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119 companies will release third-quarter earnings results, including Bajaj Auto, Hyundai Motor, and Cipla. Bajaj Auto expects a 7% revenue rise despite weak domestic volumes. Hyundai may see a 10% profit drop with a 2% revenue decline due to adverse mix. Analysts predict varied impacts on industries this earnings season.

Hyundai Motor is expected to report a decline in third-quarter results due to lower volumes and higher discounts. Revenues could drop 2% year-on-year, leading to a 10% dip in profitability. Analysis suggests declining margins and muted stock performance. However, future growth prospects look promising with new plant developments and an upcoming e-Creta launch, according to CLSA.

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DeepSeek, a Chinese startup, unveiled an AI platform that competes with top US models at lower costs, causing a major selloff in US tech stocks. The Nasdaq 100 index dropped significantly, raising questions about future AI investments and the dominance of US firms in the AI sector.

​Ideally, yes, time to hide in defensives, rather than that probably just phase out your investments over the next one month because you will have the end of the earning season, you will probably also see the budget as well as what Mr Trump does in the US.

​With every downswing there are opportunities and then in the longer term if the business fundamentals are sound, a lot of companies will be much better, at much higher market caps than they are today. So, a temporary fall is not usually a big problem.

A selloff was triggered after a cheap AI model from Chinese startup DeepSeek climbed to the top of Apple’s appstore, sparking concerns that valuations of the technology may be tough to justify. Japanese stocks fell, with chip-related shares extending Monday’s declines. That was after the S&P 500 dropped 1.5% and the Nasdaq 100 sank 3%. Nvidia Corp., the poster child of the AI boom, suffered the biggest market-cap loss for a single stock in market history.

Bajaj Housing Finance reported 25% year-on-year (YoY) growth in its profit after tax (PAT) to Rs 548 crore in the third quarter, while net interest income rose 25% YoY to Rs 806 crore.