For FY22 Infosys CEO Salil Parekh received a total remuneration of Rs 71.02 crore, up 43 per cent. This compensation included Rs 52.33 crore from restricted stock unit options.
Analysts also believe that the government's export duty hike on steel and plastic bodes well for the auto sector due to elevated commodity inflation.
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The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Friday said it will invest Rs 11,000 crore in the first phase of its new manufacturing facility in Haryana. The company on Friday completed the process of allotment of an 800-acre site at IMT Kharkhoda in Sonipat district with HSIIDC (Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited), the auto major said in a regulatory filing. The new plant's first phase with a manufacturing capacity of 2.5 lakh units per annum is expected to be commissioned by 2025, subject to administrative approvals. In the first phase, the investment would be over Rs 11,000 crore, MSI said. "The site will have space for capacity expansion to include more manufacturing plants in the future," MSI noted. At present, MSI has a cumulative production capacity of around 5.5 lakh units per quarter or about 22 lakh units per annum across its manufacturing plants in Haryana and Gujarat.
Stocks to Watch Today: Shares of Adani Wilmar, Jindal Stainless, Adani Enterprises, Hero MotoCorp, Tata Steel and Titan too shall be in focus ahead of the Q4 results.
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At 10:40 am; barring the Nifty PSU index which gained nearly a per cent, most of the other sectoral indices such as Nifty Bank, Financial Services, Auto and Realty were more or less unmoved.
"The next-gen Maruti Suzuki Ertiga will have thoughtful new-age features, an upgraded powertrain and advanced 6-speed automatic transmission," Shashank Shrivastava said
The next two quarters, according to analysts at Motilal Oswal Securities, are likely to see a sharp margin impact and corporate commentaries will worsen before they get better
IT stocks are likely to be in focus ahead of the earnings season and likely benefit from the India-Australia trade deal.
The Nifty Auto index and the key stocks are trading near significant resistance levels while exhibiting sideways movement, upside breakout could see significant long additions.
The leadership change comes at a moment, when Maruti is facing challenges from new emission norms, EV and increased competition from rivals
Bhargava says fears over Suzuki's MoU with Gujarat unfounded
Maruti's rivals, such as Hyundai and Tata Motors, have announced elaborate plans for electrification of their products
While earnings estimates are cut, analysts hint at volume and margin recovery