JM Financial bets on banks, capex-led growth stocks with launch of new model portfolio for Indian equities

JM Financial bets on banks, capex-led growth stocks with launch of new model portfolio for Indian equities

JM Financial has launched its India Model Portfolio with a bullish stance on banks, infrastructure, and domestic demand plays, while staying cautious on expensive mid-cap and small-cap stocks and export-oriented sectors. The brokerage said it is overweight on banks, real estate, telecom, infrastructure, defence and oil & gas. The model portfolio marks a key shift … Read more

Kotak Equities reshuffles model portfolio; adds IndiGo, Pidilite; reduces Dabur. Here’s what changed

Kotak Equities reshuffles model portfolio; adds IndiGo, Pidilite; reduces Dabur. Here’s what changed

Making adjustments to its model portfolio, domestic brokerage firm Kotak Institutional Equities has increased the weight of InterGlobe Aviation (INDIGO) by 100 basis points to 250 basis points and Pidilite Industries (PIDI) by 40 basis points to 190 basis points. Meanwhile, Dabur witnessed a decrease in the weightage. According to the domestic brokerage firm, both … Read more

IT stocks rise as bears cover shorts, with a new outlook

IT stocks rise as bears cover shorts, with a new outlook

Mumbai: Information technology (IT) stocks were the biggest gainers in Wednesday’s trading, after HCL Technologies‘ stronger-than-expected earnings outlook prompted traders to cover some of their bearish bets that were initiated after earnings announcements of its larger peers –TCS and Infosys. The Nifty IT index shot up 4.3% – posting its biggest single-day gain in 10 … Read more

5 of top 10 valued firms add Rs 84,559 crore in valuation last week; HUL major gainer

5 of top 10 valued firms add Rs 84,559 crore in valuation last week; HUL major gainer

New Delhi, The combined market valuation of five of the top-10 valued firms surged Rs 84,559.01 crore in a holiday-shortened last week, with Hindustan Unilever emerging as the biggest winner. Last week, the BSE benchmark Sensex declined 207.43 points or 0.27 per cent. The NSE Nifty dipped 75.9 points or 0.33 per cent. Indian stock … Read more

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