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Many big companies & India's most influential gain from weak rupee
NEW DELHI: Everybody loves a plunging rupee. Well, almost. The Indian currency's free fall may have spooked the markets, resulting in a great deal of teeth-clenching by policymakers and punters alike, but it's unlikely to keep many awake in the top echelons of India Inc.
Eleven companies that account for nearly 45% of the weightage of the BSE Sensex - ITC, Infosys, Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Tata Consultancy Services, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Wipro, Bajaj Auto, Cipla and BHEL - benefit from a weakening rupee, according to numbers crunched by ET. The reason is simple: the total foreign exchange earnings of these firms are far greater than their forex spends. The more the rupee falls, the more these companies gain, other things remaining constant.
That's not all. Even Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries - the country's largest exporter - gains from a weak rupee. While its forex outgo is more than its forex earnings, a significant part of its rupee earnings are pegged to the dollar. Therefore, a weakening rupee adds to Reliance's margins and profits, and most analysts cite an 'appreciating rupee' as a risk factor for the company.
The three biggest gainers are the IT heavyweights - TCS, Infosys and Wipro. At 65 to a dollar, the three will approximately gain an additional 5,700 crore, 3,600 crore and 2,700 crore, respectively, on net dollar earnings for 2013-14. Among the country's big business groups, the Tatas, thanks largely to TCS and Tata Motors, stand to gain from a depreciating rupee. "A weaker rupee would help India's exporters. Nearly 40% of the Sensex stocks benefit from the rupee's fall," said Amit Khurana, director (research) at Dolat Capital.
It's not just about individual companies. A raft of sectors such as IT, pharmaceuticals, hotels, textiles and automobiles benefit from a weak rupee as these are all net foreign exchange earners.
Many big companies & India's most influential gain from weak rupee - Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Everybody loves a plunging rupee. Well, almost. The Indian currency's free fall may have spooked the markets, resulting in a great deal of teeth-clenching by policymakers and punters alike, but it's unlikely to keep many awake in the top echelons of India Inc.
Eleven companies that account for nearly 45% of the weightage of the BSE Sensex - ITC, Infosys, Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Tata Consultancy Services, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Wipro, Bajaj Auto, Cipla and BHEL - benefit from a weakening rupee, according to numbers crunched by ET. The reason is simple: the total foreign exchange earnings of these firms are far greater than their forex spends. The more the rupee falls, the more these companies gain, other things remaining constant.
That's not all. Even Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries - the country's largest exporter - gains from a weak rupee. While its forex outgo is more than its forex earnings, a significant part of its rupee earnings are pegged to the dollar. Therefore, a weakening rupee adds to Reliance's margins and profits, and most analysts cite an 'appreciating rupee' as a risk factor for the company.
The three biggest gainers are the IT heavyweights - TCS, Infosys and Wipro. At 65 to a dollar, the three will approximately gain an additional 5,700 crore, 3,600 crore and 2,700 crore, respectively, on net dollar earnings for 2013-14. Among the country's big business groups, the Tatas, thanks largely to TCS and Tata Motors, stand to gain from a depreciating rupee. "A weaker rupee would help India's exporters. Nearly 40% of the Sensex stocks benefit from the rupee's fall," said Amit Khurana, director (research) at Dolat Capital.
It's not just about individual companies. A raft of sectors such as IT, pharmaceuticals, hotels, textiles and automobiles benefit from a weak rupee as these are all net foreign exchange earners.
Many big companies & India's most influential gain from weak rupee - Economic Times