Stocks to buy under ₹100 | Sumeet Bagadia's stock recommendations: The key benchmark indices of the Indian stock market ended the week on a firmer footing, with the Nifty rising 2% to 23,053.10 and the Sensex gaining 1.8% to 74,459.53. Buying in IT, healthcare and select financial stocks underpinned the recovery, although the Bank Nifty lagged, advancing just 0.6%. Institutional flows were also encouraging, with FIIs recording net purchases of ₹6,304.67 crore in the cash market during the week, while DIIs were net buyers of ₹3,109.79 crore. The return of foreign buying is a constructive signal, but a single week of inflows is not enough to reverse the broader selling trend seen in October.
The focus now shifts to a series of global and domestic indicators that could shape risk appetite and foreign capital flows. Geopolitical tensions and elevated crude oil prices remain a key source of uncertainty for India, given the potential implications for corporate costs, inflation and the external balance.
Sumeet Bagadia, Executive Director at Choice Broking, believes the immediate upside on Dalal Street is capped as the…