Dipan Mehta of Elixir Equities notes a mixed earnings season with disappointments in major sectors like banking and software. However, urban consumption shows promising signs in QSR, retail, hospitality, healthcare, and travel. Mehta advises selectivity, favoring pharma companies with differentiated models, particularly CDMOs, while remaining cautious due to potential tariff impacts and base effects.
Banks unlikely to reduce deposit rates despite RBI easing
Following the latest repo rate decrease, bankers foresee only slight adjustments to deposit rates. The landscape, characterized by sluggish savings yields and elevated credit-deposit ratios,
December 8, 2025