LIC cuts stakes in 16 PSUs, profit booking seen. Portfolio value surges to Rs 14 lakh crore in 2024, up by Rs 1.6 lakh crore. Market cap of PSU stocks rises to Rs 67 lakh crore.
The mutual fund stress-test results are being watched closely as small-cap funds saw outflows for the first time in 30 months in March, after the capital markets regulator highlighted its concerns over “froth” in the smaller-cap segments.
ICICI Prudential AMC s Deputy CIO - Equity, Anish Tawakley, advises caution on PSU stocks due to valuation concerns. The team focuses on domestic cyclical sectors and has thrived by spotting the recovery in the real estate cycle and early homebuilding activity. They monitor capacity utilization, earnings expectations, and manufacturing performance.
Share price of the little-known IT services companies rallied to Rs 121.44 on February 22, 2024 against Rs 3.23 a year ago. For the nine-month ended December 2023, Archana Software reported a loss of Rs 0.10 crore against Rs 0.09 crore in the same period a year ago.