Private corporate business sector records robust sales growth in Q4 FY18: RBI

10 Jul 2018 Evaluate

India's central banking institution, the Reserve Bank of India in its latest report has revealed that private corporate business sector records robust sales growth in fourth quarter of 2017-18, with the companies posting sales of Rs 9.25 trillion as compared Rs 8.41 trillion in the last quarter of 2016-17. A performance analysis report is based on the abridged financial results of 2,723 listed non-government non-financial (NGNF) companies for the Q4 FY18.

According to the RBI’s report, sales growth improved in manufacturing sector, information technology (IT) and the services (non-IT) sectors, while telecommunication and real estate companies saw a contraction in their sales. The report further found that demand conditions improved for the major manufacturing industries like electrical machinery & apparatus, motor vehicles and other transport equipments, petroleum products and pharmaceuticals & medicines.

Further, the report also showed improvement in operating profit and net profit of the manufacturing sector, despite input costs pressures, due to higher growth in value of production, while operating profits of the services (non-IT) sector plunged further in Q4 FY18. Besides, the report pointed that interest expenses of the manufacturing sector grew at a higher rate and the industries such as iron & steel, petroleum products and pharmaceuticals & medicine contributing the most. However, this sector registered a decline in interest to sales ratio.

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