Dalal Street Week Ahead: Macro data, Q3 results, FII activity, global cues set to be in focus

With the first bi-monthly review of 2025 and Delhi election results out of the way now, macroeconomic data, corporate earnings, institutional investor flows, and global cues will set the stage for Dalal Street participants this week. Last week, the Nifty50 gained 51.6 points or 0.2 per cent while the Sensex added 359.6 points or 0.5 per cent, driven by healthcare, auto and consumer durable shares. Financial stocks staged mixed moves, with private banks staging cautious gains and PSU lenders facing selling pressure.

As market participants prepare for a new trading week, here are number of things to track going forward:

MARKET THIS WEEK | DOMESTIC CUES

Macroeconomic data

On Wednesday, separate official data sets on consumer inflation and industrial production in the country will be released at 4 pm. 

Data on wholesale inflation is due at noon on Friday. 

Corporate Earnings  

More than 2,000 companies are scheduled to report their financial results for the October-December period during the week. 

Here are a few major names to track: 

• Monday: Coal India, Eicher Motors, Apollo Hospitals, Escorts, Grasim, Nykaa, Bata India
• Tuesday: SAIL, Vodafone Idea, Berger Paints, Lupin, Campus Activewear 
• Wednesday: HAL, Bharat Forge, Ashok Leyland
• Thursday: Manappuram Finance
• Friday: Glenmark Pharma

FII & DII Activity

Institutional fund flows will continue to be in focus on Dalal Street this week. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have net sold Indian shares worth Rs 10,179 crore so far this month, according to provisional exchange data. During the same period, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) have made net purchases of Rs 7,274 crore. 

MARKET THIS WEEK | GLOBAL CUES

• Monday: ECB President speech 
• Tuesday: Fed Chair speech
• Wednesday: US inflation data, US crude oil stockpiles data
• Thursday: US jobless claims data, UK GDP data, Germany inflation data, Eurozone factory activity data
• Friday: US retail sales data, US trade data, Eurozone employment data

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