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India's resilient growth outlook will offset a slowdown in overseas markets for the country's corporates and easing input cost pressure will help widen their profit margins, Fitch Ratings said on Friday. Earlier this month, Fitch had raised India's economic growth forecast to 6.3 per cent for the current fiscal year 2023-24 from the 6 per cent it had predicted previously. The sustained economic growth will drive cement and petroleum product demand, with high-frequency data trending above pre-pandemic levels so far this year. India's rising infrastructure spending will also boost steel demand, Fitch added. "India's resilient growth outlook will offset a slowdown in overseas markets for the country's corporates and easing input cost pressure will widen profit margins by around 220bp in the financial year ending March 2024," Fitch said in a statement. Slowing demand in the US and the eurozone will moderate sales growth for the IT service sector. However, a corresponding easing of wage
Analysts believe, the progress of monsoon, FII and DII fund flows and the upcoming Q2 earnings, are the key triggers for Indian markets
Among sectors, Jefferies expects the consumer discretionary and staples sectors to see a margin expansion of 2.4 / 0.7ppt in FY24.
Better than expected showing by BFSI
While consensus earnings growth expectations for Nifty50 at 8.6% for FY23 have come down from over 11% at the start of the year, FY24 expectations at 19.2% YoY remain broadly stable
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Technically, State Bank of India's shares are well placed above the breakout mark of Rs 565 from a short-term to medium-term perspective.
The gain in NASDAQ thus far in CY23 was largely fueled by Google, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Meta Platforms - also known as the FAANG stocks.
Nifty 12-month forward PE is around 23 per cent below peak. Indian equities should find support from robust earnings outlook owing to strength in the domestic economy.
Slowdown in revenue growth, spike in interest expenses hit Q4 earnings
The bank's Q4 net zoomed 134 per cent to Rs 802.62 crore from Rs 342.73 crore in the year ago period.
The company will also announce its March quarter and FY23 earnings on Thursday.
The S&P BSE Small-cap and Midcap indices have surged around 6 per cent and 4 per cent, respectively, as against a 2 per cent gain on S&P BSE Sensex so far in FY24.
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The growth could be a challenge in Q1FY24, too, not just because of the cautious customer behavior but also due to the added issue of productivity concessions kicking in, says Nirmal Bang in a note.