Market Bizzz

U.S. consumer price data is due on Wednesday, while a producer prices report is due on Thursday. Several Fed officials said this week the central bank would likely need to raise rates further to curb inflation but that the end of its tightening cycle was getting close.

Standard Chartered said the rationale for its predicted price rise was that miners who mint the 900 new bitcoins produced each day around the world would soon need to sell fewer to cover their costs – mostly electricity to power super-computers.

The Nasdaq 100 includes 100 of the largest companies that trade on the Nasdaq exchange, and changes to the index will force investment funds that track it to adjust their portfolios and sell shares of companies that have their weight in the index reduced.

In May, SpiceJet clarified and assured investors that it has no plans of filing for insolvency even as it faces a financial crunch. “There is absolutely no question of filing for insolvency. Any rumours regarding the same is completely baseless. We are focussed firmly on reviving our grounded fleet and getting more and more planes back into the air,” Ajay Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, was quoted as saying in a media release.

The counter has witnessed a breakdown of the head and shoulders formation on the daily chart with huge volume. The overall structure of the counter has become distorted as it trades below its important moving averages (200, 50, 20, and 9 SMA).

A 5-year swing high represents the highest price a stock has reached within a five-year timeframe. This level acts as a significant resistance point where the price has historically struggled to go beyond.