Rate-sensitive stocks were in focus as the RBI is expected to hike repo rate by 35 basis points on Wednesday

On the basis of the historical performance over the past two decades, the 1-year forward average and median returns for the benchmark index stand at 3% and 1%, respectively, whenever it has traded in the 20x-22x P/E multiple range.​

The US annual inflation rate slowed for the 4th consecutive month to 7.7% in October. This was the lowest since January 2022 and was lower than forecasts of 8%. US Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said the pace of rate hikes would slow down, maybe as soon as December, after four consecutive jumbo 0.75 percentage point hikes.

With the recent rate hikes, inflation has started coming down. This will also help companies with decent debt equity ratio to improve their margins. Considering all these factors, there are no indications of topping the indices. However, having said that we may see some shift to the value stocks from expensive stocks.

Nifty MNC Index comprises of 30 listed companies in which the foreign promoter shareholding is over 50% (latest holding as of September 2022). These companies usually have low debt exposures. ET Markets analysed the stocks that have gained over 25% in 2022 so far. All five stocks look strong on SWOT analysis. Take a look at the key strengths of these stocks, according to Trendlyne.com.

However, the Nifty PSU Bank Index (ex-SBI) story is not equally thrilling. It might appear that the share prices of constituents are trading at multi-year highs, but when you compare the market cap of these banks today with five years ago, considering the incremental capital raised and new shares issued toward mergers, the investors have hardly made any money here. Regardless, the index is up 60% over the past year, and 40% over the past two months.

Investors are expecting that after the joint entity of LTIMindtree can replace PSU refinery BPCL in the headline index. "As per our best understanding of the existing methodology, we do not expect LTI

Markets are getting off to a shaky start this week, with solid US economic data releases delaying investors' hopes that the Fed might become more dovish in the months ahead," said Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management.

Volatility is expected to remain high on Dalal Street in the near term. However, market experts suggest that a number of stocks are set to deliver strong returns in the near term. Based on their recommendations, here are 7 stocks where investors can position themselves to make a decent profit:

There may not be one, or even any right answer, to the questions above. Nevertheless, you need to put some thought to profit-booking and a systematic approach may well turn out to be the most productive.

"The market took cues from the U.S. market and was down earlier, but there was demand for buying on dips mainly from retail investors," said Shigetoshi Kamada, general manager at the research department at Tachibana Securities.

In an exchange filing with the bourses, the company reported the toll collection at Rs 365.95 crore in November 2022 as against Rs 262.81 crore in November 2021. On a month-on-month comparison, the collection increased by 6%.

Select large cap stocks in some sectors have gained attention in the markets once again. Some of them have witnessed a spike after a long period of consolidation. ET screener powered by Refinitiv’s Stock Report Plus lists down quality stocks with high upside potential over the next 12 months, having an average recommendation rating of “buy” or "strong buy". The screener applies different algorithms for all BSE and NSE stocks. This predefined screener is only available to ET Prime users.

“With customers gradually shifting to organised players and given continued struggles faced by its unorganised and organised peers, Titan has a strong runway for growth,” Sneha Poddar, Associate Vice President at Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited, said.

Will the MPC continue rate hikes? Has inflation peaked out? Will the focus shift to growth? Sonal Varma of Nomura joins in to give us an insight. Listen in.

The company had recently bagged an order for eco-friendly less wood for green cremation systems (GMS). It had expressed hopes of more order inflows from the Bitumen business, which has been back in action after the monsoon.

In the highly concentrated long-term portfolio, almost all stocks have compounded their share prices at 15-30% annually demonstrating that stock selection contributed significantly to portfolio returns, the PMS fund said.

One small finance bank along with a mid-cap software stock which again gained traction are among mid-cap stocks which have seen their scores moving up. ET screener powered by Refinitiv’s Stock Report Plus applies different algorithms & filters to all BSE and NSE stocks, and lists down stocks which fulfill the various criteria as specified into the algorithms & filters.

As far as the domestic equity market, a rate hike of 30-35 bps has been largely discounted by investors. Therefore, no major movement in equities is expected if the rate action is on expected lines.

In the NSE list of stocks with a market cap of over Rs 2,000 crore, six stocks crossed their previous 5-year high value at the close on December 5, 2022 suggesting bullishness in counters, according to stockedge.com's technical scan data. Take a look:

In the NSE list of stocks, four stocks with a market cap of over Rs 2,000 crore are witnessing Golden Crossovers, according to stockedge.com's technical scan data. Golden Cross is an important technical indicator of bullishness. It occurs when the short-term moving average crosses over the major long-term moving average on the upside. The 50-day simple moving averages (SMA) of these stocks crossed their 200-day SMAs on December 5. Take a look:

On the other hand, prominent names among those trading below their 200-DMAs are Adani Transmission, Adani Green Energy, Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Finance, Bandhan Bank, Paytm and Gland Pharma. Stocks trading below their 200-DMAs may be in the oversold zone.

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The domestic brokerage firm believes that the outperformance of PSU stocks is likely to continue moving forward, and the next big trigger for the market will be budget expectations.

In the NSE list of stocks with a market cap of over Rs 2,000 crore, six stocks crossed their previous 5-year high value at the close on December 5, 2022 suggesting bullishness in counters, according to stockedge.com's technical scan data. Take a look:

Sensex sheds 300 points, Nifty nears 18,600; TCNS Clothing jumps 5%, PNC Infra falls 3%.

