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The smallcase Newsletter: Latest Stock Market Updates
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Markets end the week in green as index heavy-weight Reliance's stock price jumps coupled with investors shrugging border tensions with China.
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Markets end the week in red after a slew of disappointing macroeconomic data coupled with rising geopolitical tensions crippled investor confidence.
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With positive cues from global markets and heavy buying in BFSI stocks, benchmark indices closed in the green for this week.
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Benchmark indices ended the week in green despite no rate cuts by the reserve bank of india. Monetary policy is important as it ensures a stable economy.
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Benchmark indices ended the week in green despite Covid-19 showing no signs of slowing down added to which there were major tensions between US and China
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Benchmark indices ended the week in green. This was amidst inflation data wherein CPI and WPI exceeded expectations and India registered a trade surplus.