“This time around, they have raised the rates at the fastest pace since 1990 and nothing seems to have happened. And I have just written an article yesterday in ET explaining why that seems to be the reason,” says Jigar Mistry, Co-Founder, Buoyant Capital. A lot of market participants right now are very-very confused to … Read more
The technology sector is poised for a robust recovery following a period of discretionary spending cuts. Several factors indicate an upward trend in the coming years, including shifts in client behaviour, increased technology investments, and the rise of new technologies such as Generative AI (GenAI). Key verticals like BFSI, healthcare, and manufacturing are expected to … Read more
Ahead of the June quarter earnings season in which IT majors managed to beat Street expectations led by significant improvements in the BFSI sector, mutual fund managers were smart enough to buy IT stocks even as FIIs sold. June quarter shareholding pattern shows that MFs raised stake in Infosys by 116 bps to 19.09%. The … Read more
PSU stocks Cochin Shipyard and Bharat Dynamics witnessed a sharp fall by 10% to Rs 1,630.55 and Rs 1,293.35 respectively as the BSE PSU index fell by 4% soon after markets opened on Wednesday following the disappointing Lok Sabha election results. The index ended nearly 16% lower on Tuesday as the Narendra Modi-led BJP failed … Read more
Railway shares have tumbled up to 33% in the last two days as a narrow win for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s alliance raised concerns about policy continuity. Shares of Titagarh Rail Systems tumbled nearly 33%, while Ircon International declined by over 26%. Meanwhile, RailTel Corporation and IRCTC also fell by over 19% in the past … Read more
Ramesh Mantri, CIO, WhiteOak Capital AMC, says when we look at combined fundamentals and valuation, there are some sectors where fundamentals are very strong, but valuation is very high like industrials, capex related and then smaller industry segments like defence, electronics and manufacturing. The fundamental corporate earnings have been good but the valuation is high. … Read more
The corporate earnings scorecard for 4QFY24 has been in line so far. The earnings spread has been decent, with 70% of our Coverage Universe either meeting or exceeding profit expectations. However, growth has primarily been led by the BFSI and Automobile sectors. The earnings growth was fuelled by the domestic cyclicals, such as BFSI and … Read more
“The equity markets reaching record highs can be attributed to various factors, including the overall strength of the economy, corporate earnings, and investor sentiment. These characteristics have historically led to an increase in volatility,” says Vipul Bhowar, Director – Listed Investments, Waterfield Advisors. In an interview with ETMarkets, Bhowar said: “The market is expected to … Read more
With equities clocking stellar double-digit gains in the December quarter, the financial services sector made it to the shopping list of both foreign institutional investors and mutual funds, who pumped in more than Rs 32,000 crore in just seven stocks. Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance, and Cholamandalam Investment and Finance were the stocks that … Read more
“From the next 6 to 12 months’ perspective, we expect the domestic equity market to remain buoyant and have room to further go up by 8-10%,” Sunny Agrawal, Head of Fundamental Equity Research, SBI Securities, said.In an interview with ETMarkets, Agrawal said: “BFSI, Real Estate, Auto, Cement, Engineering/Cap Goods, Infra, Railways, Defence, Renewables, IT, Biofuels … Read more
