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Among other important results will be those Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail (ABFRL), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals, Eureka Forbes, IPCA Laboratories, KPI Green Energy, Liberty Shoes, Natco Pharma, National Fertilizers, Narayana Hrudayalaya, PTC India, Rajesh Exports, Rana Sugars, Reliance Capital, Sun TV Network and Wockhardt.

Bezos hasn’t explained why he’s selling now, but the timing of when he instituted the trading plan may provide a clue. He announced on Nov. 2 he was moving to Miami from the Seattle region. He adopted a so-called 10(b)5-1 plan on Nov. 8.

The latest shift in rate expectations came after an upside surprise in U.S. inflation on Tuesday which showed the consumer price index (CPI) rising 3.1% on an annual basis, above forecasts for a 2.9% increase.

India’s weightage in the MSCI Global Standard (Emerging Markets) index will reach a historic high of 18.2%. India’s representation is expected to increase to around 18.5% after the February rejig, according to Abhilash Pagaria of Nuvama Alternative & Quantitative Research. The quarterly rebalancing could lead to significant inflows from passive FII funds.

Shiv Sehgal says: “With regards to dark horses, I think 2024 is likely to be export-oriented ones like IT and chemicals. This is because, globally, we have had a prolonged manufacturing recession (of more than a year), which has resulted in these stocks significantly underperforming the benchmark indices. Such a prolonged manufacturing downturn in the absence of a global recession is a historical anomaly. However, the global economy now seems to be bottoming out.”

In the recent second quarter, the company posted 55% growth in its consolidated net profit to Rs 1,016 crore and revenue from operations increased 17% year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 4,115 crore.