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The Reserve Bank analysed daily returns of 32 major bank stocks covering 90% of the banking sector assets and the correlation of the daily stock returns for each bank pair was computed for each calendar year from 2011 onward to measure the systemic risk levels.

In a company update filing with BSE, DMart, one of the largest retail chains in India also said that the total number of stores as of December 31, 2021 stood at 263.

Monday is likely to see a quiet start to the day. The levels of 17,440 and 17,500 are likely to act as resistance points. The support will come in at 17,280 and 17,200 levels.

"Structurally banks have taken out most of their NPA issues, corporate NPA issues are behind us, the fresh lending has been very careful and much conservative. On the retail side, secured lending in the home finance side should do well. "

After losing 15% from the record high, FMCG index is bouncing off its yearly mean support. Sustenance is likely to attract positive momentum in selected FMCG stocks.

Tata Motors dispatched about 35300 units in December 2021 against 32312 units despatched by South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor India. During the quarter of October to December, Tata Motors despatched close to 99000 vehicles and ended 2021 with sales of 3.31 lakh units.

In the BSE500 index, over 400 stocks registered gains during the week, whereas less than 100 stocks ended in the negative zone. Over two dozen stocks gained more than 10 per cent.

While their 2021 performances varied from Alphabet’s 65% surge to Amazon’s 2.4% slog, the group collectively added more than $2.45 trillion in market valuation. Microsoft, Apple and Alphabet were among the three biggest contributors to the S&P 500 Index’s 2021 gains.

"Due to ongoing litigations with Amazon.com NV Investment Holdings LLC, the company was not able to complete the planned monetisation of the specified business as contemplated in OTR plan to discharge the aforesaid obligations to lenders, on due date," the exchange notification said.

Home sales rose 71% year-on-year, with 237,000 units sold in 2021, thus reaching 90% of pre-Covid 2019 levels. Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) recorded the highest sales at 76,400 units, followed by the National Capital Region (NCR) with 40,050 units sold, data from Anarock Property Consultants showed.