
Global financial markets face a week of significant economic data releases, corporate earnings, and policy developments. Flash manufacturing and services PMI readings are due from the US, Eurozone, UK, Japan, and Australia. US indicators include the Beige Book, existing and new home sales, and consumer sentiment surveys. In India, the HSBC Manufacturing and Services PMI for April will be released on April 23, with bank loan and deposit growth and foreign exchange reserves data expected on April 25. The International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C. will address global trade tensions and the impact of US tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. Market participants are watching US trade negotiations with the European Union and China after a 90-day pause in tariff implementation for all partners except China. In India, the Nifty 50 index has rallied 9.8% in two weeks to 23,852, surpassing its 200-day moving average and reclaiming 24,100. The Sensex has reached 78,553, while the Nifty Midcap 100 and Smallcap 100 indices are up 4.27% and 4.55% respectively. The Midcap index has gained over 2%. Technical indicators such as RSI and MACD indicate a positive trend, with resistance for Nifty at 24,169 and 25,000, and support at 23,500. The India VIX has dropped to 15.47. Foreign institutional investors net bought Rs 14,670 crore last week, and domestic institutional investors net bought Rs 21,118 crore for the month. More than 100 major Indian companies, including HCL Technologies, Tata Consumer Products, Axis Bank, Hindustan Unilever, SBI Life Insurance, Tech Mahindra, and Maruti Suzuki, are scheduled to report quarterly earnings. Internationally, US companies such as Tesla and Alphabet will announce results. Brent crude oil settled at $67.96 per barrel, the US 10-year Treasury yield dropped to 4.33%, and the US dollar index fell to 99.23. European and UK markets will be closed on Monday for holidays, resulting in reduced trading volumes in some regions.
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