Gold held a small advance ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision later Wednesday, with officials set to provide crucial clues on the monetary policy outlook.
The lack of clarity on the India–US trade agreement and fears of potential tariff imposition under a possible second Trump presidency have heightened concerns for export-dependent sectors like chemicals, metals, and pharma, said Anil Rego of Right Horizons.
Stocks to Watch, 30 July: Stocks like Indiqube Spaces, GNG Electronics, Dilip Buildcon, GMR Airports, Ask Automotive, GE Vernova T&D India, International Gemmological Institute India, Bank of India, and Larsen & Toubro will be in focus on July 30.
Gold rate today: Yellow metal's August contracts on the MCX opened at Rs 97,627 per 10 grams today.
Gold held a decline after the dollar rose the most since May following a tariff deal between the US and the European Union, with investors now focusing on prospects for an extension of a trade truce between Washington and Beijing.
The earnings profile of the midcap companies has been better in the recent past. And Alok Singh of Bank of India MF expects that trend to continue and the midcaps to outperform the large caps in this current fiscal year.
Stocks to Watch, 29 July: Stocks like IndusInd Bank, Waaree Energies, NTPC Green Energy, KEC International, Torrent Pharma, PNC Infratech, RPSG Ventures, Monarch Surveyors, Paradeep Phosphates, and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders will be in focus on July 29.
Indian markets declined amid global gains, hit by weak earnings and FII sell-off. Nifty fell 0.53%, with sharper drops in midcaps, smallcaps while banking and pharma outperformed
Gold steadied after the US and European Union announced they had reached a tariff agreement, staving off some concerns about a potentially painful trade war between the economies.
Trend wise, with a long to medium-term horizon, the market is in a strong uptrend but with the last three weeks' price action, the short-term trend has slightly tilted downwards, said Sameet Chavan of Angel One.
Kotak's Pratik Gupta believes the Nifty earnings growth for FY26 could be 12% but is unlikely to reach 15%.
Stocks to Watch Today, 28 July: Stocks like Kotak Mahindra Bank, Central Depository Services, Balkrishna Industries, Orient Cement, Tata Chemicals, Poonawalla Fincorp, VA Tech Wabag, RITES, Sigachi Industries, and Ola Electric Mobility will be in focus on July 28.
In the week starting July 28, the consolidation is expected to continue with focus on quarterly earnings, FOMC meeting, US trade deals update, auto sales, and several important economic data points from the United States, according to experts.
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Urban consumption should gradually recover with rural consumption improving further (on account of timely monsoons and a robust kharif sowing season). Thus, earnings could witness a revival from September quarter onwards, said Poonam Tandon of IndiaFirst Life.
The 100-day EMA zone of 24,600-24,550 will act as immediate support for the Nifty 50. Any sustainable move below the level of 24,550 will lead to further correction upto the 24,200 level. However, on the upside, the 20-day EMA zone of 25,100-25,150 will be the crucial hurdle for the index, said Sudeep Shah of SBI Securities.
For the week, the BSE Sensex index fell 294.64 points or 0.36 percent to finish at 81463.09, and Nifty50 declined 131.4 points or 0.52 percent to close at 24837. However, in this month till now Sensex and Nifty shed 2.5 percent each.
The Indian rupee continued the fall in the third week as the local unit declined 37 paise at 86.52 per dollar on July 25 against the July 18 closing of 86.15. During the week the rupee touched a low of 86.62 and high of 86.20.
US tariffs has been a major overhang on the global trade as well as the financial markets since the start of 2025. However, the frequent postponement of the tariff deadlines has allowed markets time to digest their likely impact, said JM Financial’s Ankur Jhaveri.
Oil prices rose on Friday, buoyed by optimism over a potential trade deal between the U.S. and the European Union and reports of Russian plans to restrict gasoline exports to most countries.
Invasset PMS' Anirudh Garg believes cement companies are likely to see strong earnings growth in H2 FY26, driven by a stable volume trajectory and infrastructure growth.
Stocks to Watch, 25 July: Stocks like Sun Pharma, eClerx Services, Indian Energy Exchange, Anant Raj, REC, Aether Industries, Larsen & Toubro, Torrent Power, Enviro Infra Engineers, GR Infraprojects, and Adani Enterprises will be in focus on July 25.
The Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) remained net sellers on the third consecutive session on July 23 as they sold equities worth Rs 4,209 crore. However, Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) continued their buying on 13th day as they bought equities worth Rs 4,358 crore on the same day.
Varun Lohchab of HDFC Securities expects FMCG companies to deliver only mid- to high-single-digit earnings growth this fiscal year, while these stocks are trading at rich valuations.
Stocks to Watch, 24 July: Stccks like Infosys, Dr Reddys Laboratories, Tata Consumer Products, Cigniti Technologies, Force Motors, Natco Pharma, IndusInd Bank, BEML, and Tilaknagar Industries will be in focus on July 24.