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FIIs/FPIs domestic outflows stood at Rs. 269 billion YTD. In the coming week, all the attention will turn to the Federal Reserve's inflation gauge PCE and Europe inflation levels.

FIIs/FPIs domestic outflows stood at Rs. 226 billion YTD. In the coming week, all the attention will turn to the Federal Reserve's latest monetary decision after recent turmoil in the banking sector

In the coming week, US NFP jobs data and China GDP growth & inflation will be in focus.

In the coming week, investors will watchout for global PMI levels, domestic Q3 GDP data and Eurozone inflation data.

FOMC Meeting minutes and speeches by Fed officials will be in the spotlight after hot economic data fueled speculation of the Federal Reserve raising rates more than it did early this month and for longer.

Sensex & Nifty lacking directional momentum during the week, hence close on flat note. Going forward, global cues and inflation data will set momentum for the indices. Adani stocks extended losses after index provider MSCI said it will cut the weightings of four Adani Group companies.

Market Outlook: The overall market outlook remains positive, with strong economic growth and positive earnings reports from banks would provide support. However, investors should remain cautious and monitor developments closely, as markets will react to RBI policy meeting outcome in the coming week.

Upcoming Union Budget and quarterly earnings of companies will make domestic equity indices volatile in this week.

Given the lower inflation data and better than expected macro-economic data has boosted market sentiment. However, budget expectations and Q3 earnings would limit Sensex & Nifty gains in the near-term.

In the coming week, TCS, Infosys, Wipro and HDFC bank are expected to release results and US inflation data will be keenly watched by investors.

The first week of 2023 will be dominated in the US by non-farm payrolls report, and the Federal Reserve December policy-meeting minutes. Also, investors will follow closely global PMI levels which will be released in this week.

Volatility across the globe rose as a new strain of Covid variant is spreading. Nifty VIX moved to 16% and likely to go up further on the back of monthly F&O expiry week.

During this week, domestic equity indices are likely to continue uptrend with volatile behavior. Global factors continue to put impact the market.

In the coming week, investors will keenly lookout for FOMC meeting minutes and global PMI levels.

Sensex & Nifty are just 1.2% away from touching new highs. In the recent past despite of foreign outflows, domestic indices continues their bullish trend by defying global weakness in equities. This trend is likely to continue as corporates and Indian economy are offering investors better revenue growth visibility.

Global equities rally boosted sentiment for Sensex & Nifty despite mixed quarterly results from corporates. Nifty would make an attempt to cross 18K however global cues would dictate the trend for domestic indices as Fed monetary policy decision and surprise RBI meeting would bring back volatility in markets.

Investors will watchout for quarterly earnings from corporates and macro-economic indicators to gauge global demand.

Investors will be keen on watching inflation and industrial production data that will guide market movement long with global factors.

In the previous week, we have seen global yields touching decade high levels amidst central banks hiking rates sharply and USD appreciation. FIIs outflows are expected to be high as the UST yield rose sharply and RBI rate hike is lower than expectations. This week's OPEC+ meeting will give guidance on oil supply (expected to cut more supplies).

Sensex & Nifty would witness rise in volatility amid negative global cues and sharp fall in USDINR (which will force RBI to hike interest rates sharply). However, sharp decline in oil prices is something to cheer for.

Ahead of Fed's meeting global equity markets are witnessing volatility amid higher rate hike expectations. Also, USD rally and fall in bond prices suggest sell-off likely to continue in equities.

Favorable FIIs buying and lower inflation expectations are catalyst for Nifty to cross 18K mark. FIIs continue to buy Indian stocks as the current month inflows stood at Rs. 55 biilion.

Global cues will be key trends to watch as investors will be keenly watching ECB outcome.

Sensex & Nifty are expected to open sharply lower on Monday amid tracking global markets reaction to Fed chair Powell comments on rate hikes and inflation. In the coming week, US non-farm payroll data and Eurozone inflation data will be keenly watched as these data points would influence Fed and ECB pace of rate hikes during September policy-meeting.

