Closing Bell on August 7: Among sectors, Nifty Healthcare, Nifty Pharma, and Nifty IT indices emerged as the top leaders, gaining up to 2 per cent
The combined net sales of all companies in the sample were up just 7.3 per cent YoY in Q1FY24, the lowest in the past 10 quarters
Stocks to Watch today, August 4: 2023: Food aggregator platform Zomato turned profitable for the first time ever in Q1FY24
Stocks to Watch on Tuesday, August 1, 2023: The Board of ITC will meet on August 14 to announce Q1FY24 results, and consider the Scheme of Arrangement for the demerger of Hotels Business
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.11%, to 35,499.78, the S&P 500 was little changed at 4,582.45 and the Nasdaq Composite added 0.07%, to 14,326.87
Stocks to Watch on Monday, July 31: Adani Green, Adani Transmission, GAIL India, Go Fashion (India), and Maruti Suzuki are among top companies due to report their Q1FY24 earnings today
The stock of the public sector bank hit its highest level since August 2018
The 271 companies in our sample together spent Rs 21,183 crore on interest expenses in Q1FY24 up from Rs 15,552 crore a year ago and Rs 20,498 crore in Q4FY23
Cipla Q1 preview: The company's domestic business can grow 15 per cent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ), while US business could contract by up to 4 per cent QoQ to $195 million
ICICI Bank Q1FY24 results: At the bourses, shares of ICICI Bank hit a new 52-week high of Rs 1,008 on the BSE, rising 1 per cent in the intra-day trade
ICICI Bank: Net profit is estimated to come in the range of Rs 8,654.9 crore to Rs 9,200 crore, down up to 5 per cent QoQ
Closing Bell on July 20: The market discovered price of Jio Financial Services as Rs 261.85 per share, much higher than estimates
HDFC Bank Q1FY24 results: Analysts believe the merged HDFC Bank is better placed than most of the other private banks as far as margin expansion and net interest income (NII) growth is concerned
Automakers, banks likely top performers
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
Barring Fsn E-Commerce Ventures and Delhivery, Zomato, Paytm, and PB Fintech may rally up to 19%, show technical charts