USD 16.58 billion. The amount of inflows between January and…
In FY23, pharmaceutical exports increased by 3.25 percent to $25.3 billion. Export growth in 2021–2022 was nearly flat at 0.71 percent, or $24.62 billion. The US, Canada, and Mexico (NAFTA), then Europe, received a significant portion of exports. According to R Uday Bhaskar, Director-General of the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council (Pharmexcil), “I think this is…
The domestic pharma industry is expected to report revenue profit growth of 7-9 % in the current fiscal, due to a blow in export sales in the regulated markets and a high-base effect in the domestic articulation business, as per rating agency CRISIL. The agency evaluation is based on a study of 184 drug makers accounting…
Indices trade higher on elegant banking and metal stocks.The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 48,825.43, up 106.91 points, or 0.22%. The Nifty 50 is currently trading at 14,673.25, up 39.10 points or 0.27%. The Nifty Bank was up 1.35% at 32,903.80 and the Mid Cap Index was up 1.77%. SBI Life, UPL, Bajaj Accounting,…
