Beneficial to reach 29,500 by end of 2026, says BNP Paribas, with backing from HDFC Bank and Maruti Suzuki among top bets

India’s benchmark Nifty 50 could rise to 29,500 by end-2026, which BNP Paribas said would deliver returns in the mid-teens, largely driven by earnings growth. The brokerage urges investors to focus on large, domestically oriented stocks such as HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindra, Reliance Industries and Bharti Airtel, as policy support, […]

Second Quarter Results: HCL Tech, Tech Mahindra and HDFC Bank among 212 companies reporting earnings this week

The earnings season for the September quarter, which started on October 9 when TCS announced its second-quarter earnings, is expected to be modest, with Nifty companies likely to post earnings growth of around 6% year-on-year, according to estimates. The results are now coming thick and fast, with a whopping 212 companies set to announce their […]