Bernstein’s MD, Venugopal Garre, maintains a positive outlook on the Indian market with a Nifty target of 26,500, citing improvements in macro conditions and potential rate cuts. Despite global uncertainties and trade tensions, Garre anticipates better capital expenditure and consumption, though not enough for extraordinary returns. Portfolio strategy emphasizes domestic recovery candidates with some defensiveness, overweighting financials, telecom, and utilities.
Largecaps showing no fundamental change despite market bounce: Nischal Maheshwari
Investors are closely watching sectors like banking, manufacturing, auto distribution, and aviation after a recent rate cut. Analysts see temporary margin pressure for banks and