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Morning agenda:

Oil extends gains in Asian trading after rising for seven weeks. A global energy crunch due to shortage of coal and gas ahead of winter is pushing the price of crude oil. Brent futures rose by over $1 to $85.89 a barrel.

China’s September oil processing rate fell on feedstock shortage and environmental inspections, which cut production. The country’s economy grew at the slowest pace in a year in the third quarter, hurt by power shortages, supply bottlenecks and sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks.

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has urged the country’s oil producers to increase output to support industries hit by high energy costs.

In India, diesel consumption fell in the first half of October compared to same period last year, according to preliminary sales data. Diesel sales by the country’s state fuel retailers came in at 2.4 million tonnes during Oct. 1-15, a decline of about 9.2{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} from last year and down 0.9{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} from the same period in 2019, the data showed. – John Xavier

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3:13 P.M.

DMart parent’s stock tumbles

Shares of DMart’s owner Avenue Supermarts tumbled 8{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} briefly after hitting a record high, over investor concerns about valuation.

The company reported a 110{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} surge in consolidated net profit for the September quarter earlier today. However, several brokerages flagged limitations to the stock’s upside due to high valuation.

2:55 P.M.

Sterlite Power bags ₹324 crore project

Sterlite Power has bagged a power transmission project worth ₹324 crore. The Nangalbibra-Bongaigaon interstate power transmission project consist of a new 220/132 kV substation at Nangalbibra and laying of 130 km of 400kV D/c transmission line connecting Bongaigaon in Assam to Nangalbibra in Meghalaya across the river Brahmaputra.

2:40 P.M.

Russia boosts oil and gas output

Russia has cranked up oil and gas condensate output to 10.84 million barrels per day (bpd) over October 1-17, an increase from 10.72 million bpd on average in the previous month. The country’s decision to increase production comes as the OPEC+ phases out supply cuts due to rise in demand.

2:25 P.M

Housing sales grow in Bengaluru, Mumbai

Housing sales in eight major cities in the country grew 59{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} to 55,907 units in the July-September period, compared with the year ago period, indicating signs of recovery. Eight prime residential markets that witnessed a remarkable upswing during the period were Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Pune. These cities showed a three-fold jump to 65,211 units.

The demand for residential properties bounced back in the September ending quarter after a drop in the previous quarter, PropTiger, one of the leading housing brokerage firms, said in a report. Housing units in the price bracket of less-than-₹45-lakh contributed the most to quarterly sales with 40{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} share, as per the report.

2:15 P.M

SEBI gives nod for Star Health, Adani Wilmar IPOs

Capital markets regulator Sebi has allowed six companies, including Adani Wilmar, Star Health & Allied Insurance, and Nykaa to launch initial public offerings (IPOs).

Adani Wilmar will issue new equity shares worth up to ₹4,500 crore. And, Star Health and Allied Insurance Company’s IPO will make a fresh issue of equity shares worth ₹2,000 crore.

The IPO of FSN E-Commerce Ventures, which runs online marketplace for beauty and wellness products Nykaa, will offer new equity shares worth ₹525 crore.

Penna Cement Industries, Latent View Analytics and Sigachi Industries are the other three firms that received Sebi’s clearance.

1:55 P.M.

Japan PM’s pandemic-relief plans

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the country has to issue government bonds to fund the pandemic-relief measures in the world’s third largest economy.

“Japan is still in a crisis situation. To protect people’s lives and livelihood, we should decisively resort to government bond issuance to fund necessary policies,” Kishida said

12:40 P.M.

Rupee trades flat against U.S. dollar

After posting gains for two straight days last week, the Indian rupee was trading marginally lower against the U.S. dollar today. The domestic unit opened on a steady note against the greenback and traded cautiously between a high of 75.26 and a low of 75.29. The Indian currency is tracking a stronger greenback.

Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, was up 0.17{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} at 94.09.

12:10 P.M.

Oil continues its rally

Oil price surged, hitting their highest level in years on rising gas and coal prices, and increase in demand. Brent crude rose 1.1{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} to $85.76 a barrel, while the U.S. WTI gained 1.5{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}, to $83.51 a barrel.

Brent hit a session-high of $86.04, the highest since October 2018. WTI touched a session-high of $83.73, highest since October 2014. Both contracts rose by at least 3{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} last week.

11:50 A.M.