Nifty touched high of 17992 during the quick rally in the last 5 weeks, however on Friday amid profit booking Nifty declined by 1% and touched day low of 17710. Further direction of trend in Nifty will depend on Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech at the Jackson Hole symposium and macro-economic data.

Domestic equity indices are likely to continue rise as fall in consumer inflation has boosted investors sentiment.

Global investors will watch out US inflation data, Fed speakers’ speech and China’s trade data. Domestic investors will watchout for IIP and inflation data points.

Nifty gained by 8% in the month of July amid tracking global equities rally. Domestic markets would rally if RBI hikes interest rates aggressively on expectations of policy stability going forward.

Action packed week ahead for investors as Fed will come out with policy-meeting outcome, US will report GDP growth and corporate earnings. Monthly F&O contracts expiry is another factor which would spurt volatility in the markets.

INR briefly touched Rs. 80 per dollar levels amid strong demand for USD, sharp FII outflows, and widening trade deficit. Will it push RBI to hike rates sharply to stem further fall in INR? Globally, investors will watch out for US corporate earnings and ECB policy-meeting outcome. ECB is likely to hike rates for the 1st time in the decade to combat high inflation.

Sensex & Nifty movement for the week likely to be decided by macro-economic data and Q1Fy23 earnings. Disappointing numbers from TCS would put IT index under selling pressure. Weak set of domestic earnings and high US inflation data would spurt volatility in markets.

Month of July is actioned packed with Fed & ECB policy-meeting outcomes and domestic Q1Fy23 earnings. TCS will report earnings on 8th July 2022.

June F&O expiry, monsoon rainfall deficit and negative global cues likely to spurt volatility in the markets in the coming week. On contrast note, declining commodity prices would cool-off inflationary pressures.

Sensex and Nifty declined by more than 5% during the week as the market participants spooked over the decade high inflation growth and central banks hiking rates aggressively.

Domestic equities are likely to witness spurt in volatility amid negative global cues, yield curve inversion (recession fears) and relentless FII selling pressure.

Sensex and Nifty closed the week on a positive note despite giving up Friday gap-up gains. Equity markets likely discounted RBI’s 75 bps rate hike in the upcoming June policy-meeting and investors will keenly observe central bankers take on inflation growth.

Selling spree continues as FIIs/FPIs sold Rs. 391 billion in May 2022. Investors will watch out for US jobs data and service PMI levels. Q4 earnings will keep domestic investors busy and GDP growth figures will be released.

Volatility is likely to continue due to month end F&O expiry and weak global market sentiment. Investors will watch out for global PMI levels, Q4 earnings and Fed policy-meeting minutes.

Selling pressure likely to continue in markets despite any pullback in indices. FIIs pulled out whooping amount of Rs.1523 billion (YTD) from domestic equities and near-term negative global cues will weigh on investors sentiment.

Global bond yields have risen sharply and causing sharp sell-off in equities amid higher inflation expectations. Volatility is expected to elevate in the coming week, Nifty VIX up by 13% in previous s week.

Fed is expected to hike rates by 50bps during its May policy-meeting and US markets witnessed worst sell-off since 2008 in the month of April 2022. Negative global cues likely to spurt volatility.

Investors will watch out for US tech stocks earnings and US & Eurozone GDP growth data. Domestic investors will watch out for earnings Bajaj Finance, Sanofi, Bajaj Auto, HUL, Ultratech and Maruti Suzuki.

Sensex & Nifty likely to open on gap down on Monday as the Q4 earnings from index weight heavy Infosys and HDFC Bank reported below expectation results. Sensex & Nifty likely to open on gap down on Monday as the Q4 earnings from index weight heavy Infosys and HDFC Bank reported below expectation results.

Q4 earnings release from IT companies and CPI data will set trend for Sensex & Nifty ahead of the short trading week. Weekly F&O contract will expire on Wednesday.

