India has handled the pandemic rather well, companies have become more efficient, and there is a cyclical recovery underway, said Abhiram Eleswarapu, head of equities at BNP Paribas India
Reducing promoter pledge further can help drive stock gains
A focus on localisation and increase of duties in select sectors are also expected to boost manufacturing across sectors.
Gupta, the only female chief executive officer of a major asset manager in India, says it's "risky to be underweight equities" at a time when local stocks remain "heavily" driven by liquidity
The market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies zoomed to a fresh lifetime high of over Rs 195.21 trillion in morning trade on Friday as markets returned to winning ways after two days of decline
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) own more than 24 per cent of the domestic market
Leading stock exchanges BSE and NSE have declared Anugrah Stock & Broking as a defaulter and have expelled the brokerage house from respective memberships. The move comes days after a similar action was taken by the stock exchanges against Karvy Stock Broking. "The exchange has declared Anugrah Stock & Broking Pvt Ltd, a corporate trading member, of the exchange as defaulter... also expelled the said trading member... with effect from November 27, 2020," BSE said in a circular on Friday. Investors having any outstanding claims against the brokerage house have been asked to file their claims with the exchange within 90 days (by February 25, 2021), it added. In a separate circular on Thursday, NSE said the trading member has been "expelled from the membership of the exchange... and has been declared as defaulter... with effect from November 26, 2020, after close of market hours". On November 13, markets regulator Sebi suspended Anugrah Stock & Broking Pvt Ltd (ASBPL) till ...
Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Asset Management are among a number of prominent names talking up prospects for the country's shares in recent days
Investors' focus will move to global trends and developments on the Covid-19 pandemic front amid lack of any major domestic trigger in a holiday-shortened week ahead, analysts said
Foreign investors turned net buyers of Indian equities as slowing Covid-19 cases boosted hopes of a faster economic recovery, while other Asian equities faced outflows ahead of the US election
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Populism is linked with weaker economic growth in the long-term, which could weigh on India's rich equity valuations, says bank.
Mismatch doesn't bode well for economy that's set for its first contraction in more than four decades, say analysts.
Meanwhile, fund managers were seen buying shares of companies, such as HDFC Life, Eicher Motors, and Page Industries - which are arguably a notch below the frontline names
The 25% tumble in the index has meant that stocks currently offer an earnings yield of about 5.25%, compared with the domestic benchmark 10-year yield of about 6.50%
While JP Morgan believes 'cash is king' given the uncertainty that lies ahead, selective buying from a long-term perspective can be done in defensive plays
Analysts expect dent in near-term profits
On Monday, the blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index and the S&P BSE Sensex crashed 12.98% and 13.15%, respectively, their biggest plunges on record. The rupee hit a fresh record low against the dollar
The frontline indices have risen close to 15 per cent year-to-date, led by a rise in a handful of stocks