Good cash flows in most front-rung companies and a vibrant equity market resulted in decline in industrial credit offtake
The size of new investment projects announced remains low by historical standards, wrote the economists
MK Ventures' Madhu Kela believes the recent fall has helped in the consolidation phase, and the stock market is extrapolating weak earnings of previous two quarters for the rest of the year, which should revive.
Kotak analysts recommend reassessing this valuation method in these high capex sectors since earnings do not translate well into free cashflow or dividends
IT, some pharma and FMCG companies that are not ruling at exotic premium could be the safe havens for investors. Given the way the market is behaving, it would be preferable to stay with liquid stocks
Despite some public sector banks responding to finance minister P Chidambaram's call to cut base rate, tight liquidity remains a constraint.