Tag: defensive

Jefferies\’ Mahesh Nandurkar sees near-term potential in FMCG, IT, pharma due to under-ownership. Longer-term outlook remains positive on capex, infrastructure and real estate sectors. Retail and foreign investor sentiments sway markets amid election impact. Nandurkar says \”for the broader emerging market flows to improve, we need to get some visibility on the rate cut cycle from the US Fed. That continues to get pushed out.\”

Aditya Arora of Adlytick recommends defensive stock picks like Lupin and Voltas. With the market rebounding from key levels, he says the focus should be on theme-specific smallcaps/midcaps. It is time to be cautious as we are seeing adecline in global tech stocks. Arora says it time to be bullish on sugar and metals.