Indian Shares Extend Gains As Oil Prices Slide; Feb Inflation In Focus

Indian shares rose on Monday, extending beneficial properties from final week, as oil costs declined on hopes of progress in Russia-Ukraine peace talks

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Indian shares rose on Monday, extending beneficial properties from final week, as oil costs declined on hopes of progress in Russia-Ukraine peace talks, with traders eyeing the nation’s retail inflation information due later within the day. By 0511 GMT, the blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index was up 0.32% at 16,684, whereas the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex had gained 0.52% to 55,838.88. Most shares markets in Asia firmed whereas oil costs prolonged final week’s decline after each Russia and Ukraine gave their most upbeat evaluation but of prospects for talks. [MKTS/GLOB] Investors’ focus can also be on February retail inflation, which doubtless slipped marginally, based on a Reuters ballot, with surveyed economists additionally warning concerning the influence of surging oil costs.

“The single most important variable to track is crude, which has been on the softer side,” stated Pankaj Pandey, head of retail analysis at ICICI Securities in Mumbai.

India is the world’s third largest oil importer and shopper, and is thus prone to excessive inflation if oil costs rise.

“The decline in crude from the recent high… indicates that the feared high inflation may not materialise,” stated VK Vijayakumar, chief funding strategist at Geojit Financial Services.

The Nifty Bank Index gained 1%, helped by HDFC Bank, which added 2.3% after saying on Saturday that the central financial institution had lifted restrictions on a few of its actions beneath its digital programme.

Among particular person shares, digital funds firm Paytm slid 10.7%, after the central financial institution barred Paytm Payments Bank from taking up new clients and ordered a complete audit of its IT programs.

Jubilant FoodWorks, the Indian franchise associate of Domino’s Pizza, fell as a lot as 14.7%. The firm’s high boss resigned on Friday.

(Reporting by Anuron Kumar Mitra in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu and Uttaresh.V)

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