Japan’s PM to country’s oil producers

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida urged oil producers to increase output and take measures to support industries facing high energy costs.

Kishida said he has instructed his cabinet to take “necessary action flexibly” to ease the pain caused by high oil prices, which could potentially damage the country’s economic recovery.

“We’re closely watching the impact oil price moves have on the domestic industry and people’s livelihood,” Kishida noted.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister's official residence Thursday, October 14, 2021, in Tokyo.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister’s official residence Thursday, October 14, 2021, in Tokyo.
 
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11:20 A.M.

China’s September coal output dips

China’s coal output dipped in September compared to August, as production was curbed in some of the major coal producing regions due to tighter safety inspections.

China, the world’s biggest coal producer and consumer, produced 334.1 million tonnes of the fuel last month, from 335.24 million tonnes in August, the National Bureau of Statistics data showed. The coal output in September was 0.9{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} lower than the year ago period.

As China continues to suffer under power shortages, the government has initiated measures to increase coal output. China’s data last week showed that “current” daily coal output rose to over 11.2 million tonnes, the highest since February.

10:25 A.M.

Petrol, diesel price hiked again

Petrol and diesel prices in the country are at record highs after another round of rate hike on Sunday. Prices of petrol and diesel were increased by 35 paise per litre. The auto fuels now cost 33{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} more than the rate at which aviation turbine fuel or jet fuel is sold to airlines.

In Delhi, Petrol is now sold at ₹105.84 per litre, and diesel at ₹94.57 a litre, both prices touching record high levels.

With this rise, petrol is now at ₹100-a-litre mark or more in all State capitals while diesel has touched the 100-mark in over a dozen states.

10:15 A.M.

China’s GDP growth hits 1-year low

China’s economy grew at the slowest pace in a year in the third quarter, hurt by power shortages, supply bottlenecks and sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks. The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.9{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in July-September from a year earlier. China’s recovery is losing steam after a rebound. 

A slowing property sector is also weighing on the country’s economy. Property stocks in the country plunged even as the People’s Bank of China said spillover effects from Evergrande Group’s debt woes were controllable.

The CSI300 Real Estate Index, which tracks China’s biggest developers, fell more than 2{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}, while an index tracking the broader sector was down roughly 1.7{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}.

The People’s Bank of China Governor Yi Gang said on Sunday the economy faces challenges such as default risks for certain firms due to “mismanagement”, and that authorities are keeping a close eye “so they do not become systematic risks”.

9:39 A.M.

Asian market update | Sensex opens

Indian indices opened on a strong note today amid mixed global cues. The BSE Sensex hit a new all-time high at 61,894.33, after opening over 500 points higher than its previous close at 61,817.32. Similarly, NSE Nifty gained 161.55 points to open at 18,500.10, a fresh record high.

Shares in mainland China and Hong Kong plunged following the release of Chinese economic data for the third quarter, which showed that the world’s second largest economy grew slower than expected.

China’s gross domestic product grew 4.9{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in July-September from a year earlier. Chinese blue chips fell 1.53{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng lost 0.45{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in early trade after opening in green.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was last down 0.2{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}, while Japan’s Nikkei lost 0.3{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}. South Korea’s Kospi opened at 3,017.48, marginally higher than its previous close.

Decline in the Asian market comes after stocks globally ended last week in a bullish mood posting their best day in five months on Friday.

 

 

—-  Edited by John Xavier

 

(With inputs from Reuters, PTI and other news agencies.)

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Stocks End Higher, Giving S&P 500 Its Best Week Since July | Business News

By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA, AP Small business Writers

Wall Avenue added to its the latest gains Friday as stocks shut increased, driving the S&P 500 to its finest 7 days due to the fact July.

The S&P 500 rose .7{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} for its third straight acquire and finished the 7 days 1.8{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} larger. The Dow Jones Industrial Regular rose 1.1{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} and the Nasdaq composite obtained .5{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}.

The most recent rally arrived as traders welcomed encouraging quarterly report cards from a number of providers. Top the way for the S&P 500 was freight deliverer J.B. Hunt Transportation Expert services, which jumped 8.7{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} just after reporting more powerful revenue for the summertime than Wall Road predicted. Goldman Sachs rose 3.8{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} and Alcoa surged 15.2{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} just after it defeat earnings expectations and announced a dividend payment and buyback of its inventory.

