Sensex information: When will Sensex hit 1-lakh magic determine? Right here’s some back-of-the-envelope calculations

Whereas merchants are busy debating over whether or not Sensex will rally one other 2,700 factors anytime this yr to zoom previous its all-time file excessive of 62,245.43 touched within the autumn of final yr, long-term traders are doing back-of-the-envelope calculations on when will the index hit the magic 1-lakh mark.

Earlier this yr, Jefferies’ world head of fairness technique Christopher Wooden had stated {that a} goal of Sensex at 1 lakh is eminently achievable by FY27 and now Dalal Avenue’s veteran fund supervisor Hiren Ved has stated it’s attainable even earlier by 2025.

Different market specialists too don’t see the magic determine being too distant.

“We consider Sensex can hit 100,000 by April 2024. Sensex goes via greed and worry cycles each 8 years. It is within the greed cycle which is able to finish in April 2024,” Apurva Sheth, Head of Analysis, Samco Securities, instructed ETMarkets.

Now let’s take a look on the historical past of the Sensex. 20 years in the past, the index was buying and selling at lower than 3,000 factors in October 2002. After 10 years, in October 2012, the Sensex itself gave multibagger returns and crossed the 19,000-mark.

4 years in the past, in October 2018, the index was at 34,000 and as we speak it’s hovering near the 60,000-mark.

“Within the final 20 years, the Sensex has multiplied from 3,000 to 60,000. If the market compounds on the price of 15%, which is probably going, then the Sensex will cross the magic mark of 1 lakh in lower than 4 years from now,” stated Kamlesh Shah, President, Affiliation of Nationwide Exchanges Members of India (ANMI).

He stated as soon as world macro worries associated to inflation and rates of interest stabilise, India will develop into the popular funding vacation spot as it’s the quickest rising main economic system and intends to develop into a $5 trillion economic system by 2025-26.

Final yr, well-known worth investor Raamdeo Agrawal of

had predicted that if Sensex retains compounding at an annual development price of 15% it could hit the two lakh mark inside a decade.

Monitoring 15-16% company revenue development of India Inc, if the Sensex grows at 15%, it would double each 5 years.

Chris Wooden too had proven an identical calculation earlier within the yr to foretell that the Sensex will hit 1,00,000 throughout FY27 or someday in late 2026 amid 15% EPS development and an earnings a number of of 19.4, which can be a five-year common.

Regardless of all of the ups and downs seen in 2022, the Indian inventory market has been one of many uncommon oases of peace in world markets.

“I believe India is transiting from being a part of world rising markets to turning into a single nation allocation. We are going to get cash on our fundamentals and earnings development,” says Nilesh Shah of

AMC.

(Disclaimer: Suggestions, options, views and opinions given by the specialists are their very own. These don’t symbolize the views of Financial Occasions)