Capital stance

Indian equities

Name: Indian equities: Gravitywell rating Neutral
Item: Indian equities

Grade

Neutral

Outlook

Moderate conviction

Confidence

Medium

Rated since

Jun 2026

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Rating rationale

The market absorbed a second oil shock without flinching: Nifty +2.4% in July to ~24,472, VIX at 11.7, FPIs back (+₹20,199 cr) and the primary market at a 20-month high. But P/E 20.6 now carries a −200bps earnings-yield-vs-bond gap and a 4.45% CPI: cheap versus history, expensive versus its own bond market.

Rating history

Jun 2026InitiatedInaugural stance (Jun 2026 vintage).

Jul 2026ReviewedAffirmed Neutral: post-war relief rally, but the yield gap and FPI stance still cap it.

Aug 2026AffirmedNeutral affirmed: the FPI return and the reopened IPO window argue up, the widened yield gap and $90-105 oil argue down. Q2 FY27 earnings are the tie-breaker.

Sep 2026AffirmedNeutral affirmed: the Nifty fell a second straight month (-2.0% Aug, -8.5% CY26 YTD) even with FPIs buying at a 23-month high and vol asleep near 10.8 — the market, not the flow picture, is now the weak signal. Q2 FY27 earnings remain the tie-breaker.

Point-in-time: grades are reviewed each cycle; every change publishes as a dated action. Snapshot 6 September 2026.

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