Diwali 2026: Will Sensex, Nifty reclaim their peaks or scale new highs? Analysts map the road ahead
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- ✓Analysts expect the Sensex and Nifty to reclaim record highs by Diwali 2027 after a period of poor returns.
- ✓Strong earnings and better valuations support this outlook.
- ✓"Post lacklustre returns in the past two years, we expect Indian equities to deliver stronger returns in the upcoming Samvat," Rupen Rajguru said.
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- India Economy
After nearly two years of lacklustre returns, intermittent corrections and bouts of volatility, Dalal Street could be heading into a more promising phase. As investors step into Samvat 2083, analysts remain cautiously optimistic that the Sensex and Nifty could reclaim their previous record highs and potentially scale fresh peaks by next Diwali.
A combination of resilient corporate earnings, more reasonable valuations, sustained domestic institutional inflows, improving private capital expenditure and India's robust macroeconomic fundamentals is expected to support the next leg of the market rally, analysts said. However, the road ahead may not be entirely smooth, with elevated crude oil prices, geopolitical uncertainties, global inflation and interest rate movements likely to influence investor sentiment.
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