Union Budget 2024 by Finance Minister Sitharaman raised STCG to 20%, LTCG to 12.5%, increased exemption limits, and hiked STT on F&O. It proposed taxing buyback income and aligned it with dividends, allowing capital loss offset. Analysts such as Ashish Nanda and Sanjay Sinha foresee market consolidation and balanced sectoral growth, focusing on fiscal responsibility and employment generation.
Market Trading Guide: Tata Steel and Uno Minda are stock recommendations for Monday
Indian benchmark indices ended in the red on Thursday dragged by auto, IT and metal bank stocks. While Nifty closed at 22,397.20, down by 73.30