The Nifty Media index has given a negative return this year, down about 4.5%, while the benchmark index, Nifty50, rose about 6 percent during the same period. In the last five calendar years, Nifty Media ended in red four times. The only year it ended positively was 2021, when it gained about 35 percent but also outperformed Nifty50, which also saw a surge of about 24 percent. In 2022, 6 out of 10 Nifty Media stocks have given negative returns to their investors (Data Source: ACE Equity). Take a look:

Ahead of the year 2023, many brokerages, both domestic and global firms have initiated coverage on a number of stocks. The majority of these counters either made their debuts on Dalal Street recently or have been in buzz on the back of news flows. Barring a few, the majority of brokerages are positive on these counters. Here's what brokerage firms said in their reports on the new counters:

An aggressive liquidity tightening by the US Fed saw the rupee crossing the 82 per dollar mark. The weakness is expected to continue, with the rising deficit and capital outflows. We saw a 33% growth in imports, while the exports showed a lacklustre 12% growth this year,” he added.

After tanking 879 points on Thursday, Sensex lost another 400 points on Friday morning and is set to end the week on a negative note. The impact, however, has been more stern in global markets with S&P 500 falling 2.5% overnight. Stock markets in both Japan and Taiwan were trading over 1% lower today.

Differential spreads stable between private and PSU banks. Private banks have traditionally commanded a greater share of higher yielding assets v/s their PSU counterparts due to their dominance in unsecured loans.

Some $321 billion worth of U.S. and European speculative-grade debt is due for refinancing over the next 12-14 months. Defaults may double in 2023, if interest rates and corporate borrowing costs rise further, S&P Global Ratings reckons.

The volatility in equities and other asset classes seen in 2022 was primarily driven by inflation which forced central banks, particularly the US Federal Reserve, to hike interest rates like never before. Even though inflation has cooled down from the multi-decade highs, the battle is far from over is the message sent out loud by global central banks, including the Reserve Bank of India.

The proposed corporate restructuring shall considerably help create strong independent business platforms within the larger DFPCL brand umbrella, hence enhancing stakeholders' value over time," said Sailesh C Mehta, Chairman and Managing Director, DFPCL.

After the NBFC crisis in 2018, different parts of the financial sector witnessed consolidation. Regulatory changes which happened post IL&FS and DHFL fiasco made life tough for marginal players. After a period of 4 years, while the clean up is still on. Some companies have emerged stronger. The companies in the list are covered by a minimum count of 2 analysts. The reason for having a minimum count of analysts for a particular sector is because higher coverage by analysts indicates higher institutional interest in individual stock. The list is based on upside estimated by the analysts, with the highest potential stock coming on the top of the list.

The year 2017 was the best year for domestic equities after 2009, as India was among the three emerging markets which gained more than 35% in dollar terms. This sharp rally was on the back of a flood of money poured in by domestic investors that outstripped foreign fund flows.

The heavy volumes suggest that the bulk deal was majorly executed but ETmarkets.com independently could not verify the same. Furthermore, the details of buyers could not be ascertained.

In November, Nifty50 rose over 4% month-on-month and pushed benchmark indices towards new highs. Total AUM for the MF industry also increased 2.2% MoM to Rs 40.4 lakh crore in November 2022, led by a MoM increase in AUM for equity, other ETFs and liquid funds (Data Source: Motilal Oswal). As investors continue to park their money in mutual funds, here are the top 10 holdings where the top mutual funds are parking their money:

First it was FSN E-Commerce Ventures Pvt., the owner of beauty e-retailer Nykaa, which announced a bonus share issue to coincide with the expiry of an IPO lockup on key investors in November that risked extending the stock’s slump.

Hardly any analyst ETMarkets spoke to sees Nifty slipping below the 18,000 mark in the next one year. The most optimistic of bulls are expecting the index to even zoom past the 20,000 mark. Global brokerage BofA Securities has built a base case Nifty target of 19,500 while Morgan Stanley sees the Sensex at 68,500 in 2023.

