Abhay Laijawala is positive on IT stocks with small overweight.
Edelweiss Securities, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Equities are the merchant bankers advising the government on the share sale
There are more headwinds rather than tailwinds for the financial sector and we remain underweight, says Deutsche Equities.
Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Abhay Laijawala said the there will be a transition from monetary policy to fiscal policy for which the market is not prepared and expects the market to remain volatile with a downward bias for the near term.
Abhay Laijawala, Head - India Research at Deutsche Equities is of the view that IT sector biggest underweight and the risks still remain with it.
Abhay Laijawala, Head - India Research at Deutsche Equities likes the consumption oriented stocks including tractor, 2-wheelers and oil marketing companies.
There is an expectation of a small correction in markets, says Abhay Laijawala, Managing Director and Head of Research, Deutsche Equities, but if we see a global market contagion, there could be bigger sell-offs in the Indian markets.
The stake sale received bids for over 28.74 crore shares, representing 1.18 times the 24.28 crore shares on offer as on 1525 hours, as per NSE data.
The government is looking to raise about Rs 9,302 crore from sale of 24.28 crore shares in IOC through a one-day OFS route at a floor or minimum price of Rs 387 a piece.
Abhay Laijawala, Deutsche Equities believes that the market will remain volatile over the next few months as investors continue to await tangible data on macroeconomic/corporate recovery.
Analysts correction in the market was only short-term earnings disappointment. Vinay Pandit, Senior VP - Institutional Equities, Centrum Broking feels the earnings will shape up going forward and is not expecting any major downside in the market.
A strategic thrust on public investment can be one of the strongest offsets the government can consciously provide India Inc to tide over this period of transition, said Abhay Laijawala, Deutsche Equities.
Deutsche Equities sees the ongoing tactical correction as a healthy consolidation & investors, who had been on the sidelines may use this opportunity to realign portfolios. Deutsche maintained its year-end Sensex target of 33,000.
The Manmohan Shetty-promoted company will sell up to 2,03,26,227 equity shares of face value of Rs 10. The issue comprises a fresh issue of 18,326,227 equity shares and an offer for sale of 2,000,000 equity shares by Thrill Park Limited.
The Indian market is expected to open in green with the SGX Nifty, an indicator of pre-market opening, trading at 8999, up 105 points around 7:50 hrs.
Abhay Laijawala, Deutsche Equities says the brokerage believes the government needs to unequivocally signal its medium-term commitment to reviving stalled investment momentum, through increasing capital expenditure in critical sectors like roads, railways, irrigation and defence.
"Key sector beneficiaries in Budget include infrastructure, banks/financials & urban consumption," says Abhay Laijawala, Deutsche Equities.
Abhay Laijawala, Deutsche Equities says the brokerage believes that the recent trend of strong inflows into equity mutual funds is indicative of a long-pending shift in the nature of Indian households' savings, from physical assets to financial assets.
The government, which has 80 percent stake in SAIL, plans to sell up to 206.5 million shares through an auction on the stock exchanges.
The election results remain uncertain and challenging to call, we retain our December 2014 Sensex target at 21,800, says Aditya Narain of Citi.
Ridham Desai, Morgan Stanley estimates that FIIs, on the aggregate, have extracted returns of 9.1 percent from Indian equities versus peak of 31 percent at the end of 2007. “Unless, this rate of return picks up in the coming months, the long-term money parked in Indian equities could become impatient,†he added.
Speaking to CNBC-TV18‘s Udayan Mukherjee, Abhay Laijawala, Managing Director - Head of Research, Deutsche Equities spoke about the brokerage‘s view on India and the road ahead as he sees it for equities.
Pratik Gupta, MD & Head Equities at Deutsche Equities advises investors to prefer banking stocks.
M&M, Maruti, Bharti, ITC, HDFC Bank, M&M Financials, Shriram Transport, Grasim and Shree Cements and NHPC are the stocks that the brokerage is recommending.
Abhay Laijawala, MD & Head-Research of Deutsche Equities is of the view that one may prefer private sector banks over PSU banks.