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MUMBAI, Jan 11 (Reuters) - The Indian rupee may open slightly higher against the dollar on Wednesday, building on the previous day's momentum when it managed to move above important resistance levels, traders said. The rupee is tipped to open at around 81.66-81.70 compared with 81.7850 in the previous session. Yesterday, the rupee managed to scale multiple resistance levels that were there between 81.80 to 82.20, surprising most market participants, a spot trader at a foreign bank said. The rupee will simply be carrying yesterday's momentum at open, he added. Anil Bhansali, head treasury at Finrex Treasury Advisors, reckoned that after Tuesday's move, the new support levels for USD/INR are at 81.70 and 81.40.

Companies Apple Inc FollowMasimo Corp FollowJan 10 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge ruled that Apple (AAPL.O) had infringed on one of Masimo Corp's (MASI.O) pulse oximeter patents by importing and selling certain Apple Watches with light-based pulse oximetry functionality and components, Masimo said on Tuesday. The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) will now consider whether to implement an import ban on these Apple Watches, the medical device maker said. Reporting by Rahat Sandhu and Shivani Tanna in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane VenkatramanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Dell looks to phase out Chinese chips by 2024 - Nikkei
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Jan 4 (Reuters) - Dell Technologies Inc (DELL.N) plans to stop using China-made chips by 2024 and has told suppliers to reduce the amount of other made-in-China components in its products amid concerns over U.S.-Beijing tensions, Nikkei reported on Thursday. The computer maker told suppliers late last year that it aims to meaningfully lower the amount of China-made chips it uses, including those produced at facilities owned by non-Chinese chipmakers, the report added, citing three people with direct knowledge of the matter. Reporting by Kanjyik Ghosh in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane VenkatramanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ TikTok-owner ByteDance cuts hundreds of jobs in China - SCMP
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Jan 3 (Reuters) - ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of video app TikTok, has laid off hundreds of employees across multiple departments at the end of 2022 as part of a cost-cutting measure, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday. The job cuts have been implemented at Douyin, the Chinese equivalent of TikTok with about 600 million daily users, as well as the company's gaming and real estate operations, SCMP reported citing sources. The job cuts represent a small percentage of ByteDance's workforce, the report added. ByteDance did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment. Reporting by Jyoti Narayan in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane VenkatramanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Indian rupee's worst behind it; inflows crucial in 2023 - analysts
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Anushka Trivedi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MUMBAI, Dec 30 (Reuters) - The Indian rupee is likely to hold in a tight range in the early part of 2023 but the worst is possibly behind it, said traders and analysts. Plus, an easing of commodity prices could help our trade deficit," he added. And while global commodity prices and the U.S. dollar retreated in the last quarter of 2022, the rupee failed to capitalise on it. The rupee is set to end the year down nearly 11% against the greenback, its worst annual performance since 2013. How the flows play out will be crucial to the rupee's fortunes in 2023.

☆ Indian shares rise in final session of 2022; IT, metals up
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Francis MascarenhasBENGALURU, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Indian shares opened higher on Friday in the final session of 2022, aided by an uptick in IT stocks, tracking gains in global equities. The Nifty 50 index (.NSEI) was up 0.32% at 18,248.85, as of 09:55 a.m. IST, and the S&P BSE Sensex (.BSESN) rose 0.32% to 61,328.04. Oil prices, which slid on concerns over demand recovery in China, also aided gains in domestic equities. Forty-three of the Nifty 50 constituents rose with Tata Steel (TISC.NS), Bajaj Finserv (BJFS.NS), Tech Mahindra (TEML.NS) gaining over 1%. ($1 = 82.7580 Indian rupees)Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri and Janane VenkatramanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Indian companies raised around 5.38 trillion rupees ($64.95 billion) through private placements in 2022, largely aided by the banking system's massive cash surplus, data showed. Public issues were only to the tune of around 80 billion rupees. Indian companies raised 127.1 billion rupees and 175.3 billion rupees through public issues in 2020 and 2021 respectively, SEBI data showed. Fundraising through private placement stood at 8 trillion rupees and 6.31 trillion rupees respectively. "I think public issues are rising because the repricing of bank fixed deposits was very gradual, while public issues are realigning to market realities much faster," said Sudhir Agrawal, executive vice president and fixed income fund manager at UTI Mutual Fund.

☆ India's Mamaearth parent files for IPO - draft prospectus
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Indian skincare startup Mamaearth's products are on display for sale at a wholesale shop in Ahmedabad, India, June 22, 2022. REUTERS/Amit DaveBENGALURU, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Parent of Indian personal care products startup Mamaearth, Honasa Consumer Ltd, on Thursday filed for an initial public offering (IPO), according to draft papers submitted to the market regulator. The Sequoia- and Sofina-backed company's IPO will comprise of a fresh issue of shares worth 4 billion rupees ($48.30 million) and an offer for sale of 46.8 million shares. Reuters had reported in June that Mamaearth was in talks to raise at least $300 million for the IPO scheduled for 2023. Honasa said it would use about 1.86 billion rupees from the IPO for advertising expenses.

