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15 December  2017 

I had mentioned in last week’s closing report that Nifty, Sensex might be headed higher over the next few days. The major indices of the Indian stock markets showed volatility in trading through the week and closed on Friday with small weekly gains over last Friday’s close. The trends of the major indices in the course of the week’s trading are given in the table below: The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
 
Weekly Indices (The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions)
On Monday, the major indices of the Indian stock markets closed with gains over Friday’s close. On the NSE, there were 877 advances, 824 declines and 301 unchanged. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions

Tata Motors on Monday said it will increase prices of its entire passenger vehicle range by up to Rs25,000, starting from January, due to rising input costs. "The changing market conditions, rising input costs and various external economic factors have compelled us to consider the price increase," said Mayank Pareek, President, Passenger Vehicle Business, Tata Motors.

After average 20% wage hikes for Coal India Ltd's 2.98 lakh permanent workers, its trade unions are set for negotiating a wage revision for contractual workers and a committee for this is likely to be set up in a month, a trade union leader said on Sunday. After a long negotiation, Coal India management and workers' unions had signed the Memorandum of Agreement for National Coal Wage Agreement and this would be effective for five years till June 30, 2021. The state-run miner had said the wage hike for permanent workers' would have an estimated average annual impact of Rs5,667 crore and it had made provisions for the wage revision. The proposed committee will have representations from all the trade unions and also from the management, Ramanandan said. However, the miner's bottomline has been under pressure in the last few quarters and it had reported close to 40% fall in its consolidated net profit to Rs368.88 crore in the quarter ended September 30, 2017 as compared to Rs612.44 crore in the corresponding quarter last fiscal. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions

Telecom major Airtel said it will provide mobile connectivity in 2,100 uncovered villages and national highways in the north-eastern states over the coming 18 months. This work is to be undertaken under an agreement with the Department of Telecom (DoT), a company release said. Caution ahead of macroeconomic data points release pulled the key indices of the domestic equity markets lower during Tuesday's trade session. According to industry observers, heavy selling pressure was witnessed in interest sensitive stocks -- banking, auto and capital goods -- and FMCG (fast moving consumer goods) companies. On the NSE, there were 476 advances, 1,066 declines and 45 unchanged.

Bharti Airtel on Tuesday launched 4G services in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, a company statement said. The statement said customers in 130 towns and villages, including Kargil, Leh, and Dras will now get connected with 4G. Under the Project Leap initiative, Airtel's nationwide 4G footprint now spans from Ladakh in the north to Kanyakumari in the south and from Tawang in the east to Kutch in the west. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions

After a volatile trade session, the key Indian equity indices on Wednesday closed on a lower note as investors booked profits in metals, capital goods and banking stocks. According to market observers, the benchmark indices gave up all their morning gains to close in the red for the second day in a row as traders were cautious ahead of the US Federal Reserve's policy outcome later in the evening.  Selling pressure in index heavyweights like Cipla, Adani Ports, State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and Larsen and Toubro pulled the indices lower. On the NSE, there were 416 advances, 1,111 declines and 38 unchanged.

A spurt in food and fuel prices pushed India's annual retail inflation in November over the RBI's (Reserve Bank of India) median level of 4%, even as factory output growth in October contracted to 2.2%, official data showed on Tuesday, even as industry called for "remedial" measures to help revive demand. According to the data from the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, consumer price index (CPI) inflation in November rose to 4.88% from 3.58% reported for October. 

As per the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data released by the Central Statistics Office, on a year-on-year basis, the manufacturing sector expanded by 2.5%, whereas mining output was a mere 0.2% and electricity generation expanded by 3.2%. Overall, the macro-economic data released by the government had dampened investors’ sentiments, on Wednesday.

Key Indian equity indices on Thursday traded in the red with selling pressure in consumer durables, capital goods and metal stocks. IT (information technology) major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) was the top loser. However, later in the trading session, the major indices recovered and rallied to close with gains. On the NSE, there were 549 advances, 960 declines and 49 unchanged. US Federal Reserve overnight raised interest rates by 25 basis points in Janet Yellen's last policy meeting. Asian indices closed with small losses. 

A rise in food and fuel prices pushed India's annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices to 3.93% for November, official data showed on Thursday. 
According to data from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the wholesale price index (WPI) accelerated to 3.93% in November from 3.59% during October and 1.82% during November 2016. On a sequential basis, the expenses on primary articles, which constitute 22.62% of the WPI's total weightage, edged higher by 5.28%, from an increase of 3.33% in October. The prices of food articles rose by 6.06% from an acceleration of 4.30% in October. Inflation data also contributed to the early losses in trading on Thursday. 


On Friday, the major indices of the Indian stock markets rallied and closed with significant gains over Thursday’s close. Cheering the Gujarat exit polls, the key Indian equity indices extended gains for the second consecutive session and traded on a higher note on Friday. On the BSE market breadth, buying was observed in all the sub-indices, with the upward rally given a boost by index heavyweights like Mahindra and Mahindra, Bajaj Auto, HDFC Bank, Adani Ports, and Larsen and Toubro among others. On the NSE, there were 1,005 advances, 495 declines and 55 unchanged.The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions

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