Stocks that were in focus included names like IndiGo, which gained 1.94%, Nykaa, which jumped 5.06%, and JK Cement, whose shares increased 8.67% on Monday.
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Barring consumer durables, all sectors were trading in the green, led by realty, utilities, commodities, energy, industrials, oil gas and capital goods.Big movers on D-Street: What should investors do with Arvind Fashion, Adani Ports and IRFC?
Stocks that were in focus included names like Arvind Fashion, which gained 5.85%, Adani Ports, which jumped 2.67%, and IRFC, whose shares declined 1.23% on Friday.
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Cautious due to valuation reasons; mid and smallcap space filled with landmines: Vinay Paharia
“We are significantly overweight in the healthcare sector and the financial sector. Within healthcare we are overweight hospitals, within financials we are overweight in NBFCs and private banks. And in terms of underweight, we underweight in the IT and the industrial sector We are also very optimistic about the real estate sector..”
3 points to consider while analysing companies based on fundamentals
“How much I analyze, I would still not know better than the promoter who is managing the business day to day. I can only look at the numbers and then analyze. So if the promoter also has a really good interest in the company, he will actually try to increase the stake and not decrease. ”
Unglamorous, boring and expensive! Rarely, have the wealth creators been cheap: Atul Suri
“I am one of those guys who is looking for strength. I am looking for those companies that beat and that beat consistently because ultimately that is the characteristic of any wealth creator that you see in Indian stock markets. All these unglamorous, boring companies – electric equipment makers – tend to beat.”
Oil heads for weekly loss as geopolitical risk premium wanes
Brent crude futures were down $1.21, or 1.4%, to $85.64 a barrel at 1431 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell $1.25, or 1.5%, to $81.21 a barrel.