Gurmeet Chadha suggests investments in tier II banks, good NBFCs like Poonawalla UGRO. He discusses impacts on stocks like PFC, REC, IREDA due to RBI norms. Chadha also mentions the excitement around Aadhar IPO and counter cyclical investments in various sectors.
Indian Bank key Products/Revenue Segments include Interest & Discount on Advances & Bills, Income From Investment, Interest On Balances with RBI and Other Inter-Bank Funds and Interest for the year ending 31-Mar-2023.
Sameer Kaul from TrustPlutus Wealth highlights Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) as a dark horse sector, emphasizing the IT sector's challenging outlook. He discusses various market factors, including corporate earnings, FII flows, and Gen Z investing advice. Kaul says that given the surging monthly GST collections, we believe the earnings season will end on a positive note with no major hiccups.
Coal India Ltd. key Products/Revenue Segments include Other Operating Revenue and Coal for the year ending 31-Mar-2023.
Aditya Arora of Adlytick foresees Nifty correction post-election due to market overvaluation. He says a short-term spike is possible and suggests caution and waiting for trading opportunities. Arora says: "Whatever is the top for the market, from there we see a correction of 1,000 to 4,000 points." He further recommends a Britannia buy for potential outperformance in choppy market conditions.
ITC stock exhibits bullish momentum supported by technical indicators and sector outlook. Debit spread strategy advised by analyst Madhu Bansal for effective trading. Exit strategy involves selling bought call and buying sold call for profit.
Some outflows were also tied to the wave of bankruptcies in the crypto industry, as companies that collapsed in the last two years pulled money out of the fund to repay their creditors.
As long as the stock is priced above the 200-day SMA on the daily time frame, it is generally considered to be an overall uptrend.
A 5-year swing high represents the highest price a stock has reached within a five-year timeframe.
The company said it received a so-called "Wells notice," which the SEC issues when it is planning to bring enforcement action against them. Such notices do not necessarily mean the company has engaged in wrongdoing.
Data on Friday showed job growth in the U.S. slowed more than expected in April, while the increase in annual wages fell below 4.0% for the first time in nearly three years.
The Australian dollar hovered close to a two-month high versus its U.S. counterpart with the Reserve Bank of Australia widely expected to keep rates steady later in the day, and traders on watch for a more hawkish stance from Governor Michele Bullock.
Brent crude futures were up 46 cents, or 0.55%, at $83.79 per barrel at 0010 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose 46 cents, or 0.59%, to $78.94 a barrel.
Demand will be tested at a $58 billion three-year note auction on Tuesday, which is followed by $42 billion in 10-year sales on Wednesday and $25 billion of 30-year sales on Thursday.
Expectations for rate cuts by the U.S. central bank have been tempered as the year has progressed, as inflation has proven stickier, and some investors had begun to worry they might not materialize at all, sending markets lower in April.
The proposed stricter lending criteria, with additional provisioning, are aimed at preventing accounting shocks but could potentially hurt balance sheets of these entities and exert pressure on their valuation multiples, analysts and economists said.
“We closed a very successful FY24 with the highest ever profit after tax, consistent growth in AUM, healthy return ratios and overall robust operational and financial metrics," managing director Devesh Sachdev was quoted as saying in a note issued by the company.
"Hence, markets are likely to remain in a broader range with stock-specific action in the near term," said Siddhartha Khemka, Head - Retail Research, Motilal Oswal.
Pharma company Lupin on Monday reported 52% year-on-year growth in its consolidated net profit at Rs 368 crore for the quarter ended March 2024.
The sale is the Chennai-based bank's attempt to explore other avenues for recovery when cases in the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) are delayed beyond any timeline, IOB executive director Joydeep Dutta Roy said.
Prudential measures like risk weights and loan-to-value adjustments, along with interest rates, will be more effective in repayments of loans. This will also help in housing credit growth and controlling the asset quality of banks' home loan portfolios, it shows.
Indraprastha Gas corrected from highs above 600 levels, may break out from a Triangle pattern with a close above 460-470 levels. Short-term traders can monitor for a move towards 500 levels.
India's sovereign debt is set to be included in a JP Morgan bond index suite from June 28, while Bloomberg has announced the incorporation of domestic bonds in one of its indices from January 2025. Analysts expect the inclusions to lead to foreign investment inflows of $30 billion-45 billion into the local bond market.
The company is a NBFC-MFI (non-banking finance company - micro finance institution) offering loan products, such as micro enterprise, small enterprise, consumer goods, festival, education and emergency loans, and focuses on the lending model of 'self-help group'. Muthoot Finance owns a 66.13% stake in Belstar.
CDSL added 85 lakh new accounts in the December 2023 quarter, 80 lakh in the September quarter, and 52 lakh in the March 2023 quarter, the depository said in an exchange filing.
"Aggressive store expansion by existing players and entry of new player (e.g., Novel Jewels by Aditya Birla Group will invest ₹5,000 cr) may keep competitive intensity elevated," said Citi's analysts in a client note.
Analysts said despite the short-term challenges, the bank's valuations are attractive compared to its peers given its sector-leading metrics on key parameters. Regulatory relief and top management stability will be key catalysts in the near term.
The brokerage said Deepak Nitrite is in the midst of its largest investment cycle, transitioning into India's largest, integrated phenolics producer.
ITC's hotel business will not have any board representation from its largest shareholder, BAT, according to a demerger document. BAT will own 15.32% in ITC Hotels as foreign direct investment, making it the largest public shareholder after ITC's promoter holding of 39.93%. BAT's chief executive Tadeu Marroco stated last December that ITC's hotel business was not an area of interest for the British tobacco maker.
Nifty 50 closed lower due to state-run banks, while S&P BSE Sensex closed slightly higher. Analysts suggest selling if Nifty breaches 22348 or rises to 22570-22620. US markets rose on Fed rate cut hopes.
Lupin reported a 52% YoY growth in net profit to Rs 368 crore for March 2024 quarter. Revenue increased by 12% to Rs 4,961 crore. The company declared a dividend of Rs 8 per share.
The non-banking financial company-micro finance institution (NBFC-MFI), which is a part of the Kerala-based Muthoot Pappachan group, saw its gross loan portfolio expanded by 32.4% year-on-year to Rs 12,194 crore while it reported the highest ever disbursement of Rs 10,661.59 crore.
Infosys, TCS and HCL Tech remain top picks of brokerage firm Kotak Institutional Equities followed by Cyient in the mid-tier segment amid an extended outlook for weak demand and macro uncertainty in the IT sector.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is working to increase the acceptance of the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) for retail transactions, despite the high number of transactions reaching 1 million per day. The RBI is focusing on making the digital currency transferable offline, introducing programmability features, and promoting financial inclusion. The central bank is also addressing concerns about the CBDC's potential to pose a risk to banks' business models.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 86.8 points, or 0.22%, at the open to 38762.43. The S&P 500 rose 14.6 points, or 0.29%, at the open to 5142.42, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 52.2 points, or 0.32%, to 16208.537 at the opening bell.