Nifty FY24 earnings growth at 20% to outperform most Asian peers: Jefferies

Among sectors, Jefferies expects the consumer discretionary and staples sectors to see a margin expansion of 2.4 / 0.7ppt in FY24.

Nifty50's earnings growth, estimated at 20 per cent by global research and brokerage firm Jefferies for financial year 2023-24 (FY24), will be amongst the top three in the Asian region, and is likely to outperform peers.

Asean 40 index with 29.1 per cent estimated earnings growth and Straits Times Index (STI) with 29.1 per cent estimated earnings growth are the only two other indices in the Asian region that are likely to outperform India, suggests the recent Jefferies report, coauthored by Mahesh Nandurkar, their managing director along with Abhinav Sinha and Nishant Poddar.

On the other hand,