Brief India: Asian Equities: Notwithstanding the Global Turmoil, EPS Estimates Are Surprisingly Strong and more
In this briefing: Asian Equities: Notwithstanding the Global Turmoil, EPS Estimates Are Surprisingly Strong Primer: Unicommerce eSolutions (UNIECOM IN) - Mar 2026 Aequitas: Raajmarg Infra InvIT IPO Trading - Decent Demand; Leads Past REIT Listings India's Rating Agencies: The Only Toll Booth on the Road to a $10 Trillion Economy PICK OF THE WEEK: APL Apollo Tubes Ltd - 21st March, 2026 1. Asian Equities: Notwithstanding the Global Turmoil, EPS Estimates Are Surprisingly Strong Since the beginning of the Iran War, the MSCI Asia ex Japan index has declined 12%. But remarkably, consensus EPS estimate for Asia ex Japan has increased 1.42%. The earnings upgrades are led by Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan and China. Technology, energy, process industries and basic materials figure prominently among the top 20 sectors with upgrades. Consumer services and retail figure prominently among the sectors with largest downgrades. Analysts seem complacent about disruption to tech hardware, process industries and basic materials from energy and input shortages. 2.