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"The rupee erased opening gains as equities turned down while crude oil prices remained firm. Foreign fund outflows and widening trade balance weighed on the local unit," said Dilip Parmar, Analyst, HDFC Securities.

Salesforce Inc., one of the last big tech companies to report first-quarter earnings, surprised investors with a bullish forecast this week. Overall, 85% of software companies in the S&P 500 reported profits that beat expectations, versus just 79% for all tech companies, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

“If the Nasdaq falls further,then it will be too hard to move against the sentiment factor against IT in India. It is more of a global factor rather than just a local factor at the moment. We cannot take away the fact that the tailwinds were very strong for IT.”

"We believe that CBDCs could actually be able to kill whatever little case that could be for private cryptocurrencies," Sankar said while speaking at a seminar organised by the IMF.

The 30-share pack Sensex declined marginally by 48.88 points or 0.09 per cent to end the session at 55,769.23. Its broader peer Nifty50 settled 43.70 points or 0.26 per cent but managed to hold the 16,550 mark. Even though the benchmarks declined for 3 out of five sessions, they have managed to end the week with gains for the third straight week.

"If you are running a business, you have no idea about your raw material cost, supply chain issues, or how the demand will pan out, so it will be a very difficult environment to operate in and we should keep our expectations evaluated from that point of view.”

Analysts said a healthy earnings season despite rising input cost and tightening liquidity was the result of raw material inventory with corporates, the benefit of which will be missing in the coming quarters. The next two quarters will be crucial, they warned.

In the international market, both gold and silver were trading flat at USD 1,866 per ounce and USD 22.35 per ounce, respectively.

“Uday is the CEO till December 2023 but I think it is still premature to think about the exact name for succession. But I am sure the NRC and the board at an appropriate time will take that call. As far as Jay Kotak is concerned, he is working his way through the ranks of the organisation on merits.”

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