Notwithstanding their losses this week, equities gained over the quarter, driving up their value relative to other asset classes and forcing managers with strict allocation mandates to sell them to meet targets. Bonds are the likely beneficiaries of sales by sovereign wealth, pension and balanced mutual funds looking to replenish their fixed-income holdings, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. and StoneX Financial Inc.

Large-cap funds witnessed an outflow in November for the first time in 15 months, with year-to-date inflows at just one-fifth of index funds, according to data from the Association of Mutual Funds of India (AMFI)

The recent momentum helped the stock to register a fresh record high in December. The stock rallied by over 14% in a week and over 11% in a month.

"Mahindra CIE is trading above its major moving averages on daily charts along with RSI trading above 70 which suggests the trend is gaining strength. The stock has strong relative strength charts and is expected to outperform its peers in coming weeks," Gaurav Bissa, VP, InCred Equities, said.

After one year of continued outflows, the BFSI space has started witnessing fresh flows in the last two quarters where banking was the major beneficiary. We expect the same trend to continue in CY23 as well, it added.Equity markets have witnessed the return of foreign funds since July 2022. They turned net buyers of almost Rs 84,000 crore.

Further, capital flows will be dictated by the global developments, particularly the trends in the dollar index and US bond yields. This, in turn, will be determined by the trajectory of US inflation, said V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services.

Concerns over looming recession in the US and continuance of the hawkish stance by central banks globally weighed on Indian markets in Friday’s session. Continuing the losing run for the second straight day, indices ended lower, with Nifty tumbling to below 18,300 levels. On a weekly basis, Nifty dropped by over 1%.“Nifty spot has closed the week in red and that too below the support of 18350. There is also a negative crossover of 5 and 20 DEMA. Along with this, there is Head and Shoulder pattern breakdown on the intraday chart. Thus, this technical rationale indicates that the pessimism might continue and drag the index towards 18000-17800 in the coming week,” Mehul Kothari - AVP-Technical Research, Anand Rathi Shares & Stock Brokers, said. Here are 3 stock recommendations for Monday:

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From the options front, sharp decline post Fed meet has resulted in heavy Call writing at ATM and OTM strike. While the put base is at ATM 18300 strike, Call bases are much stronger at 18400 and higher strikes. Hence a move above 18400 should be looked for fresh longs in the index.

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Barring HDFC Bank, rest nine companies, including Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, ICICI Bank and Hindustan Unilever, witnessed decline in their market valuation.

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"Due to the fact that FIIs were net sellers for a significant portion of December, institutional flows will be another crucial trigger," said Santosh Meena, Head of Research, Swastika Investmart Ltd.

On a sectoral front, Consumer Durable sector was the biggest laggard, followed by sharp fall in IT, realty, FMCG and media counters. Only, Infra, telecom and oil & gas stocks were the only gainers.

Despite the surge in participating countries over the decades, only eight teams have won the FIFA World Cup till date and only two continents have succeeded as champions of the FIFA World Cup, Europe and South America.

Nifty has officially delayed its breakout and will continue resisting the crucial 18,600 levels. Moving past this point remains critically important to reattempt any breakout by the index. On the other hand, Bank Nifty has continued to relatively outperform Nifty.

Nifty has officially delayed its breakout and will continue resisting the crucial 18,600 levels. Moving past this point remains critically important to reattempt any breakout by the index. On the other hand, Bank Nifty has continued to relatively outperform Nifty.

“November data shows largecap category witnessed redemption of Rs 1,038 crore on one side, while on theother side, midcap category saw inflows of Rs 1,176 crore and smallcap funds received Rs 1,378 crore,” said Viraj Gandhi, CEO, Samco Mutual Fund.

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Despite the surge in participating countries over the decades, only eight teams have won the FIFA World Cup till date and only two continents have succeeded as champions of the FIFA World Cup, Europe and South America.