The good company earnings dovetailed with a report demonstrating folks invested much a lot more at U.S. vendors last month than Wall Road envisioned. Gross sales at retailers, eating places and other retail establishments rose .7{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} from August as a substitute of falling, as economists forecast.

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“We saw retail gross sales this morning occur in pretty powerful,” stated Sameer Samana, senior international marketplace strategist at Wells Fargo Financial investment Institute. “(Shares) are even now at pretty fair valuations with another earnings period obtaining just ticked on, and hence far at minimum, some pretty great success.”

The S&P 500 rose 33.11 details to 4,471.37. The Dow attained 382.20 details to 35,294.76, and the Nasdaq rose 73.91 factors to 14,897.34.

Friday’s attain follows up on a 1.7{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} bounce for the S&P 500 Thursday, its ideal working day considering that March, which was driven by more powerful-than-predicted earnings reviews and encouraging info on the task sector.

It is a turnaround from a shaky handful of months, when the benchmark index fell as significantly as 5.2{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} from its file established on Sept. 2. Anxieties about stubbornly substantial inflation, lowered help for markets from the Federal Reserve and a slowing financial state assisted to knock inventory price ranges all over. The S&P 500 is back again within 1.5{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} of its all-time large.

Earnings reporting year has just started, but early indicators are encouraging. All but a person of the 19 providers in the S&P 500 that documented quarterly final results this week topped analysts’ gain forecasts. This kind of toughness is vital soon after climbing interest premiums heightened problems that inventory costs had developed much too expensive relative to profits.

The much better-than-predicted stories on the overall economy also enable tranquil chatter about “stagflation,” which is the feared marriage of a stagnating economic system and significant inflation.

Of course, all is not apparent but. A report on Friday displaying consumer sentiment was weaker than envisioned amid inflation problems aided restrict the market’s gains.

Continue to, stocks of organizations whose profits are most closely tied to the energy of the financial system, together with suppliers, automakers and journey-similar organizations, led the way higher Friday. Amazon rose 3.3{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}, Tesla included 3{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} and Marriott Global received 3.1{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}.

Other than monetary organizations, which benefited from the far better-than-expected financial gain reports from various big-name financial institutions, industrial and wellness treatment firms were also amongst the strongest gainers. Caterpillar rose 2.4{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}, although UnitedHealth extra 1.8{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}.

Johnson & Johnson gained .7{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} right after a Foods and Drug Administration panel endorsed booster doses of the firm’s solitary-shot COVID-19 vaccine. The panel said Friday that the booster should be offered at minimum two months right after immunization but didn’t counsel a agency time.

Treasury yields also rose adhering to the a lot more powerful-than-envisioned report on retail revenue. The generate on the 10-yr notice climbed to 1.57{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} from 1.52{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} late Thursday.

“The biggest surprise on costs continues to be how minimal they are relative to all the anecdotal proof and all the info about inflation that we see,” Samana stated.

Better Treasury yields in the latest weeks have been keeping back technological innovation and other substantial-progress stocks lately. When bonds are paying additional in fascination, investors usually are not as keen to wait around as lengthy a time for major income development anticipations to come to fruition or to pay out as superior rates for them.

Tech stocks in the S&P 500 fared a very little better Friday, matching the broader marketplace with a .8{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} acquire, while the conversation-providers sector that includes several online firms slipped .1{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}.

Inventory markets abroad also notched gains. In Europe, Germany’s DAX returned .8{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}, and France’s CAC 40 acquired .6{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}. The FTSE 100 in London rose .4{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}.

In Asia, Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 extra 1.8{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}, Hong Kong’s Cling Seng climbed 1.5{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} and Seoul’s Kospi advanced .9{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}.

The price of benchmark U.S. oil rose 1.2{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} to $82.28 per barrel, continuing a highly effective run that has sent it up additional than 70{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} this calendar year and fanned problems about large inflation. The world benchmark for crude climbed 1{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}, while the price of U.S. pure gasoline fell 4.9{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}.

AP Company Writer Elaine Kurtenbach contributed.

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Asian Shares Rise After Technology-Powered Rally on Wall St | Business News

By ELAINE KURTENBACH, AP Small business Author

Asian shares had been greater Friday just after technologies companies driven the largest obtain on Wall Avenue due to the fact March.

