PSU banks offer a better investment opportunity; wait a bit in realty: Neeraj Dewan

PSU banks offer a better investment opportunity; wait a bit in realty: Neeraj Dewan

Neeraj Dewan, Market Expert, says real estate shows improvement due to interest rates and RBI measures. North India sees price consolidation, impacting demand. A festive season demand increase is possible. Max Estates demonstrates strong project execution. DLF easily achieved targets last year. They are launching projects in Bombay. Optimism has decreased. The next few months … Read more

Markets look directionally positive despite global noise: Sandip Sabharwal

Markets look directionally positive despite global noise: Sandip Sabharwal

“If people need to invest, DLF seems to be better placed vis-à-vis the other companies on a valuation as well as risk-return perspective. But overall, my view is that real estate after the sharp run-up needs to consolidate for some more time,” says Sandip Sabharwal, asksandipsabharwal.com.Give us a sense of where you see the markets … Read more

Q4 results this week: ITC, Sun Pharma, IndusInd Bank, IndiGo, BEL among 81 companies set to announce earnings

Q4 results this week: ITC, Sun Pharma, IndusInd Bank, IndiGo, BEL among 81 companies set to announce earnings

India Inc’s Q4 FY25 earnings season continues this week, with 81 companies scheduled to release their financial results. Key names to watch include ITC, Sun Pharma, IndusInd Bank, Power Grid Corporation of India, Hindalco, Interglobe Aviation (IndiGo), ONGC, Bharat Electronics, DLF, Dixon Technologies, Solar Industries, United Spirits, Ashok Leyland, Grasim, RVNL, and Honasa Consumer. Here … Read more

Wait and watch before jumping in to buy on hints of US-China talks: Sudip Bandyopadhyay

Wait and watch before jumping in to buy on hints of US-China talks:  Sudip Bandyopadhyay

Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Group Chairman, Inditrade Capital, says the market will initially rejoice on possibilities of US-China sitting down and negotiating and start thinking in terms of positive outcomes. But he will be a little cautious. There are significant challenges or points of disagreement between China and the US. It will take a lot of negotiation … Read more

Worst sectoral loser realty sees stocks plunge up to 14% this week. Oberoi Realty hit most

Worst sectoral loser realty sees stocks plunge up to 14% this week. Oberoi Realty hit most

Indian real estate stocks faced sharp selling pressure this week, making them the biggest losers in the market as the BSE Realty benchmark index tumbled 9.4%, significantly underperforming the broader BSE Sensex, which declined 2.47%. Despite the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) recent rate cut aimed at boosting economic growth, realty stocks failed to find … Read more

Stocks to buy or sell today: Wipro, Infosys among top 6 trading ideas for 12 November 2024

Stocks to buy or sell today: Wipro, Infosys among top 6 trading ideas for 12 November 2024

Indian market is likely to trade higher on Tuesday tracking positive global cues. The Nifty future closed positive with gains of 0.03% at 24226 levels on Monday. The volatility index India Vix fell by 1.38% to 14.27, indicating a decline in market volatility. On the options front, the maximum Call OI is placed at 25,000 … Read more

Will the upswing continue in real estate stocks? Sandip Sabharwal explains

Will the upswing continue in real estate stocks? Sandip Sabharwal explains

“Non-life insurance space has been growing decently, especially the growth shown by companies like ICICI Lombard, etc, have been quite strong and that is also reflected in the stock price movements. Non-life has been doing better than life. And I think vis-à-vis the two spaces I think that is the better space to be in,” … Read more

Budget 2024: Realty sector expects higher outlay for PMAY, home loan interest deduction limit raise

Budget 2024: Realty sector expects higher outlay for PMAY, home loan interest deduction limit raise

A higher Budget outlay for Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), re-introduction of 100% tax holidays on construction of affordable houses and increasing the interest deduction limit on home loans are some of the demands of the real estate industry from the government in this year’s budget. A slew of favourable announcements in this sector could … 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

Realty stocks jump over 7% after RBI MPC leaves repo rate unchanged

Realty stocks jump over 7% after RBI MPC leaves repo rate unchanged

Realty stocks jumped up to 7.2% on Friday after the rate-setting committee of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left the repo rate unchanged for the seventh time in a row. Mahindra Lifespace Developers gained the most in the Nifty Realty index. The other top gainers were Godrej Properties, Oberoi Realty, DLF, Brigade Enterprises, Macrotech … Read more