GDP data, F&O expiry among top factors that will guide market this week

The government is scheduled to release GDP print for December quarter of financial year 2018-19 (FY19) on Thursday. The February 2019 futures & options (F&O) contracts will expire on the same day.

After falling for nine straight days, the S&P BSE Sensex regained some lost ground in the second half of the week gone-by. The Nifty50 index, too, followed suit. On a weekly basis, the Sensex ended 0.17 per cent higher, while the broader Nifty50 index settled 0.62 per cent up.

Going ahead, with the earnings season drawing to a close, the focus will now shift to macros and general elections, whose dates are expected to be announced this week.

"Global as well domestic factors have a higher probability of driving the Indian bourses going ahead, but uncertainty will prevail given the