Gains drive market to end high; Auto Index led gains
The stock market ended higher on Friday, driven by gains. The domestic market witnessed low volatility in the absence of fresh triggers and traded on a positive note throughout the session.
The Indian stock market indices have decreased marginally this morning, after two weeks of a steady rally.
As Indian stock market investors are waiting for fresh cues from US Federal Reserve’s monetary policy review meeting outcome to be announced later today.
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At 9.39 am, the Sensex was down 67.11 points, or 0.11 percent, and the Nifty was down 18.10 points, or 0.100 percent, at 18,127.30.
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Indian markets had a strong start to the new month and yesterday’s session concluded in positive territory for the fourth straight day.
“Today, the markets are likely to get a cautious start amid lackluster global cues ahead of the US Fed policy outcome later in the day,” said Mohit Nigam, Head – PMS at Hem Securities.
Investors will be paying great attention to the Reserve Bank of India’s supplementary and out-of-turn monetary policy meeting on Thursday.
For the record, retail inflation in India increased to 7.41% in September and remained beyond the authorised range of 2–6% for the third consecutive quarter.
If the CPI-based inflation is outside the 2–6% range for three consecutive quarters, the flexible inflation targeting framework considers the RBI have failed in managing price increases.
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