Brokerages tweak model portfolios on lackluster Q2 earnings, list top stocks to buy

Brokerages tweak model portfolios on lackluster Q2 earnings, list top stocks to buy

With a lackluster Q2FY25 earnings season behind, several top brokerages have made changes to their model portfolios and come out with their preferred stocks and buy recommendations. ETMarkets brings a list of top stocks, which are part of the model portfolios of Motilal Oswal Financial Services (MOFSL), Nuvama Institutional Equities and Kotak Institutional Equities. Nifty … Read more

Loan rates: HDFC Bank hikes MCLR for select short-term tenures; check details

Loan rates: HDFC Bank hikes MCLR for select short-term tenures; check details

New loan rates: Private lender HDFC Bank has implemented revisions to its Marginal Cost of Funds-Based Lending Rates (MCLR) for select short-term tenures effective from November 3, 2024. The revision includes an increase of up to 5 basis points (bps) and applies specifically to the overnight, one-month, and three-year tenures. Post-revision, the overnight MCLR has … Read more

American multinational Citigroup sells HDFC Bank’s shares worth Rs 275 crore

American multinational Citigroup sells HDFC Bank’s shares worth Rs 275 crore

American multinational Citigroup on Monday offloaded private sector lender HDFC Bank‘s shares worth Rs 275 crore through an open market transaction. Citigroup, through its arm Citigroup Global Markets Mauritius, sold 15,79,953 shares of HDFC Bank, as per the block deal data available on the BSE. The shares were disposed of at an average price of … Read more

Dharmesh Shah on 2 sectors to bet on in a volatile market

Dharmesh Shah on 2 sectors to bet on in a volatile market

“Right now, it’s hard to say what to buy, but it’s best to wait for a reversal. Nifty has strong support at 23,800, with resistance around 24,600 to 24,700. Going short now is not advisable—any positive news could trigger a pullback to 24,500 or 24,600,” says Dharmesh Shah, ICICI Direct. Very interesting data point Soumeet … Read more

Is there more consolidation in store for HDFC Bank? Deepak Shenoy answers

Is there more consolidation in store for HDFC Bank? Deepak Shenoy answers

“I think that way there is a slight set of headwinds. But I feel given the criteria that RBI seems to be talking about from MFIs and from NBFCs that are lending to retail whether cutting down on usurious loans being made through say digital channels or something like that, there is a potential that … Read more

Mcap of 4 of top-10 most valued firms jumps Rs 81,151 cr last week; ICICI, HDFC Bank biggest gainers

Mcap of 4 of top-10 most valued firms jumps Rs 81,151 cr last week; ICICI, HDFC Bank biggest gainers

Four of the top-10 most-valued firms together added Rs 81,151.31 crore in market valuation last week, with ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank emerging as the biggest gainers. Last week, the BSE benchmark declined 156.61 points, or 0.19 per cent. While HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, and the State Bank of India were the gainers, … Read more

42 smallcap stocks offer double-digit returns in wobbly market week

42 smallcap stocks offer double-digit returns in wobbly market week

Sustained selling pressure from foreign investors, muted second quarter earnings expectations, and elevated valuations acted as headwinds for the market during the week as benchmark indices ended in the red. But, even in a muted market, 42 smallcap stocks have delivered double-digit weekly returns with five of them offering over 25% returns. Nalwa Sons Investment … Read more

Q2 results this week: RIL, HDFC Bank, Infosys among 145 companies to announce earnings

Q2 results this week: RIL, HDFC Bank, Infosys among 145 companies to announce earnings

The second quarter earnings season is underway and as many as 145 companies will declare their results this week. Some of the marquee names include Axis Bank, Bajaj Auto, Reliance Industries, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, Nestle, HCL Tech among others. Analysts expect a muted second quarter for India Inc, possibly the slowest in over four years … Read more

Block deals worth over Rs 16,400 crore this week. DMart, HDFC Bank among stocks with major action

Block deals worth over Rs 16,400 crore this week. DMart, HDFC Bank among stocks with major action

While Nifty ended with a week-on-week decline of 0.20%, it was laden with top action where over three dozen companies from large, mid and smallcap segments witnessed prominent block deals worth Rs 16,445 crore on screen which included both buying and selling action. In the large cap segment, 15 companies witnessed significant block deals on … Read more

UBS buys 81 lakh shares of IDFC for Rs 88 crore via block deal ahead of stock’s suspension from Thursday

UBS buys 81 lakh shares of IDFC for Rs 88 crore via block deal ahead of stock’s suspension from Thursday

UBS bought over 81 lakh shares in IDFC Limited on Wednesday for Rs 88 crore through UBS Principal Capital Asia Limited via a block deal. The shares were purchased at a price of Rs 107.92 apiece. IDFC Limited shares will be suspended from trading with effect from Thursday, October 10 which is the record date … Read more