RBI monetary policy-outcome, Fed & ECB policy-meeting minutes, global PMI levels and domestic quarterly earnings expectations will be setting trend for Sensex & Nifty.

Domestic equity market is expected to remain volatile due to monthly F&O expiry and ongoing geo-political issue.

Investors will watch out for new covid cases rise in Europe and China which is causing lockdown in few cities of China. FIIs/FPIs have sold Rs. 355 billion in February 2022 and Rs. 420 billion in March 2022 (as of 21st March 2022).

Market participants will watch for Fed and BoE monetary policy-meeting outcome. Domestic investors will watch out for inflation data.

Markets are likely to stay volatile amid ongoing Russia & Ukraine issue and Fed policy meeting outcome which will hint market participants how aggressively the Fed will hike rates. Last week, commodity prices surged sharply amid supply disruptions (Russia sanctions) and raising fears of higher inflation.

Investors will watch out for developments in Russia and Ukraine matter, ECB policy-meeting minutes, OPEC+ meeting and US non-farm payroll data. China will release PMI levels GDP growth data. Domestic investors will watch-out for Q3 GDP growth data.

Investors will watch out for developments in Russia and Ukraine matter. On the data front, Markit services and manufacturing PMIs from the US, UK, Germany, France, Euro Area and Japan.

RBIs accommodative stance boosted market sentiment, however, sharp rise in UST yields & geo-political tension caused sell-off in domestic equities. Investors will watch out for developments in Russia & Ukraine matter, FOMC minutes and Japan’s GDP growth & inflation data. Domestic investors will look out for CPI & WPI data.

Investors will watch out for US inflation data and UK GDP growth data. Domestic investors will watch out for RBI monetary policy decision and Q3 earnings.

Domestic equity market is expected to remain volatile due to upcoming Union Budget FY2022-23 and global factors. This week BPCL, Dabur, ITC, JK Lakshmi, M & M Fin, Lupin, Titan will report Q3 earnings.

Domestic equity market is expected to remain volatile due to F & O expiry and upcoming Union Budget FY2022-23. This week Cipla, Dr Reddy, Kotak Mahindra Bank, L & T will report Q3 earnings.

Investors will watchout for ECB policy-meeting minutes, earnings reports from Goldman Sachs & Netflix and China Q4 GDP growth figures. Bajaj Finance, Cipla, Tatva Chintan, Ultratech Cements, and Bajaj Auto will report Q3 earnings.

Sensex & Nifty will react to Q3Fy22 earnings which will be reported from this week and, inflation data will be keenly watched. Global investors will watch out for inflation data from US and Eurozone.

Investors will look for FOMC policy-meeting minutes, US jobs reports and PMI survey levels. OPEC+ meeting that is expected to offer guidance into the production plan from February 2022.

December monthly F&O contracts expiry is due in the week ahead, markets would turn volatile. Due to holiday season markets are witnessing lower volumes and are expected to stay range-bound in the coming week.

Global equity markets witnessed spurt in volatility post Fed policy-meeting. FIIs selling pressure and worries of Omicron variant could cap gains for Sensex & Nifty.

Markets will react to domestic industrial output data came in at 3.2% YoY compared to 3.1% growth in previous month as the low base effect wanes. Market participants will watchout for FED & ECB policy-meeting outcome and domestic inflation data.

The US and China will be publishing inflation and foreign trade updates in the coming week, while central banks in Canada, Australia, India and Brazil decide on monetary policy.

Sensex and Nifty50 would trade on red zone as the investors continue to digest the impact of the new Covid-19 variant as it is vaccine-resistant

Sensex and Nifty50 will react to PM Narendra Modi decision of revoking the 3 farm laws and to the deal termination between Reliance Industries & Saudi Aramco. . F&O monthly expiry will also add additional pressure to the market in this week.

