Bengaluru, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Indian shares are set to begin a holiday-truncated week on a cautious note as investors digested economic data from China and looked ahead to the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting this week.
India's GIFT Nifty (.GIFc1) on the NSE International Exchange was up 0.1% to 20,186.5 by 0755 IST.
Separately, foreign investors bought 1.64 billion rupees ($19.74 million) worth of shares on a net basis on Friday, while their domestic peers bought 19.39 billion rupees worth of equity, according to stock exchange data.
STOCKS TO WATCH** Bharat Electronics (BAJE.NS): Bharat Electronics receives orders worth 30 billion rupees** Axis Bank (AXBK.NS): Investment banking unit co-CEO Chirag Negandhi resigns** HFCL Ltd (HFCL.NS): HFCL received order worth 10.15 billion rupees.
** Tata Steel (TISC.NS): Reaches deal with UK government for investment in the UK steel industry.
Persons:
Chirag Negandhi, HFCL, Sridhar Kalyanasundaram, Archishma Iyer, Sonia Cheema
Organizations:
U.S, NSE, Exchange, Bharat Electronics, Axis, Investment, Tata Steel, Dhanlaxmi, Thomson
Locations:
Bengaluru, China, U.S . Federal