50% of Nifty stocks slip into bear territory, down up to 40% - What should investors do now? Experts view
Infosys moved lower.
· LiveMint Markets
Over 25 Nifty 50 stocks are trading over 20% below recent highs amid rising crude oil prices and economic challenges.
The analysis
Infosys reported movement of 50%, 40% and 20%. Those are the figures as filed — what moves the price is how they sit against what the market already expected, not their absolute size.
Against that, the stock is +0.4% on the day at ₹996.20, and has returned -6.7% over three months. It sits 41% below its 52-week high, which means a good deal of bad news was already in the price. The it sector has moved +1.1% over the same period, so Infosys is running 7.8 points behind its peers.
This is an Input cost / crude event. India imports most of its crude, so input costs pass through to margins downstream and to the rupee. Producers and consumers of the same input move in opposite directions. On the day the stock is +0.4%, so the price barely moved, which suggests this was expected or is seen as immaterial.
Market context
- The company directly in focus is INFY.
- Sector exposure: IT, Auto.
- The immediate tone of coverage reads negative.
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