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com International brokerage firm Jefferies started coverage on Poonawalla Fincorp with a Buy rating and a target price of Rs 490, implying an upside of 23% from current market levels, citing positive levers of growth. Analysts also forecast a sharp improvement in profitability, with RoA/RoE expected to expand to 16% by FY29 from 6% in FY26, which it believes should support the stock's premium valuation multiples. The brokerage highlighted the leadership overhaul, with seven of nine CXOs coming from HDFC Bank, alongside the launch of six new products including prime personal loans, commercial vehicle loans, gold loans and education loans.
Shares of Indian IT companies, including heavyweights Infosys, Tech Mahindra, TCS and Persistent Systems jumped up to 5% on Monday as multiple tailwinds boosted investor sentiment, pushing the Nifty IT index up around 3% to emerge as the top sectoral gainer. The sharp surge in IT stocks comes after a significant decline earlier this year, following the launch of plug-ins for AI startup Anthropic's Claude Cowork agent, which could automate tasks across legal, sales, marketing, and data analysis. On the downside, a breach below 28,800 could once again invite selling pressure across the Nifty IT index and associated IT stocks, potentially weakening the ongoing recovery structure,” he said.
com Morgan Stanley described the oil market as being in "a race against time." This week, trading has remained highly volatile, with both Brent and WTI swinging by as much as $6 on changing signals surrounding the possibility of the strait reopening. He said nearly 100 million barrels of oil supply per week could be affected by continued disruptions.
Shares of Jaiprakash Power Ventures (JP Power) jumped another 7% on Friday, extending gains to a whopping 28% over just two sessions, while Adani Power shares hit a fresh 52-week high amid optimism over the latter's stake acquisition in the former. Last week, Adani Power said it has signed definitive agreements with Jaiprakash Associates (JAL) to acquire a 24% stake in Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited (JPVL) along with the 180 MW Churk thermal power plant in Uttar Pradesh under the NCLT-approved resolution plan for JAL.
Shares of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) dropped as much as 4% to an intraday low of Rs 810 on the BSE on Wednesday after a report said the government could begin formal marketing next month for a proposed stake sale that may raise up to Rs 10,000 crore ($1 billion). LIC reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 23,467 crore for Q4 of FY26, marking a 23% year-on-year (YoY) rise from the Rs 19,039 crore profit reported in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year.
Agencies Sri Lanka's central bank stunned markets by raising its policy rate by an outsized 100 basis points on Tuesday, the biggest hike in four years, as policymakers scrambled to stem inflation and support a currency buckling under soaring energy prices. 5 billion on fuel imports in the first four months of the year, with the fuel bill surging 77% in March alone. 9 billion programme from the International Monetary Fund, the island is clawing its way out of the 2022 upheaval caused by a severe shortfall of dollars.
The shares of JSW Cement dropped around 2% on Monday, snapping a two-session winning streak during which the stock rallied over 14% following the release of its results for the January-March quarter of FY26. JSW Cement Q4 Results JSW Cement on Thursday reported a net profit of Rs 362 crore for the fourth quarter of the financial year 2026, marking a whopping 2,162% year-on-year (YoY) surge from just Rs 16 crore net profit reported for the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year. The company's consolidated revenue grew 11% YoY to Rs 1,895 crore during the quarter under review, up from Rs 1,709 crore in the same period last year.
Paytm parent One 97 Communications witnessed Rs 964 crore worth of block deals on Friday, with institutional investors including Societe Generale, Ghisallo Master Fund, Viridian Asia Opportunities Master Fund and Nippon India Mutual Fund emerging as key buyers, while existing shareholders SAIF Partners India IV Limited, Elevation Capital V Limited and SAIF III Mauritius Company Limited pared their stakes. The development comes after a sharp recovery in Paytm shares over the past year, aided by improving operational metrics, narrowing losses and renewed investor confidence in the digital payments ecosystem.
