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Due to short covering moves seen post September settlement, the futures open interest has been relatively lower in Bank Nifty and fresh shorts were not seen during the week. However, stock specific significant activities were observed ahead of result season and major Call writing positions are visible among PSU stocks and we may see limited upsides in this pack.

Second-quarter earnings will be led by the banking and finance, consumer, and automobile sectors and dragged down by commodity sectors such as metals and oil and gas, said Gautam Duggad, institutional research head at Motilal Oswal Financial Services.

The US Federal Reserve will release its minutes of meeting for the last meeting on Wednesday, when it announced a rate hike of 75 basis points. Markets will be looking at the commentary from the Fed members in order to tame the rising inflationary pressure.

Consider having some exposure to international funds once your domestic MF portfolio is well-diversified. Ideally an average investor should take 5% to 10% exposure to international funds.

We are one of the biggest importers of defence equipment and the government is very clear of going atmanirbhar on this of self-reliance.

Tracxn Technologies aims to raise Rs 309.38 crore via its initial stake sale, which is entirely an offer for sale (OFS) of up to 3.86,72,208 equity shares with a face value of Re 1 each by the promoters and existing shareholders of the company.

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RBI also expressed concern about the popularity of cryptocurrency in recent years. The proliferation of crypto assets can pose significant risks related to money laundering and financing of terrorism, the central bank fears.

However, the payoff of strategy is that of limited profit and limited loss as there is one out of the money sold put. The maximum gains will be restricted up to Rs 8,125 because the gains of a long 39,000 strike Put will be offset by the sold 38,500 strikes Put if Nifty Bank closes below 38,500 on expiry.

"Markets have not discounted a sharp and long recession in the US. If that scenario pans out, the market may witness sharp drawdowns. Thus, it would be better to partly move into pharma and FMCG," said Dr V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist, Geojit Financial Services. Foreign portfolio investors pumped in Rs 2,765 crore in FMCG stocks in September, the highest inflows last month, while they bought healthcare stocks worth Rs 1,833 crore.