Geojit’s Anand James sees Nifty stabilizing despite volatility, with a potential move toward 25,600. While banking stocks remain weak, select opportunities exist. He highlights Time Technoplast and Shyam Metalics as bullish trades, backed by strong technical indicators like RSI strength and MACD crossovers, offering near-term upside for traders.
The narrative that markets need an AI story is outdated. Leadership has shifted from Big Tech to broader markets and old-economy sectors, especially small caps. While AI spending remains strong, gains are concentrated in suppliers like semiconductors and infrastructure, not tech giants, signaling a deeper market rotation and changing drivers of global equity performance.
Analyst forecasts highlight 10 largecap stocks with 30–50% upside potential over 12 months, based on consensus estimates, offering investors data-driven opportunities across sectors with strong buy ratings and growth outlooks.
The war forced changes on quite a few fronts. First was a re-assessment of the “new-normal” for crude and on certain commodities where supply impacts were felt. As an example within the energy space, we cut back on oil marketing and moved towards upstream oil. That was a change in stance itself.
Brent crude has surged to $125 per barrel due to escalating West Asia conflict and severe disruption at the Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil chokepoint. Naval tensions and tanker blockades have restricted nearly one-fifth of global oil flows, intensifying supply fears and pushing shipping costs higher. Ceasefire talks remain fragile, while OPEC fragmentation and the UAE’s exit add further uncertainty. Major importers like India and China are diversifying supply, but sustained high prices are fueling global inflation risks, recession concerns, and economic instability. Outlook remains highly volatile, with prices potentially staying elevated without a lasting geopolitical resolution.
Brent crude has surged to $125 per barrel due to escalating West Asia conflict and severe disruption at the Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil chokepoint. Naval tensions and tanker blockades have restricted nearly one-fifth of global oil flows, intensifying supply fears and pushing shipping costs higher. Ceasefire talks remain fragile, while OPEC fragmentation and the UAE’s exit add further uncertainty. Major importers are diversifying supply, but sustained high prices are fueling global inflation risks.
The week began on a positive note, supported by easing geopolitical tensions and steady progress in Q4 earnings, which lifted initial sentiment, he said.However, gains were gradually capped by rising crude oil prices, weak cues from Asian markets, and persistent foreign institutional investor (FII) outflows, Mishra added.
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