Millions of investors across the globe will have their eyes glued to their screens tonight when the Federal Open Market Committee meeting gets underway. At stake is the answer to the trillion-dollar question of whether the Federal Reserve — in its wisdom —will decide to keep the interest rates higher for longer, or will it, … Read more
Nifty ended with weekly gains of 0.75% with leadership taken by banks, auto and metals. When markets resume trading on Monday, a host of important domestic and global events lined up during the holiday-shortened week are likely to impact them. Commenting on the day’s trade, Rupak De, Senior Technical Analyst at LKP Securities said that … Read more
Nomura on Friday forecast the U.S. Federal Reserve delivering a 100-basis-point interest rate cut in 2024 and reducing the pace of balance-sheet rundown in June, followed by an end to quantitative tightening in December. “We expect Friday’s PCE (personal consumption expenditures) report to show the 3m and 6m annualized pace of core PCE running below … Read more
Mumbai: India’s equity benchmarks closed at record levels on Thursday, extending gains to the eighth straight session as traders carried forward their bullish derivative bets to January on the expiry of the December contracts in the trading session. The BSE Sensex gained 0.52% or 371.95 points to close at 72,410. The Nifty advanced 0.57%, or … Read more
