Foreign portfolio investors have been selling Indian shares ahead of the elections, focusing on growth stocks over defensive ones. Data from NSDL shows a decline in FMCG and IT sector weightage in FPIs’ equity folio.
Banks unlikely to reduce deposit rates despite RBI easing
Following the latest repo rate decrease, bankers foresee only slight adjustments to deposit rates. The landscape, characterized by sluggish savings yields and elevated credit-deposit ratios,