All main regional indexes sophisticated, with Tokyo attaining 1.4{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}.

Taiwan shares jumped 2.2{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} on information that laptop chip maker TSMC upgraded its profit outlook.

TSMC, the world’s most significant chip maker, climbed 4.4{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} right after its CEO confirmed stories it options to open a joint venture semiconductor fabrication plant in western Japan with Sony Corp.

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Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 added much more than 400 factors to 28,961.34 and the Hang Seng climbed .8{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} to 25,174.38. In Seoul, the Kospi innovative .8{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} to 3,014.87.

The Shanghai Composite index picked up .3{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} to 3,568.67 even though the S&P/ASX 500 in Australia attained .4{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} to 7,340.70.

On Thursday, the S&P 500 jumped 1.7{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} to 4,438.26 as a wave of obtaining obtained momentum from a day before, when the current market broke a a few-working day shedding streak.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.6{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} to 34,912.56 and the tech-hefty Nasdaq climbed 1.7{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} to 14,823.43.

Compact corporation stocks also notched gains. The Russell 2000 index rose 1.4{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}, to 2,274.18.

Additional than 90{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} of shares within the S&P 500 acquired floor. Apple and Microsoft ended up amongst the big gainers in the technologies sector, each individual growing more than 2{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}.

Money and well being care stocks also did nicely. JPMorgan Chase rose 1.5{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}. UnitedHealth Team rose 4.2{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} following the wellness insurance provider lifted its revenue forecast for the year adhering to a potent 3rd quarter.

The market’s gains arrived as traders welcomed yet another batch of encouraging quarterly report playing cards from many corporations. Just about every S&P 500 enterprise that described earnings so much this 7 days has exceeded Wall Street’s forecasts.

“It’s not surprising that the market place has reacted pretty properly to that,” stated Randy Frederick, vice president of buying and selling & derivatives at Charles Schwab.

Buyers had been also examining the hottest knowledge on employment and inflation as they check out to gauge the economy’s health and path forward.

The Labor Office reported the quantity of Us residents making use of for unemployment added benefits previous 7 days fell to its most affordable degree due to the fact the pandemic began. It truly is a constructive indication for a occupation market that is however striving to recover from the preliminary strike from the pandemic 18 months ago. A surge of scenarios more than the summertime stunted the restoration.

Firms are continue to experiencing tension from mounting prices. The Labor Office stated inflation at the wholesale stage rose 8.6{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in September as opposed to a yr back, the most significant progress due to the fact the 12-month improve was very first calculated in 2010.

The report arrived a working day immediately after the federal government explained inflation at the client stage rose 5.4{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in September from a year in the past, matching the best charge given that 2008.

The market largely took the inflation experiences in stride, which suggests buyers could be feeling more at relieve given that the Federal Reserve has signaled it may well begin to taper the unparalleled economic assist it has been providing the economic climate due to the fact the early days of the pandemic and sooner or later begin boosting its benchmark curiosity level in buy to combat climbing inflation.

Traders will get an update on how bigger rates may well be affecting customer paying when the Commerce Section experiences retail revenue for September on Friday.

Bond yields edged reduce. The produce on the 10-year Treasury fell to 1.52{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} from 1.55{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} late Wednesday.

In other trading on Friday, U.S. benchmark crude oil acquired 44 cents to $81.75 for every barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Trade. It surged 87 cents to $81.31 for each barrel on Thursday.

Brent crude, the normal for global pricing, extra 49 cents to $84.49 per barrel.

The U.S. greenback strengthened to 113.92 Japanese yen from 113.67 yen late Thursday. The euro rose to $1.1610 from $1.1596.

AP Organization Writers Damian J. Troise and Alex Veiga contributed.

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Business news live: Sensex soars to a new high

Today’s agenda:

Investment activity in India rebounded in the September ending quarter, but growth was not spread across all sectors or states. Gujarat secured the highest amount of fresh investment commitments among the top 5 states, which included Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka and Odisha. Manufacturing led the pack among industries, and irrigation and infrastructure lagged.

Coal crisis hit the country’s Aluminium sector as the industry demanded immediate resumption of supplies from Coal India for its survival.

In other developments, the U.S. Federal Reserve released minutes of its September 21-22 meeting, which revealed the Fed plans to scale back its bond buying programme next month. In China, the Evergrande crisis sapped investors appetite for Chinese dollar bond. – John Xavier

Follow our live blog for more on business, economy and markets

4:30 P.M.

