BackSensex seen at 32,000 by end of December in investor survey
The S&P BSE Sensex index will climb almost 8% to 32,000 by the end of December from 29,648.99 on Friday, according to a median estimate of eight traders and investors
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Singapore/Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election-win magic looks to be casting a spell on the Indian stock market.
The S&P BSE Sensex index will climb almost 8% to 32,000 by the end of December from 29,648.99 on Friday, according to a median estimate of eight traders and investors surveyed by Bloomberg News on 14 March, three days after Modi’s landslide victory in state elections. Financial companies and drugmakers are among their top picks on optimism the result will open the gates to foreign cash.
“India will get $15-$20 billion a year from emerging-market allocations, which will partly get a boost due to political stability after Modi’s win in state elections," said Samir Arora, Singapore-based founder of hedge-fund firm Helios Capital Management Pte. “I would buy even now, but be selective. The market is in good hands."
The optimism comes even after the post-election rally made Indian stocks the most expensive in Asia, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, as their one-year forward price-to-earnings ratio climbed to the highest since 2010. The Sensex rose 2.4% last week. Its relative strength index has risen above 70, a level some investors see as a signal to sell.
Overseas investors bought a net $1.56 billion of Indian shares in February, ending a four-month selloff. They have already purchased another $2.21 billion in March, with $867.6 million of it coming in just two days following the state-election results.
Foreigners began 2017 looking for reasons to sell India, but capitulation has begun, and the election result would further accelerate that trend, Christopher Wood, CLSA Ltd’s Hong Kong-based equity strategist, wrote in a note Thursday. Renewed weakness in oil prices may act as another positive for India in the emerging-market context, Wood added. Bloomberg
Respondents in the survey are from Equinomics Research & Advisory Pvt. Ltd, IDBI Capital Market Services Ltd, Motilal Oswal Asset Management Co. Ltd, Religare Capital Markets Ltd, India Infoline Ltd, Guiness Securities Ltd, OmniScience Capital and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.
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