Nifty crash

NSE Rejig: Zomato's inclusion would lead to passive inflows of $702 million, while Jio Financial Services could bring $404 million in flows, said JM Financial.

The index has a strong seasonality during the second and third quarter of a calendar year. In the last decade, the index has ended in the green on seven and eight occasions during Q2 and Q3 of a calendar year, respectively, delivering an average return of 7% and 5% during the two periods.

Citi Research is overweight on banks, telecom, and healthcare, while remaining underweight on consumer discretionary, IT, and metals.

Morgan Stanley said a slowdown in growth has unnerved investors, but it believes a recovery is on the horizon.

JM Financial noted that curing the first 8 consecutive negative sessions, the Nifty has declined by around 4 percent.

Motilal Oswal said that the recent correction in broader markets factors into some of the potential disappointments in earnings seasons ahead.

The broader markets underperformed the benchmarks, with the Nifty Smallcap 100 and Nifty Midcap 100 cracking 2.2 percent in the early session.

Shah notes that despite the recent correction, the Nifty still trades at a 4% premium to its long-term average. This suggests that he sees room for an additional 4% decline in the market for valuations to ease out.

Indian share markets recovered, with Sensex and Nifty rising after six days of losses, supported by US-Russia peace talks and easing oil prices. India's five-month low CPI inflation also boost RBI rate cut expectations.

The corporate earnings for December quarter have 'not been as bad as feared', Tibrewal said, adding that the top 386 companies out of the NSE 500 index reported a 15% profit growth.

Gift Nifty futures edged up on Wednesday, signaling a positive start for Indian markets after Tuesday’s sharp sell-off. Global cues remain mixed as Wall Street digested Fed Chair Jerome Powell's neutral stance on rate cuts, while investors await the crucial Modi-Trump meeting.

US President Donald Trump's latest tariff salvos hit Indian as well as global markets. Meanwhile, FII exodus from the Indian equities continues, with weakening rupee adding to the selling pressure.

"Buy when there's blood in the streets, even if the blood is your own." -Baron Rothschild

Kalyan's stock price is now higher by 29% in the last five days, and down 26% in the past one month. In the recent fall, the stock had slid below the Rs 450 per share level last week, from where it has swiftly rebounded. In the last one year, the shares of Kalyan have seen a 62% rise.

Indian markets recorded a 2 percent drop in USD terms for the month of January, noted Motilal Oswal.

Budget day trading is marked by sharp volatility, with Nifty 50 historically swinging 2.4 percent intraday on average.

The average return of Nifty 50 one week after the Union Budget is presented is 1.1 percent.

InCred hoped that the upcoming Union budget provides 'hope' to reverse this trend through income-tax rate cuts, as the consumption sentiment and demand seen during the festive season has started easing.

The week gone by had seen the mid and smallcap indices post their third weekly fall as foreign selling has continued unabated, and souring sentiment for the space.

Varun Goel of Mirae Asset Investment Managers believes that over a 10-15 year period, the compounding effect in small caps can be substantial. While Nifty's 30-year return is around 11-12%, the small cap index has delivered 17% over 20 years, he added.