China’s coal prices near record high

 China coal prices held near record high after cold-weather prompted power plants to stock up on fuel to ease an energy crunch.

China has been grappling with a widening power crisis due to a shortage of coal, record-high fuel prices and booming post-pandemic demand.  

Soaring energy prices sent producer prices to their highest in at least 25 years in September, rising 10.7{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} from a year earlier, and cold winter weather is likely to worsen the situation.

Beijing has ramped up efforts to contain coal price rises. Some of it includes raising domestic coal output, rationing of power at factories and assuring energy supplies will be secured for the winter heating season.

4:00 P.M.

Sensex soars to a new high

Equity benchmark Sensex rallied 569 points to close at a new high amid positive macro cues and upbeat global markets. The sense rose 0.94{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} to close above 61,000 for the first time at 61,305.95.

The Nifty also surged 0.97{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} to a new lifetime closing high of 18,338.55.

ITC was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, followed by HDFC Bank, and PowerGrid while TCS, HCL Tech, and Bajaj Finance were among the laggards.

The Indian market stayed in green due to the upbeat global market and favourable inflation data. 

The wholesale price-based inflation eased to 10.66{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in September, and retail inflation in September too slowed to a five-month low of 4.4{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} on moderating food prices.

In Asia, Seoul and Tokyo ended with strong gains, while Shanghai was in the red. Stock exchanges in Europe were trading on a positive note in mid-session deals.

3:30 P.M.

Passenger vehicle sales drop  

Passenger vehicle wholesales in India fell 41{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} year-on-year in September as the semiconductor shortage hit production of automobiles.

Passenger vehicle sales last month stood at 1,60,070 units compared with 2,72,027 units in the same month a year ago. 

According to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), two-wheeler dispatches to dealers plunged 17{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} to 15,28,472 units, compared to 18,49,546 in September 2020.

While demand for automobiles is picking up, the semiconductor chip shortage has been a major concern for the industry. During the festive season when sales usually peak, customers have to wait for a long time on popular models of some segments. 

3:00 P.M.

Energy crisis could threaten global economic recovery: IEA

The global energy crunch could boost oil demand by half a million barrels per day (bpd), fuelling inflation and slowing the world’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said. 

Oil and natural gas prices have skyrocketed to multi-year highs recently, leading to record power prices across the world. 

“Record coal and gas prices as well as rolling blackouts are prompting the power sector and energy-intensive industries to turn to oil to keep the lights on and operations humming,” the IEA said in its monthly oil report.

Due to an increased demand for oil,  global oil demand next year is now projected to recover to pre-pandemic levels. 

2:15 P.M.

Govt approves proposals for telecom PLI scheme

The Department of Telecom approved 31 proposals of companies including Nokia India, HFCL, and Foxconn requiring an investment of  ₹3,345 crores over the next four and a half years.

The other firms selected for the PLI scheme are HFCL, Flextronics, Coral Telecom, VVDN Technologies, Akashastha Technologies, and GS India.

With the scheme for telecom gear manufacturing, the government aims to encourage the production of equipment worth ₹2.44 lakh crore and create direct and indirect employment for about 40,000 people.

1:30 P.M.

Oracle opens Israel cloud centre to withstand rocket attacks

Oracle opened a public cloud centre in Israel to let firms and Israeli people store their data on local servers rather than relying on other countries. 

The underground data centre, which is the first of two planned public cloud centres in the country is built below one of Jerusalem’s technology parks. 

The nine floors centre, estimated to have cost hundreds of millions of dollars, is designed to work even during the potential terror.  The company claims it can withstand a rocket direct, a missile direct hit or even a car bomb.

1:00 P.M.

WPI inflation eases to 10.66{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in September

The wholesale price-based inflation eased to 10.66{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in September on moderating food prices despite a rise in prices of crude petroleum. It stood at 11.38{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in August.

Inflation in food articles eased for the fifth straight month, recording 4.69{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in September from 1.29{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} in August, primarily on low vegetable prices. Pulses prices continued to spike at 9.42{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}.

Retail inflation in September eased to a five-month low of 4.35{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} on moderating food prices.

12:30 P.M.

