Second-quarter earnings will be led by the banking and finance, consumer, and automobile sectors and dragged down by commodity sectors such as metals and oil and gas, said Gautam Duggad, institutional research head, Motilal Oswal Financial Services. “We expect companies in our coverage universe and Nifty earnings excluding metals and oil and gas to post a 30% year-on-year growth in the September quarter,” he said.
US stocks: S&P 500, Nasdaq close lower, dragged by Alphabet and megacap tech; focus on Iran
US market saw a mixed close as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq dipped, primarily due to tech giants like Alphabet facing investor scrutiny over AI