BackGoldman Sachs upgrades Indian shares to ‘overweight’
Reduced external vulnerabilities and potential for gains ahead of general election were reasons cited by the bank
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Mumbai: Goldman Sachs upgraded Indian shares to “overweight" from “marketweight" and raised its target on Nifty to 7,600, citing reduced external vulnerabilities, including a narrowing current account deficit, and potential for gains ahead of elections that conclude in May.
Nifty earlier rose as much as 1.1% to a record high of 6,574.95. Markets were closed on Monday for a public holiday.
The investment bank added it favours cyclicals over defensives because of expectations of an improving economy and a bottoming out of earnings, according to a report dated on 14 March.
It also recommended investors to focus on potential election beneficiaries in these markets.
It upgraded auto stocks to “overweight", while retaining the same rating on IT and energy stocks.
Goldman said Oil and Natural Gas Corp. Ltd, Coal India Ltd, NTPC Ltd and Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd as public sector companies that could be key election beneficiaries.
Among private sector shares, ICICI Bank Ltd, Larsen and Toubro Ltd, UltraTech Cement Ltd, JSW Steel Ltd, IndusInd Bank Ltd and Voltas Ltd were seen by Goldman as gaining from elections. Reuters
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