EU rules will raise cybercrime risks: Apple 

Apple said EU’s draft rules that will allow users to install software from outside its App Store would boost cybersecurity risk.

On the contrary, the Coalition for App Fairness, which includes Spotify, Match Group and Epic Games, argued that built-in security measures such as encrypted data and antivirus programmes provide security to devices, and not its App Store. 

The group wants regulators to loosen Apple’s grip on its App Store so they can bypass it to reach Apple’s hundreds of millions of users and also to avoid paying commissions of up to 30{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} for purchases made in the Store.

11:30 A.M.

Rupee rises against US dollar

The Indian rupee rose 12 paise to 75.25 against the US dollar in opening trade on heavy buying in domestic equities and fresh foreign fund inflows. 

At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened strong at 75.27 against the US dollar before gaining further to 75.25, a 12 paise rise against the previous close.

The dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, slipped 0.03{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} to 94.05.

10:45 A.M.

U.S. Federal Reserve to reduce bond purchases

According to the minutes of the September 21-22 Fed meeting, the U.S. central bank would scale back its bond-buying programme, and conclude its $120 billion asset purchases by the middle of next year. 

Policymakers discussed cutting the Fed’s purchases of Treasuries by $10 billion a month and those of mortgage-backed securities by $5 billion a month. However several participants preferred a faster reduction.

If a decision to begin tapering is agreed upon in the Fed’s next policy meeting scheduled at  November 2-3,  the process could begin by the middle of that month or mid-December.

10:00 A.M.

Infosys, Wipro announce Q2 results

Infosys reported a 12{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} rise in its second-quarter net profit on growth across verticals and geographies, strong revenue contribution from the Daimler deal, and higher adoption of digital transformation.

The net profit of India’s second-largest IT service company stood at ₹5,421 crore as compared with ₹4,845 crore in the same quarter a year ago.

Infosys also raised its annual revenue outlook due to an increased demand for its software services from global businesses. 

Wipro posted a 17{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} jump in consolidated net profit for the quarter ended September 30. The net profit rose to ₹2,930.6 crore as compared with ₹2,484.4 crore in the same period a year ago.

Consolidated revenue of Wipro increased by about 30{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} to ₹9,667.4 crore during the quarter compared to ₹15,114.5 crore it registered in the corresponding quarter of 2020-21.

Wipro said it is in position to hire 25,000 people in the next financial year and is also resuming work back from office in a staggered manner starting with fully vaccinated senior colleagues in India.

9:30 A.M.

Asian markets open | Sensex update

India’s benchmark equity indices opened at fresh record high. At 9:17 IST, the benchmark index rose 388.11 points to 61125.16 and the Nifty surged 117.70 points or 0.65{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} to 18279.50.

Most Asian markets rose as investors anticipated that inflation will push rate hikes around the world.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.4{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} while Japan’s Nikkei surged 1{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}. Overnight on Wall Street the S&P 500 rose 0.3{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} and in early Asia trade S&P 500 futures were also up 0.3{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}.

The minutes from last month’s Federal Reserve meeting showed policymakers’ growing concern about inflation and a general agreement to start tapering asset purchases soon.

 

—-  Edited by John Xavier

 

(With inputs from Reuters, PTI and other news agencies.)

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Chicago business leaders say rising crime threatens city’s economic future

The increase in violent criminal offense in Chicago has boiled in excess of, drawing worry from small business leaders and primary to political infighting amid people charged with holding the town protected.

“We were being in the midst of a article-pandemic restoration downtown and commencing to see consumers return, and business vacancies have been eventually starting off to go down and proper at that moment we started to see criminal offense,” reported City Alderman Brian Hopkins. “If crime continues to improve, I feel you can expect to start out to see the financial recovery stall.”

Nevertheless general crime is down so far this year compared with the similar time a yr in the past, there has been an enhance in homicides, sexual assaults and theft, like of motor cars.

Numerous downtown builders are obtaining trouble internet marketing qualities since violence has unfold in the course of the town, giving it a adverse popularity, Hopkins mentioned.

Criminal offense in the metropolis and its possible affect on company, specifically downtown, was thrust into the highlight this week right after hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin said the violence might lead him to shift the company headquarters of his investment firm, Citadel, to New York.

Criminal offense is a top rated problem for all outlets and retailers, claimed Rob Karr, president of the Illinois Retail Retailers Affiliation. He reported some firms already have still left Chicago in the past year, in component owing to violence.

