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Asian shares are trading mixed as investors await further indications of future U.S. interest rate cuts

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Asian shares are trading mixed as investors await further indications of future U.S. interest rate cuts

Asian equities traded within narrow ranges early Monday as investors looked ahead to a busy week of economic data including the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge. China’s currency pared some of Friday’s losses following support by authorities. Shares in Australia and Hong Kong edged higher, while those in Japan and mainland China slipped. US equity futures were little changed after a muted end to the week on Wall Street with the S&P 500 declining 0.1% and the Nasdaq index rising by the same margin on Friday.

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India's car industry is on track for a record-breaking year, with sales expected to touch about 4.23 million vehicles, buoyed by a double-digit sales surge this month. The robust performance would cement India's position as the world's third-largest passenger vehicle market, staying ahead of Japan for the second year in a row. As many as 3.99 million passenger vehicles were registered in Japan in 2023, which reports data on a calendar year basis. China is the largest car market, followed by the US. Around 375,000-380,000 cars, sedans and utility vehicles are expected to be sold in India in March, up from 336,000 units a year earlier, making it the 15th consecutive month that PV sales have breached previous monthly records. For the first time, sport-utility vehicles are set to capture more than half of the passenger vehicle market in a year underscoring their growing popularity.

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HDFC Bank, the country's largest lender by market value and the biggest Nifty constituent by weight, has doubled its overseas borrowing through a term loan syndication from a clutch of 23 global banks in a greenshoe option to the primary facility, having initially borrowed $500 million from Japan's largest lender MUFG in December. HDFC Bank, which merged its mortgage lending parent into itself last year, chose to exercise the green shoe option to raise another $500 million, taking the total proceeds to $1 billion in what is the largest three-year overseas loan organised by an Indian bank. «The syndication was completed on Thursday and the full green shoe option was exercised by HDFC Bank due to the strong demand from foreign banks,» said a person aware of the deal. «Banks from Asia, the Middle East and Europe participated in this syndication, which is the largest three-year syndication by an Indian bank for general corporate purposes.»

Indian stock market to witness volatile FPI inflow amid US Fed rate cut; earnings growth key driver, say analysts Whereas, US is also witnessing a cool-off in foreign flows. However, US smallcap flows continues to show strong momentum since Jan 2024. “After record inflow of $56bn in the US last week, we saw flows cooling off with outflow of $22.6bn.