Global equities turned volatile during the start of the last week on the back of higher inflation figures recorded in US. However, Fed is acting as cool as cucumber when it come to inflationary pressures as it still believes it is transitory.

Big week for the Indian primary markets, 5 companies would be aiming for successful subscription. Result seasons is underwhelming as many corporates are concerned about rising raw material costs which is impacting margins

Rising bond yields and corporate earnings missing out expectations on margin front dampened the market sentiment during last week. Supply chain hurdles, rising logistic costs and higher raw material prices have resulted in margin contraction for corporates.

Retail participation has been mind boggling, as per AMFI, the market got support from record monthly inflow of over USD 1 billion funds in September 2021 from retail mutual fund investors.

US NFP data came in lower than expectations which is positive for emerging markets but, its unlikely that Fed would change the course of guidance of taper program and rate hikes. Domestic investors will watch out for IIP, Inflation data and Q2 domestic earnings.

In the coming week, domestic investors will watch out for RBI policy outcome, Q2 domestic earnings will start from this Friday with TCS will be reporting after market hours. US jobs report and OPEC+ meeting outcome will be keenly watched.

Sensex touched 60K level and Nifty is just shy away from 18K level. Monthly F&O expiry would spurt volatility in the domestic markets. Going forward, investors will lookout for earnings season with IT companies to come out first and global manufacturing PMI levels.

Investors will be closely watching the meetings of central banks across the globe, including the Federal Reserve, Bank of England and Bank of Japan

Markets going forward will take cues from macro-economic data points and FED policy meeting before reacting to the Q2 earnings expectations. Last week, Sensex & Nifty gains were driven by Grasim Industries, HUL, Nestle India and Bharti Airtel offset the losses in some banking stocks.

Disappointing US non-farm payroll data is positive for emerging markets as FED could delay the USD 120 billion taper program, excessive liquidity will drive emerging markets as inflows would rise.

Global equities are now worth $118.6 trillion, the highest value ever in history which equals around 140% of world GDP.

Next week, market participants will look for Federal Reserve Chairman Powell will speak on Friday at the Fed's annual Jackson Hole conference, with investors looking for any details on the central bank's plans for tapering its massive asset purchases program. Domestic market volatility is expected to remain high as the F&O expiry & talks on the FED taper program are near.

Next week, domestic markets likely to witness spurt in volatility on the back to weak global cues. Global investors in the coming week will watch out for the Japan and Eurozone Q2 GDP growth figures. US and China will publish retail sales and industrial production data.

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Domestic investors will watch out for inflation & industrial production (IIP) data and Q1 earnings release from Shree cements, MRF, Nilkamal, Coal India and Jindal Steel. Global investors in the coming week will watch out for the US consumer confidence data and Eurozone industry output data.

Next week, domestic investors will watch out for outcome from RBI policy-meeting and Q1 earnings release from Divi’s Labs, SBI, PNB, Adani Ports, Gujarat Gas, M&M, and Hindalco Industries. Global investors in the coming week will watch out for the US non-farm payroll data and worldwide PMI survey levels.

ICICI Bank and ITC reported better than expected results and Reliance Industries results came in as per expectations, markets would see a gap up opening on Monday as the investors will react to the reported earnings, and companies mentioned above have 17% weight in the Nifty50 index. Next week, domestic investors will watch out for Q1 earnings release from Dr. Reddy’s Labs, Nestle, Maruti Suzuki, Sun Pharma, Tata Motors, Tech Mahindra and L&T.

In the coming week, the market would take cues from the Nifty50 company earnings performance & guidance, and from global markets. Clean Science & Tech and GR infra will debut on domestic bourses on 19th July 2021. Global investors will watch out for flash PMI surveys.

The BSE Sensex & Nifty 50 declined by 0.19% and 0.2% respectively driven factors such as weak global cues and less than market expected Q1 results of some major corporates like TCS. Moreover, impending third wave of corona pandemic continued to dampen market sentiment. Next week, domestic investors will watch out for consumer inflation and industrial output and Q1 results of major IT companies such as WIPRO, Infosys, Tata Elxsi etc.

