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Puneet Wadhwa leads all stock & financial markets’ coverage at Business Standard. He has an experience of over two decades in managing India’s busiest print, digital and electronic newsrooms at the Outlook Group, NDTV and Hindustan Times.
Puneet Wadhwa leads all stock & financial markets’ coverage at Business Standard. He has an experience of over two decades in managing India’s busiest print, digital and electronic newsrooms at the Outlook Group, NDTV and Hindustan Times.
From a stock market perspective, however, UBS remains underweight on Indian equities as valuations in their view still look expensive relative to the ordinary fundamental performance of companies.
From a technical perspective, the first key technical support for gold, according to WGC, is seen around its medium-term 55-day average and initial Fibonacci retracement of the rise from the 2022 low
Among sectors, their biggest 'conviction' as regards India is on the defence sector, where Goldman Sachs believes PTC Industries is scores over its peers
The Indian stock market, Morgan Stanley believes, is transitioning into one that will be driven by macros and stock-picking will likely lose importance
Mark Matthews says that India is the only essential emerging market for global portfolios. India's two big strengths, he believes, are its demographics and 'Jugaad' - the 'can-do' spirit
Improving global and domestic liquidity, persistent underweight positioning by global investors, and a renewed search for geographical diversification further underpin UBS' positive outlook on India
BSE Midcap index managed to stay afloat with a gain of 1 per cent return thus far in Samvat 2081, after recording hefty 41 per cent and 31 per cent return, respectively in the past two Samvat years
Gold allocations amid the recent sharp run in prices may prompt portfolio rebalancing by strategic investors, WGC believes
The strong domestic flow, meanwhile, offset the selling by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) during CY25, who pulled out $23.3 billion (Rs 2.03 trillion) from the domestic equity markets.
If tariff concerns abate, global investors could eventually play catch-up
Apurva Sheth, head of market perspectives and research at SAMCO Securities believes that the recent buying frenzy in both gold and silver has been led by FOMO - buying out of fear of missing out
Samco's Jimeet Modi says investors now prize fundamentals over hype - expect fewer but higher-quality IPOs as India's markets evolve into a leaner, value-driven ecosystem
This holding is nearly 88.8 per cent of India's gross domestic product (GDP), the note said; and at the current market value is about 3.1x times the current equity stock holding with Indian households
Our fund of funds isn't allowed to invest in silver futures, only in silver ETFs. So, we had no option but to pause fresh purchases - else, investors would enter at a 10 per cent premium, Shah said
Of the 161 IPOs that have listed so far over the last 21 months have delivered an average of 22 per cent listing gains, Bernstein said, with over 53 per cent of these having given double-digit gains
In the last few days, WeWork India, Tata Capital, and LG Electronics India, launched their public issues and aim to collectively raise over Rs 30,000 crore
Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC's Mahesh Patil says headwinds are easing, and the next Samvat could see equities align with economic growth
In CY25, spot gold prices in dollar terms rallied 47.3 per cent, while spot silver has surged 62 per cent, outperforming major asset classes
Central banks, WGC said, added a net 15 tonnes to global gold reserves in August, based on reported data from both the IMF and respective central banks.
Among individual stocks, Solar Industries, Bharat Electronics, Data Patterns and PTC Industries are Goldman Sachs' top buy ideas, while Bharat Dynamics has been rated Sell'.