After better economic growth in Q3 at 6.2% compared to 5.6% in Q2FY25, Radhika Rao expects further improvement from Q3 to Q4FY25, but a sharper rebound is restrained by a weak credit growth impulse, moderating GST collection pace and tight financial conditions.
While the market has absorbed a significant portion of its correction over the past four months, Wright Research's Sonam Srivastava does not believe it is entirely over.
The correction in mid, small caps that has taken place in last couple of months was unexpected at this pace and extent, said Anuj Jain.
Umeshkumar Mehta believes largecap the space is looking attractive to bet on, considering higher relative earnings predictability during times of slowdown and uncertainty.
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While there will certainly be some more volatility in the short term due to the economic and political environment globally, there is a high likelihood that the markets are close the bottom, Whitespace Alpha's Puneet Sharma said.
With most of the growth drivers in place, reduced interest rates, higher government expenditure, and a stable currency should mean that 2025 could be better than what the current mood is indicating, said Raghvendra Nath.
Tariffs along with inflation pose considerable headwinds for equity markets, Sandeep Bagla said.
While the current selloff has resulted in the longest monthly losing streak, it is notably less severe compared to past downturns, said Achin Goel.
For deeper positive retracement, the Nifty 50 needs to close above prior day’s high, until then use pullback to sell for a move to 21,800 levels. Immediate hurdle is at 22,580 on upside, said Ashish Kyal.
There could be continued earnings momentum in railway, infrastructure and capital good stocks but outlook on new orders could be relatively muted, given the pivot in government spending priorities in the recent budget, said Krishnan VR.
Mid and Small-cap indices still trade at a ~30% premium to their historical averages and could see further adjustment, said Gautam Duggad.
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The IT sector does not look expensive at current valuations, said Rishabh Nahar.
The market correction has coincided with a slowdown in earnings growth with a third consecutive quarter of low single-digit earnings growth, said Anil Rego.
Rahul Ghose of Hedged expects the Nifty to be stronger than Bank Nifty once the rebound starts.
Private bank valuations appear compelling. The Nifty Private Bank's price-to-book ratio, currently around 2.2 on a trailing twelve-month basis, is near historic lows, said Shailendra Kumar.
Going by the RBI projection of a GDP growth rate of 6.7% for FY26 and the pick up in Government capex in the current quarter, we might expect economic activity to turn around after a quarter or two, said Rahul Singh.
2025 will be a stock picker’s market, with continued volatility in the Rs 10,000–Rs 70,000 crore range (market cap), where liquidity had previously driven valuations to stretched levels, said Pawan Bharaddia.
For Nifty, the zone of 22,600-22,550 will act as immediate support for the index. If the index slips below the level of 22,550, then we may witness a further correction upto the level of 22,250 level. On the upside, the zone of 23,050-23,100 will act as a crucial hurdle for the index, said Sudeep Shah.
After sharp correction since October 2024, Sandip Bansal said valuations have become reasonable in many segments, and India remains a solid long-term growth opportunity in the global context.
Anirudh Garg is cautiously bullish on gold, given the heightened geopolitical uncertainties and central bank buying.
Divam Sharma agrees that the Indian economy is showing the signs of slowdown but US tariff fear is weighing on even the slightest of positive trends in the economy.
It is likely that by the middle of the calendar year 2025 the issues around tariffs should settle down globally, said Prabhakar Kudva.
The much delayed 2,000 MW Subansiri hydropower plant in Arunachal Pradesh, which will be the largest in India, will be fully commissioned by May 2026, Chaudhary said.