Next week, domestic investors will watch out for Q1 earnings release from TCS, Avenue Supermart & Delta Corp, and monsoon rainfall, IMD guided for normal rainfall for the July month. Global investors will watch out for policy-meeting minutes from FED & ECB, and worldwide services PMIs data.

Investors will watch out for PMI data points and US non-farm payroll data. OPEC+ meeting is scheduled in the week which would provide guidance on production plans for rest of the year. Domestic investors will watch out for June Auto sales data and trade figures.

Global investors will watch out for UK & China monetary policy meeting outcomes. Domestic investors would see some volatility this week and Shyam Metalics & Sona Comstar are expected to debut secondary markets on 24th June 2021.

Domestic inflation data, the balance of trade, and RBI policy meeting minutes will keenly be watched by investors. 4 fresh IPOs would keep Indian primary markets busy this week, total cumulative fundraise would be Rs. 91 billion.

Domestic markets are expected to see new highs on the back of states easing Covid-19 restrictions and positive global cues. Implied volatility (IV) fell for both put options and for call options in the last week. Fall in IV for put option and for call option shows steady support for Nifty at present levels.

RBI policy outcome and GDP data will be important data points for investors in coming week.

Domestic Q4 quarterly earnings have come in-line for most of the companies, commodity stocks have seen re-rating amid strong earnings and commodity prices up-swing. Positive global cues, major companies earnings winding down and lower covid-19 cases would result in easing restrictions in most of the states, is positive for Sensex & Nifty in this week.

. Fed policymakers have said that any increase in price pressures will be transitory and expected to wane as supply chains adjust to rising demand.

Domestic investors will watch for Q4Fy21 earnings and inflation data. A rising inflation rate with weak demand would dampen future growth prospects.

Domestic investors will watch for Q4Fy21 earnings and further announcement on state wise lockdowns & restrictions due to surge in Covid-19 cases . This week, Kotak Mahindra, LTTS, Home First Finance, SBI Life, Adani Ports and Godrej Properties will report earnings.

Power Grid Infrastructure Investment (PGInvIT) is owned(sponsored) by Power Grid Corporation of India which has been conferred a Maharatna PSU status. The Trust was registered with SEBI on January 7, 2021 as an infrastructure investment trust. Investment Manager of PGInvIT is PowerGrid Unchahar Transmission Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of PGCIL. PowerGrid InvIT has been formed to own, construct, operate, maintain, and invest in power transmission assets as an infrastructure investment trust.

Domestic investors will watch for Q4Fy21 earnings and Auto sales. This week, Maruti Suzuki, HUL, Reliance Industries, Bajaj Finserv, ABB and Axis Bank will report earnings.

Domestic investors will watch for Q4Fy21 earnings and inflation data. This week, ICICI Bank, Nestle, Cyient, Tata Elxsi, HCL Tech and ACC will report earnings.

Indian markets recovered post-RBI’s dovish commentary during April’s policy-meeting despite rising Covid-19 cases across the country. IT & Pharma stocks gained the most during last week on the back of better earnings expectations and depreciating INR.

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Covid cases in India continued to rise at a faster pace especially in Maharashtra State which could spook investors sentiment in coming week.

S&P BSE Sensex & Nifty tumbled as much as 2% during last week, due to concerns over a spike in bond yields, rising Covid-19 cases and higher inflation concerns. Reading time 5 minutes.

S&P BSE Sensex & Nifty tumbled as much as 1% on Friday, due to renewed concerns over a spike in bond yields. India's yield on 10-year benchmark government bond touched trade at 6.24% close to 11-month high on Wednesday. Reading time 5 minutes.

S&P BSE Sensex & Nifty tumbled as much as 1% on Friday, financials, pharma and IT stocks led the losses, amid a spike in bond yields after US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that the economic reopening could boost inflation temporarily. Reading time 4 minutes.