☆ Indian shares fall as China COVID surge dampens sentiment
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BENGALURU, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Indian shares fell on Thursday, dragged by broad-based declines, as a surge in COVID cases in China dampened optimism generated by the reopening of the world's second-largest economy. The Nifty 50 index (.NSEI) was down 0.58% at 18,017.85, as of 11:27 a.m. IST, and the S&P BSE Sensex (.BSESN) fell 0.54% to 60,578.03. Forty-five of the Nifty 50 constituents fell, with Tata Consumer (TACN.NS), Tata Motors (TAMO.NS), Grasim (GRAS.NS), Ultratech Cement (ULTC.NS), HDFC (HDFC.NS) and Hindalco Industries (HALC.NS) losing over 1.25%. Several countries, including the United States and India, have made COVID tests mandatory for travellers from China. The stock was the top gainer in Nifty 50 index.

☆ Argo Blockchain to sell its mining facility Helios for $65 mln
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dec 28 (Reuters) - Crypto miner Argo Blockchain Plc (ARB.L) said on Wednesday it will sell its mining facility Helios for $65 million and refinanced a new asset-backed loan agreement, in an attempt to avoid filing for bankruptcy. Argo will sell its Helios facility to Canada-listed investment management company Galaxy Digital Holdings (GLXY.TO). The transactions include refinancing loans with a new $35 million credit with Galaxy, which will help reduce its total indebtedness by $41 million, the company said in a press release. Digital currency miners such as Argo Blockchain use computers to solve cryptographic problems and receive a reward in the form of cryptocurrency. Reporting by Amna Karimi and Sinchita Mitra in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane VenkatramanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Indian shares flat in choppy trade as liquidity dries up
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BENGALURU, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Indian shares swung between small gains and losses on Wednesday in the absence of major triggers, with liquidity drying up ahead of the year-end and weaker global cues. Foreign institutional investors had sold net 43.2 billion rupees since Dec. 16, as per National Stock Exchange data. Adding to the worries for domestic equities were oil prices, which hovered around a three-week high on hopes of demand recovery in China. Higher oil prices hurt oil-importing countries like India, where crude constitutes the bulk of the country's import bill. Twenty-six of the Nifty 50 stocks logged losses, with Bharti Airtel (BRTI.NS), Bajaj Finserv (BJFS.NS), ONGC (ONGC.NS), Infosys (INFY.NS) and Bajaj Auto (BAJA.NS) losing over 0.6%.

☆ Indian shares rise as China further eases COVID curbs
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The Nifty 50 index (.NSEI) was up 0.46% at 18,097.45, as of 09:17 a.m. IST, and the S&P BSE Sensex (.BSESN) rose 0.47% to 60,850.63. Capping the gains in domestic equities are oil prices, which rose in thin trade on fears of supply disruption due to winter storms across the United States. Brent crude <LCOc1) rose above $84 per barrel while Nymex crude jumped above $80 per barrel. Higher oil prices hurt oil-importing countries like India, where crude constitutes the bulk of the country's import bill. ($1 = 82.6500 Indian rupees)Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman and Eileen SorengOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ India's largest winemaker Sula Vineyards drops 5% in market debut
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Nandan Mandayam | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

It was last trading down 4.2% at 341.8 rupees in a broader market (.NSEI) that was down 0.58%. "We like Sula, given (its) market leadership in India’s grape wine industry, especially in premium brands," said Motilal Oswal equity strategist Hemang Jani. It raised a total of 9.6 billion rupees in the IPO, including 2.88 billion rupees from anchor investors like Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Goldman Sachs. Sula, India's largest winemaker, has a portfolio of 56 labels from 13 of its own brands and 20 international ones. Its net revenue rose 8% year-over-year to 4.57 billion rupees in fiscal year 2022.

☆ Indian shares slip on COVID-19, inflation worries
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BENGALURU, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Indian shares slipped on Thursday, with declines seen across most sectors after monetary policy minutes revealed strong concerns about elevated inflation, while fears about rising COVID-19 cases in China weighed on sentiment. India's health minister on Wednesday said the pandemic was "not over yet" given "the rising cases of COVID-19 in some countries". Asian markets also advanced after the bounce in U.S. shares, with the MSCI Asia ex Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) rising 1.49%. India's retail inflation eased below the RBI's upper tolerance limit of 6% for the first time in 2022 in November, but core inflation stayed above 6%. Khemka also said the remarks from the RBI minutes were "consistent with the central bank's adherence to tackling inflation".

