Nifty lackluster; Ambuja Cements, HDFC, ITC down

FMCG, IT, oil and retail could see strong earnings growth, while autos, cement, engg, infra, realty telecom may be negative year on year, says Nandan Chakraborty, Axis Capital.

Mowat is bearish on consumer discretionary stocks like auto, and is positive on capital goods, cement and state-owned banks. He is also bullish on FMCG stocks because of potential MA activity.

ITC's sales were up 21 per cent for the March 2013 quarter while net profits rose 19 per cent. But ITC has been posting such healthy growth in sales and profits for several quarters now. What makes the March 2013 quarter stand out is the company's ...

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The market opened on a firm note this morning on positive global cues and kept moving higher and higher as the session progressed, with investors picking up stocks from across several sectors, betting on hopes the economy will be back on growth ...

MUMBAI: The Nifty continued to hover near the 6,000 mark on Tuesday, led by gains in realty, healthcare, FMCG and banks, on the back of positive cues from Asian peers. The improving macroeconomic data like declining crude oil and gold prices are ...

MUMBAI: The Nifty pared intraday gains and slipped into negative territory as bulls took a breather after the index touched 6,070 in trade on Wednesday. Gains in FMCG, healthcare and oil & gas sectors were offset by losses in capital goods, power ...

Indian shares were trading at three-month high led by heavy buying in FMCG, banks, pharma, realty and power stocks. Positive regional shares also lifted the sentiment after the S&P closed at fresh highs and Japan's Nikkei scaling to near five-year ...

"We expects interest rate in the system to come down and companies and consumers will benefit directly from those kind of cuts," he said in an interview to CNBC-TV18. On specific stocks, he suggested investors to book profits in FMCG major Hindustan ...