In tech meltdown, Indian biggies not hit as hard as global giants

According to analysts, IT services exporters have showed gross profit margin expansion despite slower top line growth in the previous quarter, which is expected to continue. The weakness of the rupee against the dollar and slower attrition rates due to layoffs in global IT majors & Indian startups are the other tailwinds for the sector atthe fundamental level.

Gold stalls for cenbank interest rate cues

Asian share markets turned hesitant as investors fretted about the economic fallout from fresh COVID-19 restrictions in China, also the top bullion consumer, while bonds and the dollar braced for more updates on U.S. monetary policy.

Asian markets fret on China COVID outbreaks, Fed outlook

“Given how far U.S. bond yields and the dollar have dropped in the past couple of weeks, we think there is a good chance that they rebound if the Fed minutes are in line with the recent hawkish language from members,” said Jonas Goltermann, a senior markets economist at Capital Economics.