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With inflation soaring, the Fed raising interest rates, Russia's war in Ukraine and China's decision to drop its "zero COVID" policy, a recession all but certain in Europe and increasingly likely in the United States, clear maps of the future would be particularly welcome now.

Let us get into some data-crunching now. There have been only five instances since 2005 where the Nifty Smallcap100 has given negative returns. However, in the following year, the index yielded a return of above 20% barring a single instance in 2019.

Equity inflows totalled $18 billion and bond funds saw $2.3 billion of inflows while investors sold $0.2 billion of gold and shed cash at the highest rate in three months, selling $31.1 billion.

Following US Federal Reserve's 50 bps interest rate hikes to combat inflation on December 14, other global central banks also raised their interest rates. On Thursday, central banks in Europe and Asia tightened rates, sending equity markets globally into a tailspin.

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After a month of drawing down positions, investors poured $25 billion in stocks in the week through Wednesday only to see the S&P 500 plummet as the Federal Reserve and other central banks stuck with hawkish stances that threaten to spur a recession.

PSU banks stole the show, extending their gains. UCO Bank surged over 54%, whereas Indian Overseas Bank gained 30%. Meanwhile, Punjab & Sind Bank gained 20%, and Bank Of Maharashtra and Central Bank of India added 13% each.

Meanwhile investors sold $0.2 billion of gold and shed cash at the highest rate in three months, selling $31.1 billion.

Penny stocks have no defined theoretical definition. However, stocks in single digits or below Rs 10 are bracketed in this club. In this study, companies with a market cap of less than Rs 1,000 crore at the end of 2021 have been considered.

Penny stocks have no defined theoretical definition. However, stocks in single digits or below Rs 10 are bracketed in this club. In this study, companies with a market cap of less than Rs 1,000 crore at the end of 2021 have been considered.

Universities Superannuation Scheme, the trustee company of UK's largest private pension scheme by assets, Aditya Birla Sun Life MF, Plutus Wealth Management, and Indus Capital were among the buyers, deal data showed.

However, money managers are not very confident in betting on the smaller and mid-sized state-owned banks eventhough many of them have undertaken a major clean-up of their balance sheets and have seen a sharp expansion in their price-to-book values.

Economists at JPMorgan, for example, estimate core PCE prices probably rose about 0.1% in November, based on the CPI report and another Labor Department report on producer prices.

Mester has been a voting member of the rate setting Federal Open Market Committee this year but will not hold that role next year. On Wednesday, the FOMC raised its target rate by half a percentage point as it continues to work toward lowering the highest levels of inflation seen in decades.

Signs of pessimism over the economy have crept into asset prices in recent weeks, as investors grow increasingly worried that the Federal Reserve's most aggressive monetary policy tightening in 40 years - aimed at reducing inflation - will also hamstring growth

The sectoral gross NPA ratio was around 10% while the PAR 30+ ratio was 17.1% as of September 30, 2021. That time, the Reserve Bank of India had allowed lenders to restructure microfinance loans helping them to keep their NPA ratio lower.

"Indian markets will continue to dance to global cues and the next two-three months will remain volatile," said Mayuresh Joshi, head equity research, William O'Neil India. "The hawkish tone of global central banks indicates that they have been behind the curve in fighting inflation."

New York Fed President John Williams said on Friday it remains possible the U.S. central bank will raise rates more than it expects next year

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At 10:10 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 343.24 points at 32,858.98

Under the framework, scenarios which may potentially prevent a clearing corporation from being able to provide its critical services and may lead to winding down of its critical operations and services have been identified.

But when it comes to some Wall Street forecasts that argue the Fed may need to go as high as 6% or 7% on the federal funds rate target, Williams said "that's definitely not my baseline."

He had availed loan to exercise warrants and enable maintaining the total promoter's stake at a minimum of 26 per cent during the first 5 years of operations that ended in January 2022 as per the RBI regulations, it said.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 35.76 points, or 0.11%, at the open to 33,166.46