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

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 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

With 13% returns in 2024 so far, gold bulls leave Sensex behind by miles

With 13% returns in 2024 so far, gold bulls leave Sensex behind by miles

In the race of returns, gold appears to have left the S&P BSE Sensex behind by miles in 2024. The yellow metal has approximately given 13% returns on a year-to-date (YTD) basis as against a 4% gain delivered by India’s heartbeat index. In the 30-stock index, 10 have given returns superior to gold in 2024. … Read more

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

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

icici bank and tata steel: ICICI Bank provides Rs 2,675-crore debt facility to Tata Steel for three years

icici bank and tata steel: ICICI Bank provides Rs 2,675-crore debt facility to Tata Steel for three years

Mumbai: ICICI Bank has provided a ₹2,675 crore debt facility to Tata Steel for a term of three years to repay its existing debt, said people aware of the development. Tata Steel has raised ₹2,700 crore through unsecured fixed-rate bonds at 7.79%, show documents filed with National Securities Depository Ltd. Tata Steel will make a … Read more

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

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

Nifty: Nifty, Bank Nifty may see more gains, buy on dip’s the advice

Nifty: Nifty, Bank Nifty may see more gains, buy on dip’s the advice

Technical charts indicate that Nifty and Bank Nifty are currently poised for an upward trend. According to technical analysts, Nifty may ascend towards 22,800 levels, while Bank Nifty could touch 48,500 levels. Stocks such as Sun Pharma, Hero MotoCorp, Tata Steel, Britannia, Divi’s Lab, HDFC Life, PI Industries, Praj Industries, and Sona BLW have exhibited … Read more

Tata boom! Love-all-things-Tata portfolio soars by over Rs 9 lakh crore in FY24

Tata boom! Love-all-things-Tata portfolio soars by over Rs 9 lakh crore in FY24

Dalal Street’s love for all-things-Tata got deeper in FY24 with 9 stocks, including the newly-listed Tata Technologies, giving multibagger returns up to 257%. Even the worst performing Tata stock gave 11% return. The combined market capitalisation of all Tata stocks (excluding Tata Tech) rose by Rs 9.15 lakh crore to Rs 29.62 lakh crore. This … Read more

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

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

Nifty: Breach of 21,900 may trigger further weakness for Nifty

Nifty: Breach of 21,900 may trigger further weakness for Nifty

Most technical charts indicate a weak trend for Nifty in the short term. A decisive move below 21,900 could trigger significant weakness, potentially for the next support levels of 21,500-21,400, as suggested by technical analysts. Stocks recommended by them include BEL, JK Cement, ITC, AU Bank, and Kotak Bank, while those with a negative bias … Read more