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The policy decision, due at 1800 GMT, will mark the latest move in a synchronized policy shift by global central banks that is testing the resilience of the world economy and the ability of countries to manage exchange rate shocks as the value of the dollar soars.

“I think IPOs have taken a breather but it will be probably three to six months away from coming back,” Debasish Purohit, co-head of India investment banking at Bank of America, said in a Bloomberg Television interview on Wednesday. Some of last year’s IPO activity has more recently given way to sales of secondary shares, which are quicker and give holders a chance to monetize their stakes, Purohit said.

The encumbered shares account for Adani Group’s 57 per cent stake in ACC and a 63 per cent stake in Ambuja Cements.

“Nifty, Sensex and midcap whatever my allocation is there in the passive portions. If I got Rs 100, I will allocate Rs 30 to Rs 40 overall into the passives; remaining I will keep in the actives because I still firmly believe that active will continue to outperform the index funds.”

The CSI 300 Index ended down 0.7%, hitting the lowest level since May 9, while the Shanghai Composite Index edged down 0.2%. The Hang Sang Index fell 1.8%, and the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index declined 2.2%. Other Asian stocks fell, following a sell-off on Wall Street overnight. The yuan also weakened to a new 26-month low against a rising dollar right ahead of the Fed policy settings.

The Federal Open Market Committee is expected to raise rates by 75 basis points on Wednesday for a third straight meeting, delivering the most aggressive tightening since Paul Volcker led the central bank in the early 1980s.

Today, we analyse companies which have posted sales growth of over 20 per cent in the last four quarters and have excluded companies that have posted net losses in any of the last four quarters. The stock price performance also matters and hence we considered only companies that have given over 100% return in the last one year

Advanced Enzymes is a research-driven company with global leadership in the manufacturing of enzymes and probiotics. It has state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities and research & development centres across India, the US, and Europe.

Roubini expects the US and global recession to last all of 2023, depending on how severe the supply shocks and financial distress will be. During the 2008 crisis, households and banks took the hardest hits. This time around, he said corporations, and shadow banks, such as hedge funds, private equity and credit funds.

A total of 3,856 shares changed hands on the counter till 01:19PM (IST).