Aditya Narain, Citi says he remains positive on the market with a 32,000 Sensex target for December 2016.
He believes the market needs earnings support and direction to gain some legs.
"It need not be the 20-18 percent FY17-18 earnings we forecast - a 15 percent should be good enough," he says, adding, that the market is presuming downgrades and a modest quarter lends a cushion.
According to him, earnings beats could well surprise more than earnings misses.
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