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Experts list out triggers to drive Indian markets in holiday-shortened week

Stock markets will be closed on Thursday for Mahavir Jayanti and Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti, as well as on Friday on account of Good Friday

Macro data, Omicron, global trends to guide markets this week: Analysts

In what turned out to be a historic year, the Indian stock indices went past multiple milestones and the 30-share Sensex made an annual gain of 10,502.49 points or 21.99 per cent in 2021

Markets post strong gains for a second day, key indices gain 1.3% each

The new variant had rattled the markets, with several countries imposing travel restrictions, raising questions about whether the global economic recovery could sustain

Global trends, Q2 earnings, macro data to drive markets this week: Analysts

Stock-specific movement will be seen as the market is heading for the last batch of Q2 earnings

V-shaped recovery in Q1 shows strong macroeconomic fundamentals: FinMin

The V-shaped recovery in the first quarter of 2021-22, despite the brutal second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, is a testimony to India's strong macroeconomic fundamentals

Macroeconomic data, RBI policy to drive markets this week, say analysts

Domestic equity markets would be driven by macroeconomic data, quarterly earnings, and RBI interest rate decision this week, analysts said. Global trends and the pace of vaccination would also guide the local equities, they added. "In the week ahead, the key event in the domestic market will be the announcement of RBI's monetary policy decision. To give a view on economic recovery, the market awaits the release of manufacturing and service PMI data," said Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services. Among major earnings announcements, HDFC, PNB, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, Bank Of India, Bharti Airtel, State Bank Of India, and M&M would release their financial results. Nirali Shah, Head of equity research, Samco Securities, said, "The RBI's MPC meeting is scheduled for the coming week. Auto sales numbers, PMI figures along with the result season will continue to drive stock specific movements on D-Street." "Macroeconomic data, pace of vaccination and ...

India's GDP grows 1.6% in fourth quarter, contracts 7.3% in FY21

This is the first full-year contraction in the Indian economy in the last four decades since 1979-80, when GDP had shrunk by 5.2 per cent

All-round contraction in core sectors leads to 4.6% fall in overall index

May sharpen decline in IIP in Feb

World shares mixed as China reports so-so economic data

Shares rose in Europe after a mixed session in Asia on Monday as China reported a variety of data that painted a complicated picture of its recovery from the pandemic. The passage of a $1.9 trillion aid package for the US economy has added to investor confidence that the US and global economy will likely experience a strong recovery from the pandemic in the second half of the year but also potentially increase the rate of inflation. Germany's DAX climbed 0.3% to 14,546.95 and the CAC 40 in Paris added 0.5% to 6,075.54. Britain's FTSE 100 was up 0.4% at 6,789.86. US futures pointed to an upbeat start, with the contract for the S&P 500 up 0.3% and that for the Dow industrials 0.4% higher. Markets got a mixed message from the data out of China, which has led the global recovery, reopening earlier than other countries from coronavirus shut-downs that emerged in the central city of Wuhan in early 2020. Retail sales jumped nearly 36% year-on-year in January-February from a year earlier.

India turns to artificial intelligence for better and faster economic data

The country of 1.3 billion people, only 20 per cent of whom know how to use the internet, had to suspend field surveys during the lockdown, which led to gaps in reporting monthly retail inflation numb

Macroeconomic data, US Fed decision to drive markets this week: Analysts

During the last week, the 30-share BSE benchmark index jumped 1,019.46 points or 2.26 per cent

Macro situation uncertain, economy to contract by 10% in FY21: Pronab Sen

Sen said quarterly GDP numbers are still derived from some corporate accounts and corporates have not fared as badly as the non-corporate sector

Weekly economic indicators: Rail rebound, retail footfalls on the rise

Positive signs for economy as festival season draws near

Location data, goods moved: More weekly indicators on economy turn positive

Power generation numbers and Delhi emissions, too show economy may be turning the corner

Performance of MPC 1.0 between 2016 and now explained in three charts

The economy and the affairs between RBI and govt were tumultuous in the four years to 2020. Business Standard takes a look at MPC's performance and its consonance with major macroeconomic indicators

Tech stocks lift Wall St even as Covid impact on economy dampens sentiment

The information technology index jumped another 1.2% after outperforming for most of the week as investors ditched value-linked stocks in the face of deteriorating economic data

Macro data, firm earnings, global cues to guide markets this week: Experts

Besides, investors will keep tracking latest developments and trends on the Covid-19 pandemic front, like data on infection cases and fatality rates as well as update on vaccine trials

RBI Guv meets heads of rating agencies, seeks assessment of Indian economy

During the meeting, among other matters, agencies' assessment of the macroeconomic situation and outlook on various sectors, including the financial sector, was discussed.

Dow Jones, S&P tumble over 2% on gloomy economic data, bank earnings

The banking subsector declined 5.2%, falling for the third straight day

Impact of divergence between ministries and govt depts on economic data

Departments are most reluctant to factor in changes in the GDP within the same financial year