Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Benchmark Indices are trading near highs while rising VIX indicates nervousness of markets and volatility ahead of Elections results. Defence, power ,Industrials, Automobiles are among some of the sectors that remain ideal for investments say various market experts.
Dalal Street s Q1 earnings season sees Nifty constituents with 24% YoY profit growth, varying estimates from brokerages: ICICI Securities reports 44%, Kotak Institutional Equities 14%, and Motilal Oswal 13%.
Nifty Q4 earnings: Top FY25 upgrades included Coal India (15 per cent), Axis Bank (3.8 per cent), Maruti Suzuki India (2 per cent), Bajaj Auto (1.3 per cent), and HDFC Bank (1.2 per cent).
The earnings for the December quarter (Q3FY24) so far have been in line with estimates for the most part. 33 Nifty stocks have reported sales, EBITDA, and PAT growth of 6 percent, 15 percent, and 21 percent YoY versus estimates of 7 percent, 14 percent, and 20 percent, respectively.
Investors should steer clear of stocks with questionable fundamentals in 2024 as these tend to fall more compared to those with strong fundamentals, when markets turn volatile.