Dalal Street Week Ahead: Macro data, rate decisions, FII flows set to influence market

Domestic equity benchmarks logged mild gains during the trading week from December 9 to December 13, with the Nifty 50 rising 90.5 points, or 0.4 per cent. The overall gains were driven by strong buying interest in spaces like IT and consumer durables. On the other hand, stocks of PSU banks along with FMCG and oil & gas firms kept the upside in check. Bajaj Finance, Shriram Finance, Wipro, Infosys and Tata Steel, clinching weekly gains of between 2.5 per cent and 4.0 per cent, rose the most among the 17 gainers in the Nifty 50 basket. On the flipside, HUL, Tata Consumer, Reliance, NTPC and Cipla were the weekly losers in the pack, falling between 3.5 per cent and 6.0 per cent.  

Here's how various sectoral gauges fared on NSE:

Broader indices were a mixed bag, with the Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100 rising 0.5 per cent and falling 0.4 per cent respectively. 

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) net sold Indian shares worth Rs 226.7 crore during the week, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) made net purchases to the tune of Rs 2,880 crore, according to provisional exchange data. However, for the month so far, FIIs and DIIs both have brought inflows to Dalal Street, having net purchased shares to the tune of Rs 11,706.9 crore and Rs 4,672.5 crore, respectively. 

As market participants await a new week, here are a few key events set to be in focus on Dalal Street: 

DOMESTIC

The week will begin with the scheduled release of a private PMI survey on manufacturing and services activities in the country, due at 10:30 am on Monday. 

Later that day, monthly data sets on wholesale inflation trends and passenger vehicle sales in the country are due at noon. 

Minutes of the December policy meeting are due at 5 pm on Friday.

GLOBAL

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