Nifty predicted to surge to 23,400 before general election outcome, says ICICIdirect; here’s why

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Nifty is expected to hit 23,400 levels around the time of the general election outcome led by BFSI, auto, capital goods and metal stocks according to estimates by ICICIdirect, which sees largecaps outperforming the broader market. The brokerage picks nearly 8 dozen stocks as its top bets across sectors believing them to be riding the wave.
This means that over the next two months, Nifty is set for a 930-point rally from Monday’s closing of 22,462.

To put across its point, ICICIdirect cites data pertaining to the previous three decades wherein each of the seven instances of the general election, Nifty had shown a tendency to bottom out in the first quarter. This was followed by a minimum 14% rally towards the general election outcome, the report said.
Having corrected 5% in January, Nifty followed it up with two months of time correction and it has now approached maturity of price, this brokerage said.

While CY24 is a Union election year and is expected to have a significant bearing on sentiments in equity markets, benchmark indices have traditionally performed well in election years despite spikes in volatility, ICICIdirect said, highlighting median returns of 17% in the election years.
The projected target for CY24 is 24,800 and ICICIdirect’s advice to investors is to use volatility as a buying opportunity.

The bottom-up chart study of Nifty constituents projects further upsides across multiple sectors as many stocks have approached key supports after healthy retracement and are expected to resume their