BSE Sensex & Nifty tumbled as much as 4% on Friday suffering steepest declines in 2021, as investors fear that the surge in UST yields and rising inflation rates could prompt central banks to tight monetary policy sooner than expected.

S&P BSE Sensex & Nifty closed on negative note declining as much as 1% on Friday. Indices had witnessed profit-booking pressure in last week resulting in weekly declines of 1.20% each.

S&P BSE Sensex & Nifty ended on a strong weekly gain of 1.60% each. ICICI Bank, Infosys, and Axis Bank were among the best performers.

S&P BSE Sensex closed on a positive note on Friday at all-time high levels of 50,731 amid investors digested India's Union Budget and a batch of stronger-than-expected earnings.

S&P BSE Sensex shed 560 points on Friday, in line with global weakness across markets as investors worried over stretched valuations. . On macro-front, Infrastructure output in India dropped by 1.3% .

S&P BSE SENSEX shed 750 points on Friday, as investors booked profits after touching all time highs of 50,000-mark, banking stocks were the biggest losers.

S&P BSE SENSEX shed 550 points on Friday, tracking US equities that ended lower overnight amid concerns that President Donald Trump's impeachment is complicating the early days of Joe Biden's presidency

BSE Sensex index closed at record high 48,782 mark taking cues from Wall Street. On earnings front, TCS reported revenues growth of 0.4% (Y-o-Y) in constant currency terms, 5.4% (Y-o-Y) in INR terms, 4.1% (Q-o-Q) constant currency terms & 4.7% (Q-o-Q) INR terms.

BSE Sensex index closed at record high 47,868 mark. According to Reuters, the budget expansion will rely on asset sales of around USD 40 billion for some of the funding and also India is likely to spend more next fiscal year than this year's budgeted.

BSE Sensex index closed at record highs inching towards 47,000 mark. Sensex & Nifty recovered from the 3% drop witnessed on Monday due to worry over the mutated Covid-19 virus

BSE Sensex index rose 2% from the previous week, booking a 7th straight weekly gain. Market sentiment has been supported by record inflows from FIIs.

Sensex & Nifty likely to correct from the current level as markets would witness profit booking, and uncertainty over the US stimulus package would add additional pressure.

FIIs/FPIs have bought Indian equity shares worth Rs. 603 billion in November 2020 and bought shares worth Rs. 165 billion in December 2020. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) Derivative Statistics have shown a rise in the open interest across Index Options and Stock Options.

Auto stocks including Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, Eicher Motors, Hero MotoCorp, Mahindra & Mahindra, Bajaj Auto and Escorts will be in focus on Tuesday as monthly volume sales data for November 2020 will be released.

S&P BSE Sensex gained 280 points on Friday, due to Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness and expectation of faster economy recovery as the festive season have shown positive demand trends.

FIIs/FPIs have sold Indian equity shares worth Rs. 195 billion in October 2020 and bought shares worth Rs. 294 billion in November 2020.

Democratic candidate Joe Biden won against the Republican nominee, President Donald Trump in US Presidential Elections. Joe Biden’s victory is positive for Sensex & Nifty as the US's new stimulus package will boost market sentiment and increase FII inflows in emerging markets. However, corporates in USA will see higher tax rates & tighter regulations which could put pressure on profitability margins.

US indices traded lower on Friday, dragged down by tech shares as quarterly results of Apple, Facebook & Twitter came in lower than expectation. On contrast, Alphabet reported better than expected results.

FIIs/FPIs have sold Indian equity shares worth Rs. 77.83 billion in September 2020 and bought shares worth Rs. 156 billion in October 2020 (till 25th October 2020). Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) Derivative Statistics have shown a fall in the open interest across Index Options and Stock Options.

