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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.
Leading market experts decode Monday's stock market crash, crude oil's sharp spike and the investment strategy that one can adopt in this backdrop.
UBS' Global Oil team has also raised their near-term oil price forecasts, Q1-26E to $71/bbl (around $80/bbl for March), and the average for 2026 to $72/bbl
Selective IT services companies with strong digital portfolios, diversified clients, and disciplined cost structures could indeed present a contrarian opportunity, he said.
In India, equities are often a long-term wealth creation product and flows typically normalise once volatility stabilises, Upadhyaya said.
Oil prices, Rogers said, could definitely cross $100 a barrel again, especially if the geopolitical developments continue.
Any impact on the oil infrastructure in case of a prolonged war could see the Nifty drop to 23,500 - 23,700 levels," says U R Bhat, co-founder & director of Alphaniti Fintech.
UBS sees further upside for broad commodities in 2026, driven by primarily by metals, their analysts said in a recent note.
A total of 333 stocks from the Nifty 500 index were seen trading below their respective 200-day moving averages in Monday's trade amid the US-Israel-Iran war triggered market fall.
On the upside, the 25,350-25,500 band now acts as a key resistance area for the Nifty, according to Ponmudi R, CEO of Enrich Money, a SEBI-registered online trading and wealth tech firm
During the October 1973 Yom Kippur War, Arab OPEC members, led by Saudi Arabia, implemented an oil embargo against the US and other nations that supported Israel that led to oil rising 300 per cent.
On the flip side, a deal between the US and Iran coupled with the excess global supply/capacity could see limit the upside after a volatile phase, analysts said.
AI capex boom may keep India markets under pressure as global funds shift to semiconductor-heavy markets like Taiwan and Korea, says Christopher Wood of Jefferies
The global research and broking house has cut their earnings estimates by 1-4 per cent across IT firms and expects 6 per cent earnings CAGR over FY26-28.
ICICI Securities' Pankaj Pandey says markets may need time to adjust to the new STT regime but sees strong FY27 earnings and midcap outperformance
The US Supreme Court's decision takes away a big cloud that's been hanging over global trade for a year now, analysts said.
Meanwhile, at the bourses, in the last one year, RIL stock has outperformed the market by rising nearly 17 per cent compared to the 12 per cent rise in the Nifty 50 index, data shows
Since oil and gas prices did not join other commodities in their run up in the last few months, analysts believe they are likely to remain sideways at best, unless geopolitical events trigger a rally
FY27 earnings growth could be broader, with mid and smallcaps leading the upside, while AI fears around IT stocks are overdone, says Centrum Broking's Jignesh Desai
Thus far in CY26, the Nifty Metal has been the best performing sectoral index that moved up around 10 per cent, ACE Equity data shows. In comparison, the Nifty 50 index lost nearly 1 per cent
As a strategy, Gaurang Shah, head investment strategist at Geojit Investments remains selectively bullish on the FMCG stocks on the back of a likely improvement in semi-urban and rural demand.