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Valentis Advisors founder Jyotivardhan Jaipuria has avoided software for the past 15 months due to the low level of future visibility for such stocks. He has also avoided global commodities due to the potential struggle that a global slowdown could cause. Jaipuria has also remained away from consumer staples due to their expensive valuations. The firm has been looking at companies that struggled last year due to high commodity prices, such as cement, ceramics and wires brands, as raw materials prices have fallen lately potentially offering increases in margin.

Shares of IT giant Infosys plunged about 12% in early trade on Monday after the company missed earnings estimates on all parameters.

Gold futures hit a fresh lifetime high of Rs 61,371 on the MCX last week before closing the holiday-shortened week at Rs 60,329. With the current momentum, yellow metal futures are poised to touch levels of Rs 62,000 in April, suggest analysts.

According to the latest data available with the exchanges, Kacholia has increased his holding from 5.09% in the December quarter to 5.23% at the end of the March quarter. Kacholia currently holds about 12.71 lakh shares of the company.Faze Three manufactures and exports home interior products

​Blinkit delivery executives servicing ~50% of the dark stores in the NCR area are on strike since April 12

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The dividend will be paid to shareholders whose names appear as beneficial owners as per the depositories list as on April 18 and members in the register of the company.

The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex declined 520 points or 0.86% to settle at 59,910. The broader NSE Nifty dropped 121 points or 0.68% to end at 17,706. In the Sensex pack, Infosys was the top loser, while Tech Mahindra declined over 5%. HCL Tech, L&T, NTPC, Wipro and HDFC also ended in the red. On the other hand, Nestle, Power Grid, SBI, Kotak Bank and UltraTech Cement closed with gains.

Her idea of asset allocation is to 70% into equities and the remaining 30% in a balanced portfolio, which includes a tactical mix of bonds and gold, providing diversification and stability during periods of market volatility.

The brokerage upholds its earnings projection and estimate HDFCB to deliver a ~19% PAT CAGR over FY23-25, with RoA/RoE of 2.0%/17.7% in FY25.