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From a data perspective, during the recent recovery, the Nifty saw closure among short positions as FIIs closed their shorts last week. Moreover, the prevailing high Nifty premium has declined considerably in the last few sessions and is just close to 20 points ahead of the monthly settlement. However, aggressive Call writing is continued at ATM and OTM strikes which may act as an immediate hurdle. However, acceleration might be seen if Nifty can move above 18,200 levels.

The asset under management (AUM) grew by 17 per cent from Rs 2,56,870 crore as on December 31, 2021 to Rs 2,99,990 crore as on December 31, 2022 with debt-equity mix of 71:29, it said.

Shares of Netflix Inc jumped 8.46% as the streaming company added more subscribers than expected in the fourth quarter and said co-founder Reed Hastings was stepping down as chief executive.

The bank, which was created by the demerger of the infrastructure lending business of IDFC to IDFC Bank in November 2015, continued to wind down infrastructure financing and reduce single borrower exposure as per stated strategy.

The index has created a very well-defined trading range for itself at the moment and continues to stay within the defined boundaries. Markets witnessed mixed trends throughout the previous week. It stayed quite ranged and the trading range too remained narrow as the Nifty oscillated in a 330-point range in the past five sessions.

Adani Group has consistently aligned itself to support Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s agenda. It has pledged more than $70 billion to help India pivot from being a fossil fuel importer to a generator of renewable energy.

The worry is coming from the fact that the deposit growth has been weak. And this has been the case with all the other banks as well, the deposit growth has been weaker which translates into lower CASA ratio for many of them which also means higher cost of borrowing as they go forward and the NIM compression to happen in the subsequent quarters.

While the core operating income grew 32% year-on-year to Rs 4,402 crore, operating expenses rose at a slower pace than income growth at only 23% YoY, which resulted in improved operating leverage.

Yes, actually we have seen significant upside bounce in the IT pack recently especially midcap and the frontline caps. Nevertheless, I am not expecting any bigger upside momentum from here. We are likely to see some kind of a decline from the IT majors and at the lower levels they would find support.

Obviously next week also we are in expiry. Monthly expiry is coming up that is why we are seeing that markets have been quiet since the last three-four sessions. So, the sector on my radar is financials and within the financials also PSU banks.