Sectoral outlook for Q1FY19: Which are the five sectors to watch out for?

The upcoming results season of the first quarter in the current financial year 2018-19 (Q1FY19) has become more interesting because it is coming at the back of two years of sagging earnings growth. Will the market excuse another year of postponement in earnings recovery? Or will earnings growth finally begin to kick in at an aggregate level? Remember, the base quarter last year had a lot of business volume suppression owing to the goods and service tax (GST) transition. So it is only likely that we may see significant growth this time around in several sectors. However, this may still