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“Compared to Q3, prices are higher by 1% to 2% only and not much higher. Prices will be higher by 1% to 2% only or that is the trend till February now. But the coal prices have come down so the costing is expected to come down, so the margin expansion is in place.”

“Technically, the price of Zomato stock has surpassed the falling channel on the daily scale with a bullish candle, and buying interest is visible at the support zone,” Motilal said. “The momentum indicators have retested the breakout on the daily scale and started a fresh up move,” it added

Spot gold prices in the Delhi markets traded at Rs 57,463 per 10 gram, up Rs 335 per 10 gram," Saumil Gandhi, Senior Analyst - Commodities at HDFC Securities, said.In the overseas market, both gold and silver were trading higher at USD 1,880 per ounce and USD 22.45 per ounce, respectively.

"India has received a bit of bad press and it has sort of come from the whole Adani affair but underlying India remains a very attractive market with good companies with very attractive growth rates coming through for the foreseeable future. The China reopening has perhaps in the short term encouraged some short-term money to flow out of India into other emerging markets, particularly China."

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“The stock has witnessed a bullish movement following the retest of the neckline of a rounding bottom pattern. The breakout was observed during the first week of December 2022, signaling the inception of an upward trend. The breakout is confirmed as it is accompanied by higher volumes.

Uniqlo store operator Fast Retailing shaved another 36 points from the index with its 1.3% decline, falling from the seven-week high touched in the previous session following a steep three-week rally

“On a qualitative level, we have seen that there is margin pressure and the reason for that is many of these companies are unwilling to let go of market share or let go of volume. They are compromising on margins, absorbing the raw material prices increase in order to maintain or increase their market share and use their balance sheet strength wherever they can. That is a good long-term strategy to build market share.”

Since this was the last full budget before the 2024 General Elections, it was expected that the government could announce some income support for the rural sector or implement some measures to boost consumption growth in the economy.

Revenue from operations increased 7% year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 15,438 crore in the December quarter. It was Rs 14,370 crore in the year-ago period.