While he has not listened to grumblings from businesses preparing to relocate, Jack Lavin, president of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, stated movie business executives and other organizations intrigued in bringing enterprise to Chicago have been inquiring about criminal offense. Chamber users have also outlined that some personnel get worried about leaving the workplace at evening.

As the downtown business neighborhood goes, so goes the relaxation of Chicago.

The central organization district downtown is important to citywide functions with about a person-third of all metropolis staff members doing work there, so protecting its viability is essential, enterprise leaders say.

“This is a essential financial motor for the town of Chicago and the gateway to the town wherever travellers arrive and wherever companies think of locating headquarters,” Lavin claimed. “We want to make it safe and that folks can trust in general public security.”

But there are all those who feel the city’s bad status is hurting downtown stores more than the criminal offense level itself.

Kiana DiStasi, spokeswoman for the Chicago Loop Alliance, which promotes downtown businesses, explained adverse headlines and community perception were being affecting the downtown location, but it nevertheless feels safe and patrons are obtaining a superior working experience.

“We really do truly feel that when much more individuals appear downtown, it is safer and fewer criminal offense,”  she explained.

DiStasi pointed to 8 consecutive Sundays in which the alliance sponsored a block party through the summer time with an common of 67,000 attendees and no crime.

“Yes, people’s notion of criminal offense downtown impacts companies. But how much crime is rampant is unclear,” she reported.

There have been 53 homicides in downtown Chicago this yr, when compared with 51 this time final calendar year, criminal offense stats present.

In 2019, before the nationwide surge in killings, just 28 homicides experienced been noted in the place. There have been 1,369 robberies in 2021, a 9 percent maximize about this time last 12 months, nevertheless down from the latest years’ highs.

Lavin said that whilst reviews of crime are high, some of it may well be overstated.

“People in the city know it is an difficulty, but the notion out there is higher than it is,” Lavin stated.

Meanwhile, the increase in criminal offense has prompted strife between metropolis and state leaders.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Cook County State’s Legal professional Kim Foxx verbally sparred this week, with every criticizing the other around a deadly capturing very last 7 days that resulted in 5 suspects remaining introduced without the need of prices.

And some Town Council associates specific Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown for overseeing a police pressure in a city with increasing violence.

“Everyone is pointing the finger and nobody is using accountability,” Town Alderman Raymond Lopez reported.

A 12 months back, the mayor designed the Our City, Our Basic safety initiative, a a few-calendar year strategy to decrease violence by focusing on law enforcement reform, increasing and strengthening street outreach and producing a victim support network.

She has also proposed growing law enforcement funding by $200 million in the approaching fiscal finances.

Brown, in an endeavor to support stifle crime, last month proposed reassigning dozens of officers from the neighborhood protection groups to enforce anti-gang and narcotics units.

The models will concentrate on large-amount investigations and crack down on straw purchasers, indicating persons who buy guns for those people who just can’t.

“We’re going after gangs and we’re likely to do it constitutionally,” Brown reported, noted WMAQ-Television set, the NBC affiliate in Chicago. “We want to make absolutely sure we really don’t violate anyone’s rights. But gangs are out of handle in this city. And we’re going immediately after them to maintain them accountable.”

Nevertheless, crime and violence proceeds to hamper Chicago.

Chicago has contended with about 2,600 shootings this 12 months, up 10 per cent from the exact time final year, according to details from the Chicago Law enforcement Division, NBC Information claimed.

As of Friday, there have been 1,293 carjackings this 12 months as in comparison to 939 this time past year.

“It really is a disturbing improve in areas of the metropolis that commonly failed to encounter it,” Hopkins, the town alderman, explained. “I believe anyone agrees we have a really serious criminal offense issue, and it’s finding even worse.”

Organization leaders say corporations want all levels of condition govt to get the job done with each other to reduce criminal offense.

Lavin urged Brown and Lightfoot to hire hundreds of qualified officers as quickly as achievable, which would aid get staff back to the place of work, conventions back to the metropolis and bring in organization vacationers and visitors.

“It’s not just about the law enforcement. It is also about the state’s lawyer and judges. We all will need to perform together and collaborate and converse tactics on how we’re going to tackle the boost in violent criminal offense,” Lavin stated.

