Goldman Sachs Sets Nifty Target

The superior EPS growth rate in India, Goldman Sachs believes, would come on the back of strong structural growth and demographic tailwinds

Nifty 50 has corrected 10 per cent from its peak in September 2024, Goldman Sachs said, driven by cuts in EPS growth following a slower macro as well as a sharp correction in valuation multiples

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Goldman Sachs expects the healthy run in the global equity market, including India, seen this year to continue going in 2018 as well. The US-based brokerage expects the benchmark Nifty to climb to 11,600 by the end of next calendar year, implying a 12 per cent upside from current levels. The forecast is impressive considering the 50-share index has already rallied 28 per cent in the past one year.Goldman Sachs estimates earnings growth of 18 per cent and 17 per cent in calendar 2018 and 2019 respectively. "We expect solid earnings growth delivery in the next year and the following year. We see that as a credible backdrop for India to continue to perform," said Timothy Moe, chief Asia Pacific equity strategist for Goldman Sachs.India is among the three overweight markets (South Korean and China being the other two) for Goldman Sachs in the Asia Pacific ex-Japan region. "The underlying theme behind our overweight stance in these three markets is that we have strongest confidence in ...