Krishna Kumar Karwa, MD of Emkay Global, on Friday, said that the equity market is not in a position to absorb negative news. Karwa believes that the market is in a mood to consolidate now.

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, he said: “There will be some short-term variations that we will also see whenever global markets are weak and some of the stocks in our markets are also heavy in terms of the overall position and the market is not in a position to absorb any bit of negative news. The market has run-up a lot and seems to be in a mood to consolidate.”

On sectors, Karwa said, “I am positive on IT companies and it’s more driven by the business opportunities that many of these companies are seeing. Therefore, from a medium-term perspective, I continue to believe that largecap IT should deliver better returns for investor portfolios.”

“We have been bullish on speciality chemicals for long now and markets are discounting valuations two-three years down the line, so maybe investors could be disappointed in terms of returns that they can make by investing afresh in many of the companies.”

For the entire interview, watch the video.

(Edited by : Dipika Ghosh)