The year 2022 was a phenomenal one for Gautam Adani group stocks as four out of seven listed companies have turned multibaggers in 2022. Adani stocks have given returns between 20-200%. The group's total market cap stood at about Rs 18,64,579 crore as on December 15, 2022, as compared to Rs 9,62,322 crore in 2021. Take a look at the Adani group stocks' performance in the year 2022. (Data Source: ACE Equity)

In the NSE list of stocks with a market cap of over Rs 1,000 crore, five stocks crossed their previous 5-year high value at the close on December 15, suggesting bullishness in counters, according to stockedge.com's technical scan data. Take a look.

BofA Securities maintained a buy rating on HDFC Bank with a target price of Rs 1900. The private sector lender is well-positioned to deliver ahead of market expectations, said the global brokerage.

Hardly any analyst ETMarkets spoke to sees Nifty slipping below the 18,000 mark in the next one year. The most optimistic of bulls are expecting the index to even zoom past the 20,000 mark. Global brokerage BofA Securities has built a base case Nifty target of 19,500 while Morgan Stanley sees the Sensex at 68,500 in 2023.

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 Federal Bank and Gujarat Gas while Kunal Bothra has a buy/sell recommendation on Voltas and Piramal Enterprises for today's trading session. Check out the targets and stop-loss.

Sensex sheds 300 pts, Nifty nears 18,300; GMM Pfaudler tanks 10%, HCL Tech 2%; GAIL, Coal India , HDFC Asset Management, IOC are some of the active stocks in morning trade.

Bharat Forge stock price recently gave a breakout from a cup and handle pattern on the weekly scale and is sustaining above the same. It recorded a strong bullish candle last week which is a positive sign for the bulls

“Following a 50 bps rate hike and hawkish message from the Fed on 14th, the ECB and BoE also hiked rates on 15th by 50 bps each and delivered, perhaps, a more hawkish message than the Fed. This synchronised rate hiking cycle has impacted sentiments leading to sharp cuts of more than 3% in Nasdaq, CAC and DAX,” V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services said.

The S&P BSE Sensex fell more than 800 points while the Nifty50 closed below 18,500 levels on Thursday.

The markets declined on Thursday, bringing Nifty below the crucial 18,600 mark. Unless the mark is breached again, the markets are likely to remain in a corrective mode.

Titan Company’s daily trend is bearish, and in the last trading session, it closed -2.6% with an extended range candle. Based on option chain analysis, the range is between 2500 and 2600. Using the PCR ratio, it is at 0.5. Let’s plan a trade around that.

Besides, a number of board meetings are scheduled for today. Advani Hotels will meet to decide on an interim dividend. Also, Shree Securities will meet to consider stock split, while Murudeshwar Ceramics’ board will meet to mull issue of warrants.

The government received bids for 5,55,10,454 shares in the OFS from institutional investors against the offer size of 1,80,00,000 for the category, according to the data on the BSE website. This gave the government an opportunity to use the greenshoe option of 1,80,00,000 additional shares.

Technically, after a breakout above Rs 155, positive momentum intensified. The promising price-volume breakout formation indicates a continuation of the uptrend in the near term. We are of the view that the uptrend texture is likely to continue and 195-205 would be the next resistance zone for the bulls.

Equities have rallied since hitting lows for the year in mid-October, as signs of cooling inflation sparked optimism that the end of the Fed's rate hike path could be on the horizon. But the rally has fizzled in December as investors see mixed economic data and a resolute Fed as having increased the chances of a recession.

Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange traded 64 points, or 0.35 per cent, lower at 18,395.50, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for a negative start on Friday. Here are some stocks which may buzz the most in today's trade.

Reliance Industries's arm Reliance Retail on announced the launch of its consumer packaged goods brand 'Independence' in Gujarat, with plans for national rollout as part of its ambition in the FMCG segment.

