India’s largest domestic institutional investor Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has reduced ownership in at least 80 stocks, including 16 PSUs, in the March quarter with the market value of its portfolio surging to Rs 14 lakh crore. LIC was seen cutting stakes in BHEL, SAIL, Coal India, Oil India, Mahanagar Gas, MOIL, SBI, … Read more
Brokerage firm Morgan Stanley maintained an overweight rating on RIL and an overweight rating on Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). Sharekhan recommended a buy on ICICI Bank and ICICIdirect has a buy rating on PCBL. We have collated a list of recommendations from top brokerage firms from ETNow and other sources: Morgan Stanley on RIL: Overweight| … Read more
Equity indices declined over half a percent on Friday amid weak global market trends. The 30-share Sensex declined 453 points to settle at 72,643 and the Nifty dropped 123 points at 22,023. Stocks that were in focus included names like OIL, which fell 4.04%, IOC, which declined 5.25%, and BPCL, whose shares dropped 4.15% on … Read more
Stocks of oil marketing companies (OMCs) witnessed up to 8% decline on Friday following a Rs 2 per litre cut in prices of petrol and diesel, the first in nearly two years. The decision came ahead of the model code of conduct that is likely to kick in shortly. The top loser was Hindustan Petroleum … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Australian Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong and Singapore FM Vivian Balakrishnan at the opening of the 7th Indian Ocean Conference in Perth, Australia on Friday. The militarisation of the Indian Ocean and “great power rivalry” are growing concerns for smaller countries in the region, said Sri … Read more
Brokerage firm CLSA maintained a buy rating on RIL, Goldman Sachs downgraded ONGC, BPCL, and IOC. Jefferies has a buy rating on Godrej Consumer and Nuvama upgraded Infosys to buy ahead of Q3 results. We have collated a list of recommendations from top brokerage firms from ETNow and other sources: CLSA on RIL: Buy| Target … Read more
Indian headline indices hit fresh lifetime highs on Friday ending with weekly gains of 2.7% on a dovish pivot by the US Fed. The biggest gainers were IT and bank stocks. Nifty hit a new lifetime high of 21,492.30 before ending the session at 21,456.65, up 273.95 points or 1.29%. The 30-stock S&P BSE Sensex … Read more
The Indian market is likely to consolidate on Tuesday, tracking muted global cues. The S&P BSE Sensex rose nearly 1,400 points, while the Nifty50 rose to a fresh record high above 20,700 levels on Monday. The Nifty future closed positive with gains of over 2% at 20,804 levels on Monday. India VIX was up by … Read more
Sanjiv Bhasin, Director, IIFL Securities, says “IOC, HPCL, BPCL are still looking strong. It is the whole basket of PSUs which are duly getting their recognition after many, many years. I am very optimistic that some of them will still have more steam. And that is why the PSU basket or the CPSE ETF – … Read more
Shares of state-owned Oil India Limited (OIL) jumped nearly 8% to their 52-week high of Rs 318 on the NSE in Monday’s trade as international crude oil prices jumped more than $3 a barrel on Monday as the Israel-Hamas crisis deepened, raising supply concerns. Oil India shares were the top gainers in the Nifty Oil … Read more