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Budget’21 cheers investors as markets zoom

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Last week was a historic one for the Indian stock markets as investors heavily cheered the steps taken by the government in this years’ Union Budget. Benchmark indices rose over 9% in a single week as new policies aimed to strengthen various sectors like auto, healthcare, infra and financial services. Unexpectedly, there were little-to-no changes made to various tax structures – and that gave all investors a breather. Global rating agency – Standard and Poor’s (S&P) – said that India’s Budget represents a comprehensive effort by the government to spark up the country’s economic recovery.

Moreover, bullish sentiments of Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) and the accommodative stance by the RBI to contain the crisis caused by the pandemic also contributed towards the markets reaching an all-time high!

Matter of Fact

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Markets Update

Nifty 50

14,924.25

9.46% ▲

Sensex

50,731.63

9.61% ▲

Nifty 500

12,279.85

8.65% ▲

Bank Nifty

35,654.50

16.65% ▲

The Big Picture

The India Manufacturing PMI measures the performance of the manufacturing sector. In January, the Manufacturing PMI stood at 57.7, well above the market consensus of 56.
The India Services PMI measures the performance of the services sector. In January, the Services PMI increased to 52.8 from 52.3 in the previous month, but marginally below market expectations of 53.
The trade deficit (exports – imports) in India narrowed to $14.75 billion in January from $15.30 billion a year earlier.
The RBI left its benchmark interest rates unchanged during its February meeting – as widely expected. It is maintaining an accommodative stance as long as necessary to support the economy while also ensuring that inflation remains within the target going forward.

Budget 2021- Highlights

Sectors in focus

In what was a first-of-its-kind digital-only budget amid a pandemic, the government was committed to aggressively tackle the perils of an ailing economy. The union budget 2021-22 was focussed on six pillars, ranging from infrastructure to healthcare and the total budget amount stood at ₹34 lakh crore!

Ok, so?

Budget 2021: The Healthcare Pledge

With the world starting to recover from a healthcare crisis like none other, this budget the govt. of India was prepared to aggressively push for the betterment of the healthcare system. Working towards that, it has launched the PM Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana. Okay, so? Find out below!

With the world starting to recover from a #healthcare crisis like none other, the govt of India was prepared to aggressively push for the betterment of the healthcare system. Working towards that, it has launched the PM Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana.

Okay, so? Find out 👇 pic.twitter.com/q6wv4RtNZB
— smallcase (@smallcaseHQ) February 5, 2021

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And that’s a wrap for this week… Happy Investing!

Abhishek Jadon

VP, Investment Products at Windmill Capital.

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