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Morning Edition · Sunday, August 2, 2026Published at 1:16 AM EDT · New York

India's Earnings Week Opens as Brokerages Bet on a Textile Shift Away From China

Some 573 companies including Infosys, Bharti Airtel, and State Bank of India report June-quarter results, while Nuvama initiates coverage of three textile exporters with up to 35 percent upside.

India's Earnings Week Opens as Brokerages Bet on a Textile Shift Away From China

India begins one of its busiest earnings weeks of the year, with 573 companies scheduled to report June-quarter results. The list, compiled by the Economic Times, includes the software firm Infosys, Bharti Airtel, State Bank of India, and Titan, spanning technology, banking, telecommunications, and consumer sectors that together offer a broad view of domestic demand.

The optimism rests largely on a realignment of global supply chains. Nuvama Institutional Equities initiated coverage of three exporters, KPR Mill, Indo Count Industries, and Sanathan Textiles, with buy ratings and targets implying up to 35 percent upside, citing a shift in textile sourcing away from China. The thesis is that buyers diversifying away from Chinese factories redirect orders to Indian producers.

India's market has repeatedly drawn foreign flows because its earnings are led by domestic consumption and financial-sector profit rather than exports, which protects it when oil and global interest rates turn against emerging markets. This earnings season tests whether that resilience holds while crude sits near 88 dollars and the war premium persists.

Part of a tracked trend

India's Domestic Market Absorbs Shocks

India's domestic-demand-led equity market and financial-sector earnings repeatedly cushion it from external oil and rate shocks, drawing flows seeking growth insulated from global stress.

What this means

Domestic-demand-led earnings are what allow Indian equities to absorb external oil and rate shocks that hit export-heavy peers harder. Banks, consumer firms, and textile exporters gain if the shift in sourcing away from China converts into orders and if bank asset quality holds. The channel is corporate profit and foreign inflows seeking growth insulated from Gulf and dollar stress. A weak season in the banks or a sharp rise in oil would remove that insulation.

What to watch

  • State Bank of India's asset quality and net interest margin, a proxy for the health of domestic credit.
  • Order books and guidance from KPR Mill and other exporters for evidence that sourcing is actually leaving China for India rather than staying put.

Observations to monitor, not financial advice.

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Synthesized from: Economic Times · Economic Times