Technical factors suggest that the market is likely to experience consolidation over the next few trading sessions, said Sudeep Shah of SBI Securities.
Going forward, it will be particularly interesting to monitor the Fed’s decisions and guidance regarding further rate cuts, especially in light of the recent election outcome, said Raghvendra Nath.
However, Shailendra Kumar of Narnolia Financial Services expects a significant earnings growth rebound only from mid-Q4FY25 onwards.
Post Donald Trump's win in US elections, Tier-2 defense companies are likely to remain unaffected due to their minimal US export exposure, said Sreeram Ramdas.
Healthcare and consumer staples provide a cushion during downturns as their products remain essential regardless of economic swings, said Anirudh Garg of Invasset PMS.
Anil Rego of Right Horizons is not concerned about the upcoming US elections as drivers of long term domestic economic growth are intact.
Vikas Gupta believes that from mid-November to mid-January, the markets will settle in a direction, which currently looks positive.
India may be closer to a double-digit earnings growth for FY25 versus a mid-teen growth anticipated earlier, Jitendra Sriram believes.
Going ahead, Milan Vaishnav expects Lupin to resume its upmove from the current levels and go on to test Rs 2,300-2,350 levels.
In Samvat 2081, India’s equity markets face a mix of growth opportunities and risks, said Siddharth Vora.
Poly Medicure has just given a breakout of the Rounding bottom pattern. Also, since October 28 not a single candle has given a close below previous day's low which suggests strength in trend.
Jimeet Modi of Samco Group expects some FPIs related selling to continue, however, the good thing is that FPIs are not selling from their long only funds.
After earnings below expectations in Q2FY25, Nilesh Shah of Kotak Mahindra AMC believes earnings should recover in the 2H FY25.
Atul Mehra of Motilal Oswal AMC believes some of private banks stocks are quite attractively valued today; and offering compelling outperformance.
Indian markets may enter a period of consolidation in the short term, but continue to remain exciting due to their long-term growth prospects, said Hari.
When comparing Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai, their current valuations are quite close, said Vivek Goel of Tailwind.
One of India’s often touted fundamental strengths is the demographic dividend i.e, millions of young people joining the workforce and contributing to economic growth. If the government is unable to provide employment, this is unlikely to materialise as expected, said Pramod Gubbi.
The festive season should turn out to be good for consumer discretionary companies, jewellery stocks and tourism related sectors, said Vijay Bharadia of Wallfort PMS.
According to Sandip Bansal, there is likely to be a sequential improvement in earnings in subsequent quarters on the back of good monsoons supporting rural revival, pick-up in government ordering and spending which is currently lagging the budgeted run-rate, likely acceleration in exports, among other drivers.
Weak earnings and external pressures indicate that the Nifty 50 may face ongoing challenges rather than a swift recovery in the near term, Amit Jain of Ashika Global said.
However, Kotak Alternate Asset Managers still remains constructive on the commercial vehicle financing space and also positive on rural demand recovery plays such as tractors, said Jitendra Gohil
After registering strong double-digit earnings growth over past few years, of late, there have been some concerns over sustainability of this earnings growth over next few quarters, said Jyoti Vaswani of Canara HSBC Life Insurance.
25% of SurveyMonkey's R&D efforts will happen in India by 2025, Johnson said. The online survey platform has moved the development of several functions like market research and audience to the country.
Despite ongoing global uncertainties, including the threat of a global recession, geopolitical tensions, and the upcoming US elections, the market appears to have stabilized, says Sonam Srivastava.
Instead of recommending PSUs as a whole, Nitin Bhasin prefers PSU Banks which stands out on asset quality and credit cost in the current cycle.