Mayuresh Joshi on his 2 top bets in pharma & what he likes in oil & gas sector

Mayuresh Joshi from Marketsmith India shared insights on favored pharma stocks like Natco, Morepen, Cipla, and Dr Reddy’s, emphasizing strong performance and promising pipelines. Energy sector outlook for HPCL, IOCL, ONGC, and Selan Exploration was also positive, predicting stable trajectories and significant investments. Joshi also says that the market is now moving on post the budget and looking at earnings.

Budget well-balanced; to focus on inclusive growth in economy: Dinesh Kumar Khara

Dinesh Kumar Khara emphasized the Budget’s focus on employment, skilling, MSMEs, and youth, essential for inclusive growth. Initiatives include agriculture productivity, PMAY in urban development, nuclear plants for green energy, KCCs for rural credit, improved road infrastructure, and lower fiscal deficit. Private sector capex, green energy, and tax tweaks on market instruments are also highlighted.

Should market be worried about frothiness in some PSU stocks? Hiren Ved answers

​If you add 15,000 crores that has been given to Andhra plus another 26,000 crores that has been allocated to Bihar, which are also in turn for infrastructure projects. There is ultra mega power plant in AP. There are irrigation facilities to be set up in AP and there is allocation for roads for Bihar and therefore in many senses while it may seem that, oh, this is for two states, but if you add 15 and 26 that is another capex allocation that has happened.

ITC is the only Sensex stock with 90% win rate on Budget days

ITC leads Sensex stocks on Budget days with nine positive returns (avg. 1.47%). IndusInd Bank follows at 80%. Worst ITC day was in 2020 due to excise duty hike. Analysts foresee no further hikes; Prabhudas Lilladher raised ITC weight citing stable taxes and business growth. Motilal Oswal projects cigarette volume and EBIT growth.