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Before the Dec-14th Fed meet, with two back to back inflation readings surprising positively, markets began to price in a bullish Fed pivot – growth supportive vs inflation fighting - for 2023. Widely broadcasted speech of Chair Powell in Nov-22 indicating a downshift

Meanwhile, a “Liquid Tradeable BTC” proxy tracked by Arcane Research has slid to June 2020 lows, and exchange balances have fallen to 12% thanks to a rise in self-custody, the company said in a report compiled by Bendik Schei and Vetle Lunde. This, they say, has direct implications for Bitcoin liquidity because fewer coins available to trade can mean more volatility.

The market for perform-to-earn cryptocurrencies is rapidly growing, with numerous projects entering the space in recent years. According to a report by Frost & Sullivan, the global market for perform-to-earn cryptocurrencies is expected to reach $31.9 billion by 2025, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 33.5% from 2020 to 2025.

The Banking Index was under immense selling pressure and on the weekly chart, it underperformed against the benchmark index. Bank Nifty has closed below 9 & 21 EMA on the daily chart but on the weekly time frame, index is trading above its 21 EMA which is placed at 41,017 levels. The overall trend is bullish as prices are trading within the rising channel pattern with higher high higher bottom construction on the weekly scale.

"Increasing concerns over re-emergence of Covid in some parts of the world and recession worries in the US have been keeping FPIs away from emerging markets like India," Himanshu Srivastava, Associate Director - Manager Research at Morningstar India, said.

Global brokerage Nomura prefers largecaps over midcaps in the IT pack in the current environment, as it believes earnings risks are material in midcaps in a slowing demand outlook. In largecaps, its top buy idea is Infosys while it has a reduce call on TCS. Emkay Global, on the other hand, has a buy call on Infosys and Hold on TCS. ICICIDirect lists Infosys as its top pick from the sector.

The valuation of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) eroded by Rs 17,289.02 crore to Rs 11,75,287.30 crore and that of ICICI Bank diminished by Rs 14,447.69 crore to Rs 6,07,140.65 crore.

"The index is already trading in oversold territory so a pullback cannot be ruled out from the current level. The undertone remains bearish as long as the Nifty stays below 18,200 and BankNifty below the 43,000 mark. Since the markets have already witnessed a sharp correction a pullback rally can be deployed from the current levels."

Gold prices changed little in the international markets last year. Despite the geopolitical crisis and recession fears reigniting its safe-haven demand in the first quarter, a strong US dollar had cast shadows on the prospects of the yellow metal for the rest of the year.