Prior to this, the approach of expiry day had attracted short covering in the index futures which ensured that FIIs were left holding close to 60% of their index futures as longs, in stark contrast to just 16% as longs in mid-July.
Titan’s CV Venkataraman optimistic that Budget will boost consumer spending in urban markets
The customs duty had about 550 crore estimated impact when the announcements came in July and it is by and large played out to that