Motilal Oswal expects Nifty to grow 2% in Q4, identifies 20 conviction ideas

Motilal Oswal expects Nifty to grow 2% in Q4, identifies 20 conviction ideas

Domestic brokerage firm Motilal Oswal expects a muted earnings performance in Q4FY25, projecting just 2% year-on-year (YoY) growth for the Nifty 50 index. The subdued growth outlook reflects persistent challenges across key sectors, particularly Oil & Gas (O&G), Cement, and Real Estate, even as segments like Technology, Auto, and BFSI are expected to provide moderate … Read more

Global investors eyeing cheaper alternatives as India’s valuations stay high: Manishi Raychaudhuri

Global investors eyeing cheaper alternatives as India’s valuations stay high: Manishi Raychaudhuri

“I think investors are beginning to understand that there are cheaper alternatives which give them similar growth profile, similar earnings growth profile in the medium term but available at far lower valuations,” says Manishi Raychaudhuri, Veteran Investor In Asian Equities. They say that if you are a long-term bull, ETF is the best and the … Read more

Infosys slips 6% post Q3 results, drags down Nifty IT index

Infosys slips 6% post Q3 results, drags down Nifty IT index

Infosys shares tumbled close to 6% on Friday as the company’s muted outlook after its third-quarter results prompted investors to cut their bets. “While Infosys reported decent numbers, the management expects a muted fourth quarter which led to the slide in the stock,” said Dharmesh Kant, head of research, Cholamandalam Securities. “Given that Infosys was … Read more

Earnings growth to drive stock selection, limited market upside in near-term: Aniruddha Naha

Earnings growth to drive stock selection, limited market upside in near-term: Aniruddha Naha

“Midcap segment is extremely expensive and that is something we will wait out and see how it plays out,” says Aniruddha Naha, PGIM India.What do you make of the market setup? A lot of stocks have corrected because the headline index is down 10% from highs, but if you look at a lot of midcap … Read more

What to do with Godrej Consumer, Honasa and 3 other stocks? Aamar Deo of Angel One decodes

What to do with Godrej Consumer, Honasa and 3 other stocks? Aamar Deo of Angel One decodes

Going forward, Nifty would need to sustain above the 25,000 mark for any meaningful rally, towards the next target of 25,400 levels, Aamar Deo Singh, Senior Vice President-Equity, Commodity & Currency at Angel One said. This analyst spells-out strategy in previous week’s major movers viz. Bajaj Auto, Avenue Supermarts (DMart), Adani Green Energy and three … Read more

Block deals worth over Rs 8,228 crore this week; TCS, ICICI Bank, Power Grid lead the action

Block deals worth over Rs 8,228 crore this week; TCS, ICICI Bank, Power Grid lead the action

While the Nifty ended the week with a 1.6% gain, over Rs 8,228 crore worth of block deals were executed across large, mid, and small-cap stocks, marking significant market activity, which included both buying and selling action. Large-cap block deals In the large-cap segment, Torrent Pharma led the action, recording block deals worth Rs 3,207 … 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

Sandip Agarwal on what should investors do with Infosys, TCS, and Wipro stocks

Sandip Agarwal on what should investors do with Infosys, TCS, and Wipro stocks

“Tech Mahindra, Infosys all are up 40% in last six to eight months. So, large part of all positive news has been discounted and the stocks are trading at a very-very decent valuation I would put in that way,” says Sandip Agarwal, Fund Manager, Sowilo Investment Managers. From these Q2 earnings from the likes of … Read more

Infosys, Wipro show strong sequential growth in Q2 dollar revenue

Infosys, Wipro show strong sequential growth in Q2 dollar revenue

Infosys and Wipro delivered better than expected sequential growth in dollar denominated revenue for the September quarter. The difference in their performance was on the front of profitability and the total contract value of new deals. While Infosys disappointed on these parameters, Wipro surpassed analysts’ estimates on profits, profitability and also reported a revival in … Read more