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In Thursdays trading session, the following five stocks witnessed a build of fresh long positions. Let us first understand how this conclusion is reached that whether the stock has seen a buildup of fresh long position or not. When the stock prices move up and open interest on the counter also moves upward, it is taken as a sign of a long buildup. The signal is considered more reliable if the volume on the counter has also seen an increase.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the interim Budget, which will focus on government spending on infrastructure. The Narendra Modi government's spending on infrastructure has been growing at a 30% CAGR in the last 4 years. The government is expected to raise allocation towards rail, roads, and other infrastructure projects. Infrastructure-related companies in construction, cement, and steel could benefit from increased government spending. Railways capex is expected to further increase to 20% growth YoY while defense spending growth may be in single digits.
Astral Foods said on Wednesday it will bounce back to profitability in the half-year to March 31 as the impact of the country's devastating bird flu outbreak and power cuts wanes.
The brokerage has increased its weight and remains ‘overweight’ on Banks, Cap Goods and Healthcare, and diversified financials (led by HDFC AMC). It is ‘equal weight’ on IT and ‘underweight’ on Auto, Metals, Cement, Consumer and Oil & Gas.
Stocks that were in focus included names like Paytm, which fell 1.08%, Varun Beverages, which rose 6.62%, and Astral, whose shares declined 2.19% on Wednesday.