Pankaj Pandey on why weakness in energy stocks may signal buying opportunities
«But structurally, some of these downstream and upstream companies are shifting their business model towards the renewable energy side and which is what makes them attractive. So, any kind of a weakness there should be used as an opportunity to look at some of these names,» says Pankaj Pandey, Head Research, ICICIdirect.com.
Let us first talk about the oil sensitives because they are the one which sort of really held the market in place yesterday. I mean be it paint companies, OMCs, all of them a bunch. But do you think that this was just a knee-jerk reaction because crude has been seeing a steady decline for past three months now?
Pankaj Pandey: On the crude oil front, volatility is going to be there because ahead of US elections, largely if you look at, both the candidates are at extreme positions in terms of the views. But Trump is pitching for nearly three million barrel kind of increase in the oil production. And coupled with the fact that the Chinese economy is not doing so well, which is the largest incremental buyer, I think crude is expected to remain soft. Now, while the marketing margins are expected to prop up given the softness what we have seen in crude, but the refining margins is something which needs to be watched for. But structurally, some of these downstream and upstream companies are shifting their business model towards the renewable energy side and which is what makes them attractive. So, any kind of a weakness there should be used as an opportunity to look at some of these names.
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