Week Ahead: US Fed Policy, FPI inflows, crude oil prices, global cues among key market triggers this week

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Several triggers such foreign capital inflow, crude oil prices, US Federal Reserve policy meeting outcome, and global cues will decide market movement in the third week of March..

The domestic equity benchmarks snapped four-week rally and recorded the worst week since October 2023 with Nifty and Sensex declining 2.09 per cent and 1.99 per cent dragged by broader indices..

Small caps and midcaps logged their worst week in 15 months, witnessing a severe decline in the range of 4.7 per cent-5.5 per cent after capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) raised concerns over stretched valuations..

The factors which are likely to keep IPO market robust in 2024 could be rise in domestic capital, governance improvement, flourishing entrepreneurship, favourable government policies with FDI support, diligent institutional investors,'' said Arvinder Singh Nanda, Senior Vice President, of Master Capital Services Ltd...

Crude oil markets sizzled last week with international crude oil futures hitting a record five month high-mark to $85 per barrel after the International Energy Agency (IEA) raised its demand forecast for 2024, predicting a tighter market..

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