New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- The domestic benchmark indices, Nifty 50 and Sensex, have remained flat over the past year, hugely underperforming most major markets. The subdued performance of the Indian stock market has been shaped by factors like valuation fatigue, tepid earnings growth, Trump tariffs, geopolitical tensions, declining foreign institutional investor (FII) flows, macroeconomic challenges, and sectoral shifts.

As Muhurat trading approaches, the market appears to be in a consolidation stage, believes experts. In October, there are no positive indicators in sight, which can push the market sharply higher. If the US-India trade deal materialises with the removal of the penal tariff and lower reciprocal tariffs, that would be a shot i...