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L&T likely to outperform guidance after strong Q1 FY25 performance

Assuming valuations at around 30 times price-to-earnings and valuing holdings in listed subsidiaries at a discount of 25% to fair-value, there could still be an upside of 15-20%

Slump in tech stocks knock Asia shares, yen towers at over 2-month high

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan lost 0.7%, while Japan's Nikkei tumbled 2.9% and South Korea's KOSPI dropped 2%. Taiwan's markets were closed for a second day

Maintaining premium growth, sustained margins key for ICICI Prudential Life

The agency growth was driven by the addition of more than 12,000 agents, plus the launch of new products

Brokerages raise bets on FMCG, IT, consumer stocks after Budget 2024

Here are ten stocks where brokerages expected the maximum upside in their share price over the next 12 months

Union Budget 2024 remains largely neutral for stock markets in India

A breakout of 3% plus or minus - say 750 points on the Nifty - would reset the medium-term trend but this Budget does not seem to have provided the triggers either way

Asian stocks subdued after lacklustre earnings from US tech; yen firms

The US dollar was broadly firm, with traders watching out for an inflation reading on Friday and Federal Reserve meeting next week

Budget 2024: Tax breaks and rural triggers may keep consumer stocks in play

In addition to rural schemes, normal monsoons are expected to sustain the rally of consumer majors

Indian Hotels Company lacks valuation comfort despite strong outlook

IHCL continues to expand its network and has opened six hotels in Q1FY25, crossing the milestone of 325 hotels

Tech outage: Exchanges say business as usual, some brokers face issues

Cash, derivatives segment volumes hold steady

Friday fright: Nearly Rs 8 trillion wiped out as stock markets tumble

Benchmarks snap 4-day winning run amid global IT outage

NSE, BSE say functioning remains normal; unaffected by Microsoft outage

Meanwhile, the two leading Indian stock exchanges announced that they are not impacted due to Microsoft outage.

Multiple triggers ahead for affordable housing finance companies

Investor interest in AHFCs has increased, given expectations of measures in the Budget to boost the affordable housing market as well as the growth trajectory

Stock exchanges, MIIs to face independent evaluation on eight parameters

Independent evaluation to be done on eight broad parameters

Demand recovery hopes, valuations to support Hindustan Unilever stock

The FMCG sector is hoping for demand recovery with hopes of a better monsoon helping rural demand and expectations of a pro-consumption Budget

Trading activity to hinge on Q1 results, global trends in the week ahead

In the week ahead, economic data like China GDP, EuroZone CPI inflation, ECB policy, and the US Fed chair speech will be watched by investors to get cues on market momentum

Mcap of 7 of top-10 most valued firms jump Rs 1.72 trn; TCS steals show

Reliance Industries retained the title of the most valued firm followed by TCS, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Bharti Airtel, State Bank of India, Infosys, LIC, Hindustan Unilever and ITC

Market capitalisation of BSE Midcap firms a whisker away from $1 trn

On Friday, the cumulative mcap of midcap firms settled at $0.96 trillion

Rerating potential in Axis Bank stock, may be among top outperformers

Axis Bank may be capable of growing faster than peers and it may see a decline in operating expenses ratio from current levels

Yen choppy amid intervention concerns, Asian shares eye weekly gain

Moves in the yen against the dollar and other major currencies stole the spotlight on Friday

Reliance Jio listing: Tariff hikes a trigger, but spinoff better option

The current minority investors in Jio may prefer the spin off route and RIL could also consider buyout of current institutional stakeholders in Jio after the spin off if it wanted to shore up stake