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Poonawalla Fincorp Ltd, Arvind Smartspaces, Suryoday Small Finance Bank, Sharda Cropchem, and Titagarh Wagons, and South Indian Bank, among others.

Meanwhile, a two-decade-high US dollar and concerns over the economic downturn in China, the largest commodity consumer, eased most of such gains in the second half of the year.

Optimists may point out that the rate-hiking peak is on the horizon, possibly in March, with money markets expecting the Fed to switch into rate-cutting mode by the end of 2023. A Bloomberg News survey found 71% of top global investors expect equities to rise in 2023.

BFSI, metal, and auto stocks helped the market recover during the week. Buying from domestic institutions and retail, combined with a lack of large ticket sales by FIIs in the last week of the year, resulted in a significant price recovery.

Inflation is a part and parcel of life pinching us every few years. 2022 proved that classic inflation hedges don’t always work. Despite high inflation, we witnessed flat prices in gold. Our portfolio needs to be well-diversified across asset classes with well-balanced investing among sectors.

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The New York Fed said that its reverse repo facility took in $2.554 trillion in cash from money market funds and other eligible financial firms, besting the prior high water mark seen on Sept. 30, when inflows totaled $2.426 trillion.

Economists in a Reuters poll had expected the PMI to come in at 48.0. The 50-point mark separates contraction from growth on a monthly basis.

But while bonds rebounded in October and November, prices have retreated over the last few weeks, as investors digested stronger-than-expected U.S. economic data and as China reopened from COVID-19 restrictions, which some believe could add to price pressures in the new year.

The party spoiler for equities was yet again COVID. The staggering increase in the number of cases and deaths in China resurfaced concerns over its spread to the neighbouring countries and the subsequent impact on mobility and business activities.