September deluge stalls kharif harvesting, damages crops

“The impact of this untimely rain will not be good for the standing crop. The quality will go down and the colour will change. The marketing edge will be lost,” said agriculture expert Devinder Sharma. It can also delay sowing for the next season, especially of wheat and potato.

Another romance with Fed pivot breaks investors’ hearts

In the past, such a “pivot whipsaw” would normally have been due to some off-the-cuff dovish comment by Fed Chair Jerome Powell that suggested a replay of his big U-turn in the middle of the market volatility of the fourth quarter of 2018 — that is, the notion that the long-standing Fed “put” was back […]

Axis Securities initiates coverage on IDFC First Bank, sees 31% upside

“We expect the bank to continue its journey moving forward to further augment its ROA/ROE by leveraging powerful unit economics, incremental retail lending business at an ROE of 18-20%, improving branch productivity with normalized cost-to-income ratio and scaling up its fee income from new business launches like Wealth, FASTag, credit card, CMS, among others.

TCS Q2 results today: 5 key things to watch out for

Management commentary on outlook on the growth environment would be a key thing to watch out for. Motilal Oswal expects strong demand commentary to continue. Investors would also be tracking the impact of a slowdown in Europe and the BFSI segment, besides client spend trends in the wake of recessionary fears.

HCL Tech, HAL 7 stocks that can deliver strong returns in short term

​India Inc earnings are likely to guide the movement at Dalal Street this week onwards. Market analysts believe that select stocks are set to deliver solid returns in the near term. Based on their recommendations, here are a few stocks where one can initiate trades for near-term returns: