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Nifty gained 2% weekly but declined Friday due to US inflation concerns, geopolitics, FIIs selling. Markets closed May 1 for Maharashtra Day. Key factors to watch include US Fed FOMC, Q4FY2024 earnings, and technical factors. "Going ahead, FII activity remains a key factor to watch especially considering their already low holdings in the Indian market."
"Nifty concluded the week at 21,571.80, marking a decline of 323 points from 21,894 levels, on a weekly basis. Pharma, realty, and metal sectors faced selling pressure. Despite persstent attempts to breach crucial resistance, each of them resulted in a sell-off,” Om Mehra, Technical Analyst, at SAMCO Securities said.
When stock markets resume trading on Tuesday in the holiday shortened week, a host of important domestic and global events lined-up during this week are likely to impact them. The underlying tone of the market remains positive. Major global markets will remain shut for trading on December 25, Monday on account of Christmas holiday.
Foreign portfolio investors, which turned sellers in the domestic market early this month, remained so in the week gone by. So far in September, they have net sold Indian equities worth Rs 10,164 crore, according to NSDL data. In the cash market, FII sold shares to the tune of Rs 18,260 crore, so far this month.
Slew of domestic quarterly earnings releases by firms including Power Grid, Titan Company and Gail (India) and several AGMs are expected to focus investors' attention on corporate earnings this week. Despite foreign institutional inflows slowing down after a strong start to the month, the overall trajectory of the Indian stock market remains positive, said Shibani Sircar Kurian, senior EVP and head of equity research at Kotak Mahindra Asset Management, although the market is consolidating after a strong recent rally.