Motilal Oswal expects firm steel prices, lean inventories and resilient demand to support a shift toward pricing- and cost-led earnings growth for domestic steelmakers. The brokerage sees stronger realisations ahead and favours companies with cost advantages and raw-material access, naming JSW Steel and Tata Steel as its top picks.
Gold slips as strong US inflation data bolsters dollar, Fed hike expectations
Gold prices edged lower on Thursday as hotter-than-expected US inflation data and hawkish Federal Reserve commentary lifted the dollar to near a one-month high and