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Updated : February 28, 2019 02:37 PM IST

The market will react very quickly in case there is an escalation of tensions along the border: Gajri

If there is no escalation over the next few days, the market will take heart from that and the reverse will happen if something goes wrong: Gajri

Prasun Gajri, CIO of HDFC Life, spoke to CNBC-TV18 about market fundamentals and shared his views on specific stocks.

Speaking about the escalating border tensions between India and Pakistan, Gajri said, “It is difficult to take a call, but I guess at this point of time it does look like market is taking this in the stride and the hope at least from a market perspective is that this does not escalate into anything bigger.”

“The market will react very quickly in case there is an escalation of tensions along the border. So, therefore, this is a wait and watch the situation and that is probably the reason the market is quiet and waiting for the news to happen. If there is no escalation over the next few days, the market will take heart from that and the reverse will happen if something goes wrong,” he added.

On the earnings front, Gajri said, “There is enough opportunity available in the large-cap space. So there are enough stocks which are reasonably priced and giving you good earnings growth over the next 12-24 months and they are among the largecaps. So very clearly at this point of time, we are also not focusing very significantly on the deep value midcaps. Finding deep value midcaps is a challenge, but midcaps which have corrected from the top, I think the focus has to be clear where the earnings growth is likely to come and what is the risk around that earnings growth. So risk around that earnings growth will always be higher for midcaps and therefore at this point of time, we are a little bit away from midcaps and biased towards large caps. However, as and when the volatility recedes, as and when some more credibility around that earnings growth number returns, I think the bias may shift.”

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