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The lacklustre requirement scenario in the country has led to frequent reduction in corporate India's earnings expectations, which has impacted the performance of Indian equities relative to regional peers.

Today's news : Asian equities delivered some last-minute Christmas cheer, continuing to rally on the last full trading day of the week before the holiday. Oil prices recovery boosted energy stocks in the areas, with US crude nearly 1 per-cent high in Asia trading following a 4 per-cent rally overnight.

Valuation, revenue, cost of customer acquisition, inventory, venture debt, advisory shares, line of credit, equity - words you would normally associate with stuffy board rooms and golf courses, not prime time television. However, millions of people like me did not learn these words sitting with our notebooks open in MBA classrooms. We learnt them by sitting in front of the TV with popcorn watching prime time, Mark Burnett approved reality television.

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Sensex expand gains, Nifty strikes at 7900; Tata Motors surges. Another Federal increase in March month won't be positive for mkts: Rabobank. MF investment in equity markets at Rs 70,000 cr in 2015.

Options tips & updates : Fund houses have announced a host of new offerings which are combined form of equity funds, tax-saving schemes & hybrid funds.At a particular instance, Axis Mutual Fund has launched 'Axis Children's Gift Fund', a hybrid fund that helps investors prepare to meet essential goals such as education/marriage of their children. Investments in the scheme can be made only in the name of a minor who is lesser than 18 years.

Previous Year 2015 saw Indian investors & traders move away from the trend of investing in physical assets such as real estate & gold said by Nilesh Shah, MD(managing director) of Kotak Mahindra Asset Management. Instead the focus was more on equities current year. He estimates this will continue in 2016 year as well.

US-based private equity firm Sycamore Partners has made a revised unsolicited proposal to acquire specialty women's clothing retailer Chico's FAS for $3.00 per share in cash.

BSE Sensex rallied as many as 217 points in intraday trade, but pared most of the gains in last hour of trade to close at 25,868, up 0.10 per cent, or 27 points. The 50-stock barometer Nifty 50 earned 14 pts, or 0.18 per-cent, at 7,856. Top gainers includes Gail and Wipro on the BSE benchmark.

Midcaps have mobilize while blue chips underperformed sharply, & investors who chose midcaps have made double the returns when compared with that of large caps. The run-up has led to some midcap stocks being overvalued, financial advisors & fund managers said that investors should now turn to large caps.

The 30-share index was trading at 24,932 down 111 pts or 0.45 per-cent. It reached a high of 24,949.39 & a low of 24,867.73 in early morning trade.