Tug of war: can banks save the Nifty from IT’s AI blues?
This shift matters for the market. IT, at roughly 9% weight, remains the second-largest sector in the benchmark Nifty 50 index, while BFSI dominates with about 37% weight. In theory, BFSI’s expanding profit share and heavier index presence should have cushioned broader market weakness. In practice, however, IT’s slide has exerted an outsized drag on…