With the steel spreads bottoming out, domestic brokerage firm Axis Securities sees the risk-reward for SAIL to be favorable, as it upgraded the stock to a ‘buy’ rating from ‘hold’ previously, while giving a target price of Rs 130. “With the steel spreads bottoming out, we foresee the risk-reward turning lucrative for SAIL. SAIL is … Read more
Vedanta shares plunged 7% to Rs 410 in Monday’s trade on the BSE after the US dollar reached a record peak against the Indian rupee and other global currencies. The Indian rupee weakened past Rs 87 per US dollar for the first time, following President Trump’s tariff impositions on the country’s largest trading partners, driving … Read more
“We believe 51,400 to 51,000 should be the strong support for Bank Nifty and we should see a gradual recovery for Bank Nifty too. So, banking, metals, power space as a whole looks positive from the current levels,” says Dharmesh Shah, ICICI Direct.Any sector-specific moves that you are seeing? Any sectors that you are liking … Read more
Technical charts suggest the short-term trend of Nifty is likely to be range-bound with a weak bias. A move below the immediate support of 23,250 could indicate the beginning of a shortterm downward correction, according to technical analysts. For short-term trading, analysts recommend stocks such as SBI, IDFC First Bank, Granules, Infosys, HCL Tech, M&M … Read more
Metal stocks have been on a roll lately. The Nifty Metal index has been up significantly, with gains of over 50%, in the last one year. ETMarkets spoke to Sonam Srivastava, Founder & CEO of Wright Research, to understand the factors behind the rally and more. Edited excerpts: 1. The Nifty Metal index has been … Read more
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
Equity indices ticked higher for the fourth straight session on Wednesday, helped by positive trend in global equities. The 30-share Sensex climbed 114 points to settle at 73,852 and the Nifty advanced 34 points. Stocks that were in focus included names like SAIL, which rose 7.36%, MCX, which was down 4.63%, and HUL, whose shares … Read more
With the dollar index and US 10-year bond yields on the rise, along with increasing crude prices and geopolitical tensions, analysts advise a cautious approach. They advise investors to refrain from chasing buying opportunities at elevated levels and suggest booking profits on any bounceback. ICICI Bank, Reliance Industries, Mahindra & Mahindra, Eicher Motors, SAIL, IRCTC, … Read more
Three stocks are on the F&O trade ban list on Thursday viz. Hindustan Copper, Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and Zee Entertainment Enterprises (Zee). SAIL and Zee are the latest entrants. The F&O contracts of any stock enter the ban period when the open interest (OI) on it crosses 95% of the market wide positions … Read more
Brokerage firm BofA Securities maintained an underperform rating on NHPC, Morgan Stanley has an Equal Weight rating on SAIL, and Jefferies recommended a buy on Thermax and PI Industries, respectively. We have collated a list of recommendations from top brokerage firms from ETNow and other sources: BofA Securities on NHPC: Underperform| Target Rs 63 BofA … Read more