Supporting this optimism is the HSBC final India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index, which has consistently remained above its long-run average and the crucial 50-mark, separating contraction from expansion, for nearly three years now. However, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returning to the Centre through a coalition government, a crucial question has arisen: Will manufacturing … Read more
Indian government bond yields jumped sharply on Tuesday, with the benchmark 10-year bond yield witnessing its biggest surge in eight months, as early voting trends in the Lok Sabha election results 2024 so far were falling short of market expectations. The benchmark 10-year bond yield was at 7.0130% as against its previous close at 6.9438%. … Read more
Bernstein expects sectors such as infra, manufacturing, domestic cyclical, financials, and SOEs (state-owned enterprises) to lead, while consumer and IT will lag. For a few days, SMIDs (small and midcaps) may do better than large caps, said Bernstein. The final two phases of the seven-phase Lok Sabha election 2024 are scheduled for May 25 and … Read more
Naveen Kulkarni, Chief Investment Officer, Axis Securities PMS, believes that BJP not winning 400 seats will not be negative for the market at all. A stable and predictable political regime is most important right now. Therefore, irrespective of the outcome, it won’t significantly affect the market, he explained. Kulkarni further noted that if FIIs are … Read more
While they referred to the current dispensation at the Centre and in the state, ‘Amma’, as she was popularly known, hadn’t actually uttered the words. She couldn’t have, given that she had passed away in December 2016. The clip had been created by cloning her voice. The party had commissioned the clip, which was created … Read more
Samir Arora, the founder and fund manager of Helios Capital, expects the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to secure a comfortable majority, and present a market-friendly budget focused on economic reforms in its next term. “So, we continue to be bullish,” he said in an interview. However, in the event of any … Read more