Lok Sabha election begins: How Nifty may behave before results and which stocks to buy?

As polling for the seven-phase-long Lok Sabha election began from today, Dalal Street’s 9 crore investors would be closely tracking the mood of 96.8 crore voters spread across India. Ahead of the voting for the first phase, Sensex has given up almost all of its gains made in 2024 after rewarding investors with a 20% … 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

Metal stocks jump up to 11%; Hindustan Copper, Vedanta & others hit 52-week highs

Metal stocks jumped 11% on Tuesday, led by Hindustan Copper and Hindustan Zinc, amid a slew of triggers like strong Q4 updates and improving manufacturing outlook in the world’s two largest economies – China and USA. The other major gainers were Vedanta and Steel Authority of India (SAIL) which rose over 4.5% in intraday trade. … 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

NSE to introduce 4 new indices in capital, F&O segments from April 8

MUMBAI – The National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India will launch four new indices in the cash and futures and options segments with effect from April 8. The exchange has proposed online dissemination of indices namely, Nifty Tata Group 25% Cap, Nifty500 Multicap India Manufacturing 50:30:20, Nifty500 Multicap Infrastructure 50:30:20, and Nifty MidSmall Healthcare, according … Read more

F&O stocks to buy today: ICICI Bank, Hero MotoCorp among top 9 trading ideas for 1 April 2024

The Indian market is expected to trade higher on Monday tracking positive global cues. The Nifty future closed positive with gains of 0.72% at 22327 levels on Thursday. India VIX was up by 1.02% from 12.70 to 12.83 levels. The Nifty PCR is currently at 1.18. Meaningful call writing is witnessed across 22400-22500 strikes, while … Read more

Coal India, Vedanta among 5 metal stocks that recorded highest profit in Q3 – ​Outperformers

Hero MotoCorp. Share Price 4684.00 03:59 PM | 22 Mar 2024 164.11(3.64%) Maruti Suzuki India. Share Price 12337.70 03:59 PM | 22 Mar 2024 429.56(3.61%) UPL. Share Price 470.00 03:59 PM | 22 Mar 2024 14.45(3.18%) Apollo Hospitals Enterprise. Share Price 6375.90 03:58 PM | 22 Mar 2024 193.40(3.13%) Sun Pharmaceutical Industries. Share Price 1608.90 … Read more

stocks to buy: F&O stocks to buy today: Indigo, L&T among top 6 trading ideas for 19 March 2024

The Indian market is likely to consolidate on Tuesday tracking muted global cues. The Nifty future closed flat at 22134 levels on Monday. India VIX was up by 1.50% from 13.69 to 13.90 levels. Volatility has been hovering within a band and creating swings in the market. Positive market setup was seen in stocks like … Read more

Hot Stocks: Brokerages view on HDFC Bank, Apollo Hospitals, M&M and Tata Steel

Brokerage houses such as CLSA downgraded Tata Steel to sell and M&M to outperform from a buy rating earlier. Morgan Stanley maintained an overweight rating on Apollo Hospitals and HSBC gave a buy tag to HDFC Bank. We have collated a list of recommendations from top brokerage firms from ETNow and other sources: CLSA on … Read more