According to Jefferies, India’s most widely-owned sectors, financials and IT, have shown an inverse relationship nearly 70% of the time in the past 14 years. The reason for this lies in macroeconomic trends; banks tend to outperform during times of favourable macros like stable and strong INR, falling yields and strong growth, whereas IT tends to outperform during weakening rupee, rising yields/inflation, and weaker macros. Jefferies’ model portfolio is overweight lending financials by 2 ppt while IT is the largest underweight by 4 ppt.
Cochin Shipyard shares tumble 8% as Q2 profit falls 50% YoY despite revenue growth
Cochin Shipyard shares fell sharply on Wednesday after the company reported a nearly 50% year-on-year decline in Q2 FY27 net profit to Rs 54 crore.
November 11, 2026