Mumbai, Aug. 27 -- Reserve Bank of India has released the data on performance of the private corporate business sector during the first quarter of 2026-27. At aggregate level, sales growth of listed private non-financial companies continued to accelerate to 19.4 per cent (y-o-y) during Q1:2026-27 from 13.9 per cent in the previous quarter. Sales of 1,827 listed private manufacturing companies expanded by 21.4 per cent (y-o-y) during Q1:2026-27, up from 14.5 per cent in the previous quarter. This acceleration was majorly driven by the automobiles, petroleum and electrical machinery industries.

Sales growth of Information Technology (IT) companies strengthened further and recorded a double-digit growth of 14.8 per cent (y-o-y) during Q1:20...