FIIs/FPIs have sold Indian equity shares worth Rs. 77.83 billion in September 2020 and bought shares worth Rs. 85 billion in October 2020 (till 16th October 2020). Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) Derivative Statistics have shown a rise in the open interest across Index Options and Stock Options.

Indian Agriculture sector had reported 3.4% growth in Q1Fy21 despite steep GDP contraction. Robust rabi crops harvest, new farm bills and better than expected rainfall has put the sector in limelight. The Central Government of India had passed 3 farm bills in Rajya Sabha, the implication and benefits of the 3 farm bills on Indian Economy are as follows:

BSE Sensex & Nifty witnessed strong weekly gains of 4.68% & 4.36%, respectively. Upbeat deposit growth & loan book growth from HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance, Bandhan Bank, and IndusInd Bank boosted market sentiment, S&P BSE Banked surged by 5% during the last week

FIIs/FPIs have sold Indian equity shares worth Rs. 77.83 billion in September 2020 and sold shares worth Rs. 2.65 billion in October 2020 (till 03rd October 2020). The Nifty Index futures witnessed rise in open interest by 33% for October series and fall in open interest by 26% for the November series.

The BSE Sensex index rebounded sharply on Friday as reports of likely stimulus package from government ahead of festive season boosted market sentiment. During last week, Sensex & Nifty declined by -3.75% & -3.95%.

S&P BSE Sensex index declined by 0.4% on Friday, as surging coronavirus infections fuelled concerns about further lockdowns and the economic recovery. The number of cases in India, surpassed 866,000, forcing several state governments to re-impose the lockdown.

FIIs/FPIs have bought Indian equity shares worth Rs. 466 billion in August 2020 and sold shares worth Rs. 6.75 billion in September 2020 (till 6th September 2020). Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) Derivative Statistics have shown a rise in the open interest across Index Futures.

The BSE Sensex index closed on a positive note on Friday lead by financial sector stocks. Investors cheered news about the US Federal Reserve's policy shift to an average inflation targeting, raising expectations of lower interest rates for longer in the world's largest economy.

The BSE Sensex index closed on a positive note on Friday lead by financial sector stocks as market participants expect central bank & government to support the economy. On the other hand, RBI Governor Das warned that the stock market is very buoyant, and it is disconnected from the real economy, which will result in a correction. Health authorities reported on Friday a near-record increase of 69,000 new cases to 2.91 million.

FIIs/FPIs have bought Indian equity shares worth Rs. 75 billion in July 2020 and bought shares worth Rs. 261 billion in August 2020 (till 09th August 2020). Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) Derivative Statistics have shown a rise in the open interest across Index Futures, Index Options, and Stock Futures.

India Inc reported weak Q4Fy20 earnings due to disruptions caused in operations due to Covid-19 pandemic and weak demand acted as a catalyst for lower earnings growth. The guidance for Q1Fy21 by most of the companies had been cautious due to the lockdown of states for a prolonged time.

The BSE Sensex index closed on a flat note on Friday as investors remained cautious amid rising tensions between the US and China. During the week, RBI kept the repo rate at 4.00% and reverse repo rate at 3.35% and forecasted Fy21 GDP real growth to be negative

The BSE Sensex index closed on a negative note on Friday, with heavyweight Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank leading the losses and with Bharti Airtel, Infosys, and Sun Pharma among the top gainers. India’s economic recovery continued to worry investors as a resurgence in coronavirus cases could lead to prolonged lockdown measures.

FIIs/FPIs have bought Indian equity shares worth Rs. 218 billion in June 2020 and bought shares worth Rs. 23 billion in July 2020 (till 26th July 2020). Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) Derivative Statistics have shown a rise in the open interest across Index Futures, Index Options, and Stock Futures.

Sensex & Nifty continued to record weekly gains as Infosys & Wipro reported better than expected results and investment by Google in Reliance Jio helped RIL share price to surge during the week. The number of Covid-19 cases in India, surpassed 108,000, forcing several state governments to re-impose the lockdown