equities: With bulls dancing, many more join Street party

The record-breaking rally in Indian equities in recent years has resulted in investors coming into the stock market in hordes. The broadening of the shareholder base in several stocks is a reflection of the appetite for stocks. For instance, five stocks, NHPC, Indian Renewable, IRFC, Yes Bank, and HDFC Bank, collectively added 75 lakh investors … Read more

stock recommendations: Hot Stocks: 3 stocks that may give returns between 18- 59%

Here’s a look at some of the latest stock recommendations by analysts. These stocks are expected to return between 18% and 59% as per analysts’ price targets. Dr Lal Pathlabs BROKERAGE MORGAN STANLEY Price Target: Rs 2,681 CMP: Rs 2,266 Upside: 18% Initiate coverage with ‘overweight’ given strong execution track record, brand recall Will sustain … Read more

Hot Stocks: Brokerage view on Voltas, Dixon Technologies, HDFC Bank and Wipro

Brokerage Citigroup maintained a sell rating on Wipro, Morgan Stanley recommended an Equal-Weight rating on HDFC AMC, Investec recommended a buy on Dixon Technologies and a hold on HDFC Bank post Q4 results. We have collated a list of recommendations from top brokerage firms from ETNow and other sources: Investec on HDFC Bank: Hold | … Read more

Q4 results today: HDFC Bank among 8 companies to announce earnings

India’s leading private sector bank HDFC Bank will release its fourth quarter numbers today along with a few other companies, closing what was a hectic week of corporate earnings. The numbers were mixed for IT companies as TCS Q4 results beat the estimates, while Infosys struggled with softer FY25 and revenue miss. Other companies which … Read more

hdfc bank shares: Hot Stocks: Brokerage view on ICICI Lombard, LTI MindTree, HDFC Bank and Maruti Suzuki

Brokerage firm Bernstein maintained an outperform rating on Maruti Suzuki and HDFC Bank. Macquarie recommended an outperform rating on LTI MindTree and HSBC has a buy rating on ICICI Lombard. We have collated a list of recommendations from top brokerage firms from ETNow and other sources: Bernstein on Maruti Suzuki: Outperform| Target Rs 14,400 Bernstein … Read more

Big movers on D-Street: What should investors do with HDFC Bank, Zomato and CAMS?

After a recent record-breaking rally, equity indices plunged 1% on Friday on across-the-board profit taking as US inflation data dashed hopes of a rate cut by June. Stocks that were in focus included names like HDFC Bank, which fell 1.31%, Zomato, which declined 1.63%, and CAMS, whose shares rose 2.1% on Friday. Here’s what Santosh … Read more

Nifty Bank has historically given 5% average return in Q4 earnings season: Anand James

Nifty Bank, which hit a fresh lifetime high above 49,000 last week, has given an average return of 5% during the March quarter earnings season 7 out of 10 times in the last 10 years, says Anand James, Chief Market Strategist, Geojit Financial Services. Edited excerpts from a chat with James on the market outlook … Read more

Nifty: Nifty on a roll, has 23,000 in its sights: Analysts

Technical charts indicate a continuation of the positive trend going ahead, with the India VIX currently trading below 12. Any market dip presents a buying opportunity, as technical analysts predict Nifty will move towards the 22,800-23,000 levels soon. Stocks such as Vedanta, Hindalco, JSW Steel, City Union Bank, Canara Bank, HDFC Bank, ABB, ITC, HUL, … Read more

Mcap of 4 of top 10 companies hit Rs 1.71 trillion; HDFC Bank, LIC lead gainers

Four of the top 10 valued firms added Rs 1,71,309.28 crore to their market valuation last week with HDFC Bank and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) emerging as the biggest gainers in line with an overall positive trend in equities. On the other hand, six companies from the top 10 pack took a Rs … Read more

Three stock ideas from Rajesh Palviya for next week

“If we analyse the call put concentration data also, the put writers are aggressive at 22,400, 22,500 strikes so that clearly shows that base is now shifted higher and 22,400 is likely to act as a support area for any kind of minor dip if we get in the markets,” says Rajesh Palviya, Axis Securities. … Read more