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FPIs) have withdrawn ₹12,140 crore from Indian equities this week alone. Also Read: FII selling in Indian stock market may continue despite ₹27,000 crore outflow in Jan so far, say analysts; here's why The Q3 FY23 earnings season, thus far, has failed to provide the robust momentum needed to boost investor sentiment. Banks are grappling with tightening credit costs, adversely affecting their Net Interest Margins (NIMs).

iPhone sales in the fourth quarter, IDC data revealed that Apple's success was primarily attributed to declining less than its competitors during the period. Analysts had previously suggested a downturn in iPhone sales due to waning enthusiasm for Apple's latest hardware in the world's largest smartphone market. However, timely discounts and promotions helped mitigate the impact, allowing Apple to outperform both domestic and international competitors.

US Federal Reserve should start cutting interest rates soon, says Bill Gross In the beginning of 2023, the US was widely tipped to fall into a recession as the Federal Reserve jacked up interest rates to combat an inflation scourge not seen in decades. On the other hand, China was expected to experience a rip-roaring recovery as it reopened its economy fully to commerce after the Covid-19 lockdown. Mint Explainer | How China fumbled the bag with its economy post-Covid However, this week's GDP data showed that the US economy ended the year with a bang, growing 3.3% in real, inflation-adjusted terms in the fourth quarter after expanding 4.9% in the third.

Elon Musk warned sales growth would slow this year despite price cuts that have already hurt margins at the world's most valuable automaker and fueled investor concerns about soft demand and Chinese competition. Musk said on Wednesday that growth would be «notably lower» as Tesla focuses on a cheaper, next-generation electric vehicle to be made at its Texas factory in the second half of 2025, which is expected to spark the next boom in deliveries. But he said ramping up production of the new model would be challenging because it would involve cutting-edge technologies. Tesla's stock suffered its sharpest intraday percentage loss in more than a year, with $80 billion in market value wiped out on Thursday. That pushed its market capitalization loss for the month to about $210 billion. «The Tesla headlines have essentially gone from bad to worse,» said TD Cowen analysts, noting that the fourth-quarter revenue and profit were also below expectations. Shares of other EV makers also fell, with Rivian Automotive Inc, Lucid Group and Fisker down between 4.7% and 8.8%. The EV industry has been grappling with a slowdown in demand for more than a year and the price cuts by Tesla will likely worsen the pressure on the startups and automakers such as Ford . «The problem for Tesla is any significant attempt to boost sales from here on will probably need to be achieved at the cost of further falls in operating margin, due to having to compete with BYD in China, as well as increased competition elsewhere,» said Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets. At least nine brokerages downgraded the stock, while seven raised their ratings.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan held broadly steady and was on track for a weekly gain of 2%. Trading was thinned with Australia out on a holiday. Chinese stocks looked set to end the week on a strong footing as a wave of policy support from Beijing restored fragile investor confidence and put a floor under its sliding stock market. The blue-chip index rose 0.03% and was eyeing a 2% weekly gain, while the Shanghai Composite edged 0.3% higher, putting it on track for a 3% weekly rise, its largest since July 2023. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index eased 0.41%, but was still more than 5% higher for the week, also its best performance since last July. In an attempt to shore up its fragile economic recovery, China's central bank announced a deep cut to bank reserves on Wednesday, in a move that will inject about $140 billion of cash into the banking system. Those came a day after Bloomberg News reported Chinese authorities are seeking to mobilise about 2 trillion yuan ($278.98 billion), mainly from the offshore accounts of Chinese state-owned enterprises, as part of a stabilisation fund to buy shares. «We remain cautious on China, in line with our view for several years,» said John Pinkel, a partner and portfolio manager at Indus Capital. «We see evidence of selling induced by structured 'snowball' products, especially from onshore China sources.

The central People’s Bank of China says it plans to expand its “cross-border” digital yuan pilot in Hong Kong.

Elon Musk hinted slowdown in sales this year despite price cuts that have already hurt margins at the world's most valuable automaker and fueled investor concerns about soft demand and Chinese competition, according to a Reuters report. Tesla's stock suffered its sharpest intraday percentage loss in more than a year, with $80 billion in market value wiped out on January 25. That pushed its market capitalization loss for the month to about $210 billion.

Investing.com — Oil prices settled at eight-week highs on Thursday as stronger U.S. economic data eased worries about slowing global growth, boosting the demand outlook just a day after China rolled out monetary policy stimulus to prop up its economy.

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Tesla tumbled seven per cent on Thursday after CEO Elon Musk warned sales growth would slow this year despite price cuts that have already hurt margins and raised investor concerns at the world’s most valuable automaker.

DeBianchi Real Estate President and Realtor Sam DeBianchi gives advice to millennials struggling to buy homes on ‘Making Money.’

The International Monetary Fund recently raised a note of caution about India’s rising public debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio as part of a standard process of assessing country risks. Today, there is a burgeoning cottage industry of storied institutions that are compiling lists of risks arising not for specific countries, but at a global level across the domains of economics, politics, geopolitics and society.

China's central bank has announced new rules meant to expand access to commercial bank loans for property developers

Nokia has reported a double-digit decline in sales and a fall in profit in the last three months of 2023

President Joe Biden has vetoed a Republican measure that would have blocked a White House waiver that allows some foreign-made content in federally funded chargers for electric vehicles

Temu, the China-founded online retailer surging in popularity in the United States, is opening its platform to U.S. and European sellers

Quiver Quantitative — Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) experienced a significant drop in its stock value, nearly 11%, following CEO Elon Musk's announcement of slower sales growth and a focus on developing a more affordable electric vehicle. This projected decrease in market capitalization, which could reach $70 billion, compounds an already challenging month for the automaker, with its valuation potentially shrinking by approximately $200 billion.

Mint explores the Centre’s options to keep infra investment going. In the 2016-17 budget, the Centre allocated just ₹2.47 trillion for infrastructure. In 2023-24, this had quadrupled to ₹10 trillion.

₹6,359 per bbl, having swung between ₹6,208 and ₹6,378 per bbl during the session, against a previous close of ₹6,253 per barrel. Also Read:India's crude oil output down 1.03% to 2.5 MMT in December, imports rise 1.1% YoY: PPAC -The US crude stockpiles tumbled by 9.2 million barrels last week, said the Energy Information Administration (EIA). The draw was driven by a stark drop in US crude imports as winter weather shut in refineries and kept motorists off the road.

Optimism sweeps across India’s urban-rural divide as consumers turn more confident about their prospects in the days ahead, multiple surveys showed, despite inflation remaining a niggling concern. The positive sentiment portends good news for businesses, as they look to tap rising spending in an election year. At a time confidence fell in key Asian markets, Indian consumers turned upbeat in the December quarter, a McKinsey & Co.

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