In the NSE list of stocks, four stocks with a market cap of over Rs 2,000 crore are witnessing Golden Crossovers, according to stockedge.com's technical scan data. Golden Cross is an important technical indicator of bullishness. It occurs when the short-term moving average crosses over the major long-term moving average on the upside. The 50-day simple moving averages (SMA) of these stocks crossed their 200-day SMAs on December 5. Take a look:

Among sectoral indices, Nifty IT and metal indices shed 1% each, followed by weakness in pharma, auto, realty and financial services stocks. On the other hand, only the Nifty PSU Bank index was trading in the green.

S&P BSE Sensex and Nifty50 closed mixed on Monday. Nifty50 managed to hold on to 18700 levels.

The markets on Monday slipped below the 18,600 but recovered at the end of the day. Their breadth is still causing concern as only a little over half of the Nifty stocks ended with gains.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan shed 0.4%, after climbing to a three-month high in the previous session. The benchmark has gained 21% from October lows on persistent chatter about China easing pandemic measures.

“We have observed over the years that the exit poll has had little influence on market sentiments. At most, it will have an effect within the first half-hour or hour of the market opening,” said Sunil Damania, chief investment officer at MarketsMojo.

The stock oscillated downwards post a trendline breakout and bounced respecting that extended trendline subsequently. This could take the stock towards Rs 332-340-357 in the short term. The key technical indicators gave a buy signal post-bullish divergence. On the lower side, the stock will find support around its prior swing low, which is placed at around Rs 279.

The board of directors of Wardwizard Innovations & Mobility is to consider the proposal of raising funds by way of issuance of any instruments or securities, including equity shares.

ET Now spoke to various experts and here's what they have to recommend for today's trading session. Nooresh Merani has a buy/sell recommendation on DLF and SBI while Kunal Bothra has a buy/sell recommendation on Indusind Bank and NTPC for today's trading session. Check out the targets and stop-loss.

Coal India is in a bearish trend for some time however in the last trading session, it closed around 2.0% positive. The path of least resistance looks to be on the upper side. Based on option chain analysis, the range is between 220 and 240 and we are around the middle end of this range. Let’s plan a trade around this.

Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange traded 61 points, or 0.32 per cent, lower at 18,749, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for a negative start on Tuesday. Here are some stocks which may buzz the most in today's trade.

Life Insurance Corporation of India, the country's largest insurer, has increased its stake in HDFC to over 5 per cent following the acquisition of shares from the open market.

In other economic data this week, investors will also monitor weekly jobless claims, producer prices and the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment survey for more clues on the health of the U.S. economy.

Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange traded 61 points, or 0.32 per cent, lower at 18,749, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for a negative start on Tuesday.

The equity allocation of the ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund (BAF), a scheme that invests in both stocks and bonds based on stock market valuations, has been cut to 30.5% as of November 30, 2022. This is the smallest equity exposure since August 2018 when it briefly touched 30.14% and was subsequently raised to 39.7% in September.

Sanjay Kirloskar-led Kirloskar Brothers (KBL) called an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on December 8 in response to the demand from Atul Kirloskar-controlled Kirloskar Industries (KIL) that an independent forensic auditor be appointed to conduct an external forensic audit on KBL's legal expenses, aggregating to ₹274 crore.

Most of this will require a sizeably higher dose of capital investments from every constituent in the economy. Gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) forms around 30% of India's GDP at $790 billion. Public and private capex are stronger, while infrastructure and industrial capex were flat over the last decade. India has witnessed a sluggish investment cycle for the past 10 years since peaking in FY11, following the recovery from the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).

Once the ₹493-crore open offer goes through, the Gautam Adani-led conglomerate's stake in the news broadcaster will increase to 37.44%. In August, Adani acquired a 29.18% stake in the broadcasting company. As of September 30, 2022, promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy owned 15.94% and 16.32% stakes in the company.

The stock hit a 52-week high of Rs 1,559 on January 5, 2022, but failed to hold on to the momentum

"The ratio chart of Muthoot finance against Nifty Financial Service shows 9-year rising channel pattern. The ratio has bounced from the lower band of the channel after retesting the previous breakout area suggesting strong outperformance against its peers in the coming time," Gaurav Bissa, VP, InCred Equities, said.

The Indian Banks Association (IBA) made the representation on behalf of banks, which have lately seen deposit growth trail the pace of credit expansion.

​​The Hyderabad-based company has appointed investment bankers and plans to complete the fund raise process by the end of March 2023. GSK Velu, chairman of Maxivision and serial entrepreneur in an interview to EsT, said the proceeds of the potential fund raise would be used for acquiring eye care practices in southern and western India with aim of reaching ₹1000 crore turnover in next three years.

As many as 12 Chinese cities reportedly loosened Covid-related restrictions, a positive sign for an economy that has been grappling with strict virus measures for over two years. China is the top importer of various metals and minerals.

The six-month rolling cumulative inflow of FPIs has turned positive for the first time in a year at ₹34,539 crore ($4.14 billion) at the end of November 2022, data from NSDL show. This six-month rolling cumulative reading was the highest in 14 months as overseas investors invested $10 billion (₹84,799 crore) in the previous five months - the highest among the major emerging markets in the same period.