The US markets ended higher on Thursday as investors warmed to jobs data showing a steady US economic recovery.
US stock indexes closed lower Friday, with renewed concerns about a rise of cases of the delta variant Covid-19 and disappointing results from Amazon.
Auto stocks will be in focus as auto companies will start announcing monthly sales numbers for July starting from 1 August 2021
Global markets: Asian stocks traded mostly lower on Friday amid escalating coronavirus concerns.
Shares of index heavyweights RIL, ITC and ICICI Bank will react to their results.
Traders will be eyeing lots of important earnings announcements scheduled for the week
While the vaccination drive is still underway, several top doctors in India have said a possible third wave of Covid-19 is impending in August
Investors would continuously watch out government's course of action along with progress on the vaccination drive
The report aimed at studying the impact of vaccination on reducing the ALOS, ICU requirement, mortality & cost of treatment among Covid-19 patients
The stock market is ignoring short-term pain of Covid-19 and looking at long-term corporate profitability, says Kotak Mahindra AMC's Nilesh Shah