The Indian stock market is expected to open in the red as trends on SGX Nifty indicate a gap-down opening for the broader index in India with a loss of 100 points.

The BSE Sensex climbed 936 points or 1.68 percent to 56,486, while the Nifty50 jumped 241 points or 1.45 percent to 16,871 and formed a bullish candle on the daily charts.

Consumer Price Index inflation rises 

India’s retail inflation in February rose marginally to 6.07 percent from 6.01 percent in the previous month, data released on March 14 by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation showed. Inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 5.03 percent in February 2021.

The CPI inflation print for February is above the consensus estimate. As per a Reuters poll, economists had expected retail inflation to slip to 5.93 percent.

FII and DII data

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) continue selling in India as they have net sold shares worth Rs 176.52 crore on March 14, the lowest offloading in a single day in the last one month. However, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) have bought shares worth Rs 1,098.62 crore on the same day, as per provisional data available on the NSE.

NBFC-retail’s assets under management likely to grow 8-10% in FY23: Report

The asset under management (AUM) of non-banking financial companies (retail) is expected to grow 5-7 per cent in fiscal 2022 and 8-10 per cent in fiscal 2023, according to a report. Housing finance companies (HFCs) are likely to see their AUM expanding by 8-10 per cent in the current fiscal and 9-11 per cent in the next financial year, rating agency ICRA Ratings said in a report on Monday.

The agency’s Vice-President (Financial Sector Ratings) Manushree Saggar said that within the NBFC-retail segment, personal credit, microfinance and gold loans are likely to be the primary growth drivers as other traditional asset segments-vehicle finance and business credit are still facing headwinds because of supply constraints and asset quality concerns.

Stocks under F&O ban on NSE

One stock – Balrampur Chini Mills – is under the F&O ban for March 15. Securities in the ban period under the F&O segment include companies in which the security has crossed 95 percent of the market-wide position limit.

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