Market News
Stay updated with the latest market trends, earnings, and economic indicators.
Street Signals: Technical charts point to further upside for Nifty
Indian stock markets are showing a positive outlook, with analysts predicting the Nifty could climb towards 24,300-24,600. Key support levels are identified around 23,700-23,900, encouraging investors to buy on dips. Several stocks, including Britannia Industries, Grasim Industries, Aditya Birla Capital, Premier Energies, Bharat Electronics, and Eternal, are highlighted as top picks for the week, with specific buy recommendations and targets.
Top Gainers & losers on May 22: JSW Cement, Honasa Consumer, Tata Comm, Sammaan Capital, Trent among top gainers
On May 22, markets showed mixed results with the Nifty 50 gaining 0.40% and Sensex rising 0.36%. While Nifty Private Bank and Nifty Metal saw gains, Nifty Media and Nifty Pharma lagged. The Indian rupee strengthened to 95.9 per dollar amid RBI interventions.
ICICI Bank top pick, Jio Financial a long-term bet, Ultratech a good hold: Chola Securities
Dharmesh Kant, Head of Research, Chola Securities, said private banks show stable fundamentals, supported by improving cost metrics and growth visibility. He highlighted that emerging financial platforms need time to scale despite strong backing. Kant added that cement demand remains supported by macro trends, with leading players maintaining pricing control and capacity expansion, offering visibility for medium-term growth across the sector. Disclaimer: The views and tips expressed by investment experts on CNBCTV18.com are their own, not of the website or its management. CNBCTV18.com advises users to check with certified experts before taking any investment decisions.
ICICI Direct sees buying opportunity in these stocks for up to 60% upside
From a positioning standpoint, ICICI Direct advises staying with domestic oriented sectors like Banks, Infra / Cap Goods, Cement, Autos and Auto Ancillaries with lesser export share, Real Estate and Consumer Discretionary. Here are its top stock recommendations in these times.
Watch | Sanjay Parekh on where he sees value in banks, IT, cement and telecom stocks
Sohum Asset Managers’ Founder & CIO, Sanjay Parekh, says markets look sluggish despite improving macro conditions, with Q3 Nifty earnings near 8–9%. He sees recovery in CVs (Ashok Leyland), credit growth at ICICI Bank and gradual picka a up in cement and steel. Portfolio stays domestic-focused: overweight telecom, NBFCs, industrials, cement, utilities, ports and logistics; underweight oil & gas and banks, zero FMCG. Watching IT names like Infosys and TCS, mid-cap tech (Persistent, Coforge, Mastek), defence HAL, quick commerce Zomato and Swiggy, and capital goods L&T, JSW Energy.
Taking Stock: Nifty ends near 23,150 in volatile trade; pharma, private banks rally
ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Grasim, M&M, JSW Steel were among top gainers on the Nifty, while losers were Infosys, HCL Tech, Adani Ports, Trent, Eternal.
SBI Mutual Fund Gets SEBI Nod for ₹13,000 Crore IPO | India's Largest AMC to List
SBI Mutual Fund, India's largest asset management company, has received SEBI's approval for its much-awaited IPO, which is expected to be worth around ₹13,000 crore. The public issue will be entirely an Offer for Sale (OFS), with no fresh equity issuance, as existing shareholders SBI and Amundi India Holding pare their stakes. The IPO is expected to hit the market next month and will mark the listing of one of the country's most dominant mutual fund players. With average assets under management of nearly ₹12.5 lakh crore as of December 2025, SBI Mutual Fund is a key player in India's growing investment ecosystem. The listing will place it alongside other listed AMCs such as HDFC AMC, Nippon Life India AMC, ICICI Prudential AMC, UTI AMC and Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC.