Kotak Securities sees Nifty at 26,100 by 2025-end

The gross domestic product dropping to 5.4%, inflation moving above 6% in October, the Trump administration’s policies and a stronger dollar are the reasons why the brokerage is cautiously optimistic. The firm prefers BFSI, IT, realty, and pharma & healthcare sectors and advised investors to moderate return expectations.

What will be the new Governors’ first rate call?

​​Both Patel and Das, to be sure, had assumed office only after the RBI adopted flexible inflation targeting with a midpoint goal as its formal monetary policy objective. Raghuram Rajan, who preceded Patel, had raised rates in his first policy action after taking over as he had to deal with a weak external sector and […]

More stocks to have T+0 settlement

In March, the regulator had introduced the beta version of T+0 (same day) settlement cycle on optional basis in addition to the existing T+1 settlement cycle in equity cash market, for a limited set of 25 scrips and with a limited number of brokers. To begin with, it was available only to non-custodian clients.

Nifty IT soars to all-time high as growth outlook improves

The IT index gained 0.8% and closed at record levels while the benchmark Nifty closed marginally lower. LTI Mindtree and Mphasis gained 3% and 2.4% respectively. Persistent Systems, HCL Technologies, Wipro and Infosys advanced over 1% each. Out of the 10 stocks in the IT Index, 8 advanced while 2 declined on Tuesday.