Top stock picks for today: From the defence space, the market expert suggested Bharat Dynamics Ltd. "Support on thec ounter could be seen at Rs 1,150. One can expect Rs 1,450-1,500 levels in the coming days," Chaturmohta stated.
"In the 1st Term of our Prime Minister we saw the clean-up activities, In the 2nd Term we saw reforms and we believe the 3rd Term would be an execution and results-based term where India would try to hit new and ambitious targets and Samvat 2080 would mark the beginning of the same.The Nifty50 has strong support at 18400 levels and we can see Nifty hitting 21500 levels by Samvat 2080."
Ashish Chaturmohta, Fund Manager at JM Financial Services, predicts that the Nifty50 will reach 20,570 in the near term and 21,100 in the medium term. He emphasizes that India is currently the best performing emerging market and that valuations will continue to be expensive. Chaturmohta also highlights the potential of small and midcap stocks, cautioning investors to be selective in their investments.
Kotak Mahindra AMC remains positive on sectors deriving demand from domestic sources. These include large banks, capital goods, manufacturing and automobiles.
Real estate is an elephant and takes time to move. The sector has a lot of moving parts and it s better to stay away, says Chaturmohta, Fund Manager-PMS Strategy-Apex, JM Financial Services