Q4 earnings preview: How key sectors of the economy may have performed

Mayuresh Joshi of Angel Broking gives his expectations for the performance of companies in key sectors of the economy in the January-March quarter of FY18

The results season for the fourth quarter and the full fiscal year is about to begin in the second week of April. While the actual numbers are awaited, it will be interesting to see how these numbers could pan out sector-wise. 

Here are four possibilities we see:

Banking Sector could face NPA pressure

Indian banks have already written off close to Rs 242,000 crore in the last 5 years and the pressure could be felt in this quarter too. Most of the stressed asset cases may call for higher provisioning in the fourth quarter and that is likely to hit