Bond yields likely to soften with FPI inflows, saving interest costs for government
The Centre’s gross borrowings for the second half of the fiscal have been fixed at ₹6.61 lakh crore with the borrowing target for the entire fiscal being maintained at ₹14.01 lakh crore, the central bank said last week. About 77% of the bond issuances will be for 10 years or higher tenure.
IT stocks look set for recovery with pick-up in outsourcing demand
The BSE Infotech index has gained 15.9% during the period, the third highest following 20.9% return in the BSE Healthcare and 16.6% increase in the BSE FMCG indices. In addition, barring Wipro, which gained 6.5%, other top IT stocks including TCS, Infosys, HCL Technologies, Tech Mahindra, and LTIMindtree have earned double-digit returns during the period.
Nifty likely to trade in 25,800-26,650 range: Analysts
Stocks like Sun Pharma, Dr Reddy’s, M&M, Eicher Motors, UBL, HDFC Bank, Tata Power, BPCL, ICICI Bank, Polycab, ABC, and CEAT are recommended by analysts for short-term trading.