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Private banking and select IT stocks led market pullback on Wednesday as lower oil prices, and hopes of India-US trade deal lifted sentiment.

Bajaj Auto's largest share buyback worth ₹5,633 crore at ₹12,000 per share will open on July 1; shareholders who hold shares as of today (June 24) will be eligible to participate in the buyback.

In Tuesday's trade, metal stocks led by Vedanta tumbled up to 7 per cent. National Aluminium, Hindustan Zinc, Hindalco and Jindal Steel were the other major losers.

An analysis of Nifty 500 stocks, reveals that nearly 50 per cent of the shares trade on either side of the long-term 200-day moving average; thus suggesting that the market is at crossroads currently.

Analysts at Bajaj Broking flag that Religare Enterprises has given a breakout on the weekly chart, with the stock price moving above a falling supply zone line.

Ajit Mishra of Religare Broking believes that the recent pullback in RIL stock is showing signs of recovery, and adds that a breakout above ₹1,380 could signal a trend reversal.

Aurobindo Pharma received necessary approval from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for the acquisition of the Lannett business.

Ahead of 49th RIL AGM: RIL stock was up 0.3 per cent in early deals on Friday, even as benchmark indices declined around 1 per cent each amid IT-led sell-off.

Defence stocks to buy: Muthuselvaraj of Mirae Asset Sharekhan explains that Paras Defence is showing an uptrend, trading with higher top, higher bottom pattern after breaking from consolidation zone.

Hitesh Tailor, technical research analyst at Choice Broking expects up to 15 per cent additional gains in SBI, Bank of Baroda and Union Bank of India from here.

Stocks to buy below ₹50: Om Mehra, technical research analyst believes that Ola Electric stock can surge another 24% toward the ₹53-₹54 zone; he is also bullish on UCO Bank and Central Bank of India.

Shareholding data shows that FIIs reduced equity holdings in 11 stocks from Nifty 500 in every single quarter after March 2024. List includes PNB Housing Finance, Eternal and Cyient among others.

Nishchal Jain of Share.Market believes that the 'Golden Crossover' suggests the beginning of a multi-quarter recovery cycle for Fortis Healthcare, Deepak Fertilisers and Deepak Nitrite.

Technical analysts believe that the Nifty can potentially surge to 24,600 from here if it clears hurdles at 23,800 and 24,200-24,300 levels.

Domestic Institutional Investors have increased stake in 34 Nifty 500 stocks such as - Adani Power, Paytm and Eternal among others - quarter-after-quarter after March 2024, shows shareholding data.

While the global setup has turned positive, analysts suggest investors remain watchful of profit booking at higher levels after the recent volatility.

Apollo Hospitals, Aster DM Healthcare, Sai Life Sciences have rallied up to 27% thus far in FY27; technical analysts remain bullish on these stocks given the favourable chart set-up.

Foray into green energy, data centres and reducing dependence on the oil & gas business augur well for Reliance Industries, says G Chokkalingam founder of Equinomics Research.

Sudeep Shah, Head of Technical and Derivatives Research at SBI Securities expects Polycab India and Coal India to rally further on breakout above the ₹9,800- ₹9,850 and ₹485- ₹490 zones, respectively.

Analysts at Kedia Stocks and Commodities Research expect Silver prices to fall to $48.60 levels in the bear-case scenario. On the upside, they expect prices to zoom up to $170 in the next bull cycle.