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Indian stock market is expected to open lower on Tuesday following weakness in Asian markets ahead of key economic data releases in the region. The US markets were shut for a holiday. The Reserve Bank of Australia will announce its interest rate decision, while the purchasing managers index readings from China, India and Hong Kong will also be released today.

G20 Summit, scheduled to commence in India's capital, New Delhi, on September 9. This marks the first occasion that India plays host to this formidable assembly of global leaders.

equities rallied for a second consecutive day following strong macro data and firm global cues. Investors would keep an eye on services PMI data from Europe, UK and India, due later today. «Going ahead, domestic positives should continue to support indices with broader market sustaining momentum. Sectoral rotation would continue with niche and underperforming sectors likely to do well,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Here's breaking down the pre-market actions:STATE OF THE MARKETSGIFT Nifty (Earlier SGX Nifty) signals a muted startGIFT Nifty on the NSE IX traded 8.5 points, or 0.04 per cent, higher at 19,607.50, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for muted start on Tuesday.

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G20 Summit, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said the focus should be on the position taken by countries on key burning issues than on the levels of representations at the conclave. «At the end of the day, countries are represented by whoever they have chosen to represent them.

Chinese stimulus measures aimed at supporting the country’s beleaguered property sector. The pan-European STOXX 600 index ended at 457.96 points after rising as much as 0.9% earlier in the session. China’s financial regulators have lowered down-payment requirements for first and second-time home buyers and cut rates on existing mortgages.

Hong Kong experienced its hottest summer on record this year, with the city seeing «record-breaking» temperatures, the government said Monday, the latest region to experience the impact of a warming planet.Climate change has fuelled searing temperatures across the globe already this year, with India, Japan and Australia last week announcing recent temperature records toppled. In the semi-autonomous Chinese region of Hong Kong, officials declared on Monday that «together with the exceptionally hot weather in June and July, Hong Kong experienced the hottest summer on record from June to August 2023». The city recorded a monthly mean temperature of 29.7 degrees Celsius (85 degrees Fahrenheit) last month, the hottest August on record, according to the Hong Kong Observatory. This year also saw the third-hottest July and fourth-hottest June since records began in 1884. The top three warmest years in Hong Kong's history were all recorded after 2018. August was also «much drier than usual with a total rainfall of 5.5 inches,» the Observatory added.

G20 summit in New Delhi. That would make him the second major leader after Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to skip the event.

Honda Cars India, the local unit of the Japanese automaker, on Monday launched its mid-sized sport utility vehicle (SUV) Elevate, marking its return to the popular SUV sub-segment in the country. The starting ex-showroom price for this model is ₹11 lakh, and the top-end variant is priced at ₹16 lakh.

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) — Leaders of the world's richest and most powerful countries will attend the two-day G20 Summit in India's capital New Delhi starting September 9.

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Japan is moving toward crypto tax reforms, with the nation’s top financial regulator set to change the way it taxes domestic crypto firms.

rupee ended 7 paise higher at 82.72 a dollar. Among other currencies, the Japanese yen strengthened 0.03% to 146.18 per dollar. The euro rose 0.05% to $1.0778, while sterling was last at $1.2596, up 0.06% on the day.

Sensex and Nifty, ended with healthy gains on Friday, boosted by all-around buying in light of broadly positive global cues ahead. “Domestic markets made significant gains, buoyed by favourable global cues, a higher-than-expected domestic manufacturing PMI, and positive GDP growth data. This robust economic outlook propelled key manufacturing sectors to lead the rally, while strong sales figures generated increased interest in auto stocks," said Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services.

The domestic stock markets underperformed the world markets in 2023 despite hitting lifetime highs in July. The MSCI India Index delivered 2.3% year-to-date returns, compared with MSCI indices comprising Europe, USA, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Argentina, which delivered between 8.7% and 46.1% returns.

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