The sale is the second big chunk of stock he has cashed out since his $44 billion purchase of Twitter in October. It isn't clear if the sales are related to the Twitter acquisition, but they are annoying investors who are upset by a perception he is diverting his focus and resources to Twitter ahead of Tesla.

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) on Thursday net sold shares worth Rs 711 crore, provisional data showed. DIIs net bought shares to the tune of Rs 261 crore.

According to government data, 12,871 bankruptcy resolution cases were pending on October 31, down from 13,211 as on December 31, 2021. The average number of days taken to resolve a case rose from 230 days in FY18 to 679 days in the first half of FY23.

The government has announced selling up to 5% stake in the IRCTC through an offer for sale (OFS). Up to 40 million shares in the company are being offered at a floor price of 680 per share, a 7% discount to Wednesday’s closing price of 734.90. IRCTC shares dropped 6.2% to end at 689.20 on Thursday

"The NCLT has posted the PVR-Inox merger application for final disposal on January 12, 2023. All the regulatory authorities have filed their reports to the NCLT," a source close to the development said.

Over the past few weeks, lenders such as HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and State Bank of India (SBI) have raised their deposit rates by up to a percentage point to garner more deposits so that they can lend to borrowers across segments — institutional, retail or small-business owners.

"Inflation has peaked, but could remain sticky. This would likely keep Fed hawkish prioritising inflation flight over growth slowdown," said Nomura's strategists Saion Mukherjee and Neelotpal Sahu in a note to clients. "The tightening monetary policy could drive major economies into recession and India's growth will likely be adversely impacted from the global spillover."

Long-term investors can buy the stock now or on dips for a target of Rs 825, which is backed by both fundamental and technical factors, suggested experts.

The brokerage house expects HUL's earnings per share to rise 13% and values the stock at 60 times its September 2024 earnings, slightly higher than its five-year average to arrive at its base-case target price.

Market participants said Powell's remarks that the American central bank would increase interest rates further next year even if the economy slips into a possible recession dented sentiment.

On Tuesday, the Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi) asked these funds to share the number of extensions that have been taken for the various schemes, the tenure of the schemes as stated in the private placement memorandum, and the 'end date' which is the deadline for exiting all investments.

An offer by ACRE to the country's largest life insurer had triggered a Swiss challenge auction, ET reported on November 14. ACRE, an ARC backed by Ares SSG Capital, had offered about 22% recovery on LIC's admitted claims.

At 11:52 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 816.88 points, or 2.40%, at 33,149.47, the S&P 500 was down 104.30 points, or 2.61%, at 3,891.02, and the Nasdaq Composite was down 338.56 points, or 3.03%, at 10,832.33

Nithin Kamath in his blog stated that certain factors have helped their growth. "One is the phenomenal bull market in India. Developments such as eKYC, online digital signatures, and UPI turned the largely offline industry into a truly online, paperless one, enabling mass participation. And for us specifically, adoption via word-of-mouth from our customers," he said.

At 9:38 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 441.84 points, or 1.30%, at 33,524.51

"Given the expected terminal rate in our projections, this is not enough. We need to take this fight and continue the battle against inflation at a steady pace. Based on the information today, that predicates another 50 basis points at our next meeting, and possibly at the one after that - and possibly thereafter.

​​The 7% discount offered in the OFS drove the strong demand for the stock.

The Sensex plummeted 879 points to finish at 61,799.03 while the Nifty crashed below the 18,415 mark on Thursday, in tandem with a global sell-off after the US Federal Reserve increased the interest rate and signalled more hikes in its fight against inflation.“The Fed has startled the market by maintaining its hawkish tone, as investors were expecting a softer approach after the release of better-than-expected inflation numbers. IT stocks led to pessimism in the domestic market as recession fears grew in the global economies following the Fed’s comments. The market now awaits the BOE and ECB decisions, which are likely to follow a half-point hike,” said Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial.Here are 6 stock recommendations for Friday:

The earnings come at a time when the industry is seeing massive layoffs that have surpassed the levels from the Great Recession the world went through 2008-2009