If the crime level won’t slow down, metropolis officers worry organizations may perhaps flee, in addition to dropping the attraction that entices outsiders to go to the town.

“The notion out there is that Chicago streets are in essence lawless,” Lopez reported. “That perception hurts us, not only with our primary economic motorists of tourism and conventions, but also with places to eat and merchants.”

Politicians also say a major political selling price could be paid arrive election time if the city does not get a grip on rising violence.

Crime will be the leading difficulty for voters in the 2023 mayoral race even if Lightfoot does not operate for re-election, Hopkins claimed.

“If you have folks who are scared of staying victims, personal safety, when it’s at danger, will overshadow any other political challenge that might be on your mind,” Hopkins claimed.

CORRECTION (Oct. 12, 9:47 a.m. ET): An earlier edition of this short article misstated the financial investment firm Citadel’s position. It not a Fortune 500 firm the reference has been deleted.

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Live Business News: Nobel in Economics, Southwest Airlines Delays, I.M.F. Outlook

ImageA Nobel Prize medal in 2020.
Credit history…Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Push

David Card, Joshua D. Angrist and Guido W. Imbens have produced a job of studying unintended experiments — Mr. Card in labor economics and Mr. Angrist and Mr. Imbens in analyzing cause and result.

On Monday, their operate earned them the 2021 Nobel Memorial Prize in Financial Sciences.

All 3 winners are primarily based in the United States. Mr. Card, who was born in Canada, performs at the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Angrist, born in the United States, is at M.I.T. and Mr. Imbens, born in the Netherlands, is at Stanford College.

“Uncovering causal associations is a key obstacle,” said Peter Fredriksson, chairman of the prize committee. “Sometimes, mother nature, or coverage modifications, supply conditions that resemble randomized experiments. This year’s laureates have proven that this sort of normal experiments assistance solution important concerns for culture.”

Mr. Card’s do the job has challenged typical knowledge in labor economics — including the plan that bigger least wages led to decrease work. He was a co-writer of influential reports on that subject with Alan Krueger, who died in 2019, including a person that applied the pure geographical border among New Jersey and Pennsylvania to check the result of a minimum wage change. Comparing outcomes amongst the states, the research discovered that employment at fast food restaurants was not influenced by an increase in New Jersey’s minimum amount wage.

Mr. Angrist and Mr. Imbens have contributed to the way researchers believe about and analyze natural experiments.

Two American economists affiliated with Stanford University, Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson, gained the 2020 Nobel in economics for enhancements to auction principle. Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo of M.I.T. and Michael Kremer of Harvard gained in 2019 for their experiment-dependent study in improvement economics.

The award, formally named the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Financial Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, has been specified 53 occasions due to the fact 1969.

  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, who independently learned crucial mechanisms of how people sense warmth, chilly, contact and their very own bodily actions.

  • Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi ended up recognized with the Nobel Prize in Physics for do the job that “laid the foundation of our know-how of the Earth’s local weather and how humanity influences it.”

  • The Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to Benjamin Listing and David W.C. MacMillan for their development of a new instrument to construct molecules, do the job that has spurred improvements in pharmaceutical study and permitted experts to assemble catalysts with considerably less effects on the setting.

  • Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for “his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the results of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf involving cultures and continents.”

  • Two journalists hundreds of miles aside, Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitri A. Muratov of Russia, ended up honored with the Nobel Peace Prize for their tireless initiatives to keep the strong to account.

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Vacationers flying Southwest Airways more than the weekend confronted hundreds of canceled flights as well as annoying delays, with the airline scrapping about a quarter of all its flights on Saturday and Sunday.

The airline canceled just over 800 flights on Saturday, or 24 {21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} of all its scheduled flights, in accordance to FlightAware, a monitoring services. By midday on Sunday, Southwest had currently canceled over a thousand flights, or 28 percent of its schedule, with hundreds far more delayed.

“We experienced weather issues in our Florida airports at the starting of the weekend, challenges that ended up compounded by unpredicted air targeted traffic management challenges in the same region, triggering delays and prompting substantial cancellations,” the airline claimed in a assertion on Sunday. “We’ve continued diligent operate throughout the weekend to reset our operation with a target on acquiring aircraft and crews repositioned to consider care of our clients.”

Southwest additional that recovering from the disruption was much more challenging than regular mainly because it is functioning less flights than before the pandemic, complicating attempts to reschedule travellers.