☆ Indian shares dip on weak global cues; autos, FMCG stocks slide
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BENGALURU, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Indian shares opened lower on Tuesday on fears of a recession in the U.S. and a surge in COVID-19 cases in China, which has offset optimism over loosening strict pandemic restrictions. Barring Adani Enterprises (ADEL.NS) and State Bank of India (SBI.NS), all the other 48 constituents in Nifty 50 logged losses. All the major sectoral indices declined with auto (.NIFTYAUTO), FMCG (.NIFTYFMCG), information technology (.NIFTYIT) and metal (.NIFTYMET) stocks shedding over 0.5%. Asian markets declined on weak cues, such as a surge in new COVID-19 infections in China and weak macroeconomic indicators, with MSCI Asia ex Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) falling 0.54%. ($1 = 82.7200 Indian rupees)Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane VenkatramanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Indian shares set to rise on China recovery hopes
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BENGALURU, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Indian shares are set to open higher on Monday on hopes of demand recovery in China, even as concerns of global recession linger. Asian markets rebounded after a mixed start on hopes of demand recovery in China, with the MSCI Asia ex Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) rising 0.3%. Reports say that China planned to increase flights to encourage the recovery of its air transport market. Foreign institutional investors sold 19.75 billion rupees ($238.80 million) worth of equities on a net basis on Friday, while domestic investors bought 15.42 billion rupees ($186.44 million) of shares, as per provisional NSE data. ** Dilip Buildcon (DIBL.NS): Co gets order worth 16.47 billion rupees.

BENGALURU, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Indian shares reversed early gains on Friday, dragged by information technology stocks, after HCL Technologies warned of a potential slowdown in client spending in the industry's key U.S. markets as recession fears weighed. read moreAll the top losers in the Nifty 50 index were information technology stocks, with HCL Tech, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Wipro and TCS, leading the decline. Most of the other sectors, however, gained as an overnight slide in oil prices and the easing of China's COVID-19 curbs limited losses. The Nifty PSU (.NIFTYPSU) index rose over 1%, on course to advance for the seventh day in a row, if gains hold. Oil prices stabilised, but still hovered around 2022 lows, after slipping for the fifth day in a row on Thursday.

☆ Google to merge mapping service Waze with maps products teams
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dec 8 (Reuters) - Google said on Thursday it will merge teams working on mapping service Waze and products like Google Maps, effective Dec. 9, in a bid to consolidate processes. The Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O)-owned company will integrate Waze, which it acquired in 2013 for $1 billion, into Google Geo, its portfolio of real-world mapping products that include Google Maps, Google Earth, and Street View, a Google spokesperson said. Waze CEO Neha Parikh will exit the company following a transition period, Google said, adding that Waze will continue to be a standalone app, with about 151 million monthly active users worldwide. "By bringing the Waze team into Geo's portfolio of real-world mapping products, the teams will benefit from further increased technical collaboration," the spokesperson said. In a letter dated July 12, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said the company would streamline processes and consolidate investments where they overlap.

☆ Musk taps Tesla's China chief to run Texas gigafactory - Bloomberg News
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dec 8 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) chief Elon Musk has roped in longtime executive and the company's president in China, Tom Zhu, to help run the carmaker's new plant in Austin, Texas, Bloomberg News reported late on Wednesday. Zhu, who joined Tesla in 2014 and is heading Tesla's Asia Pacific operations, is in Austin this week. He has brought some of his engineering team from China with him to assist in overseeing the ramp-up of Giga Texas, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. Giga Texas, which opened earlier this year, makes the Model Y and will produce Tesla's upcoming Cybertruck. It is not clear whether Zhu will retain his Asia responsibilities or for how long he will be in Austin, Bloomberg added.

☆ INDIA RUPEE Rupee below 82/USD for first time in a month, premiums at 12-yr low
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Nimesh Vora | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The rupee was at 82.2550 to the dollar at 10:58 a.m. IST, down from 81.79 in the previous session. The local unit dropped to a low of 82.34, a level last seen on Nov. 4. Talk of a mining company's large dividend payment-related dollar outflow was adding to the USD/INR upside momentum, they added. Meanwhile, USD/INR forward premiums fell more to slip to their lowest level in more than a decade. The RBI will raise interest rates by a smaller 35 basis points to 6.25%, according to economists polled by Reuters.

☆ Indian shares slip as oil jumps on easing China COVID curbs
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BENGALURU, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Indian shares dipped at open on Monday, as oil prices jumped following China's unwinding of COVID-19 restrictions, while investors awaited the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy decision due later in the week. Oil prices rose after OPEC+ held its output targets in its meeting on Sunday and easing China curbs offered hopes of a rebound in fuel demand. Rise in oil prices is a negative for oil-importing countries like India, where crude oil constitutes the most in the country's import bill. Nifty Metal index was the top sectoral gainer, adding 1.11%, led by Hindalco (HALC.NS), National Aluminium (NALU.NS). Indian markets are also focused on the central bank's monetary policy decision, which is due on Wednesday.

☆ Asian FX bulls loom on signs of slowing Fed rate hikes, China reopening
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Savyata Mishra | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Market participants turned bullish on the U.S. dollar-sensitive South Korean won for the first time since July 1, 2021, the poll of 12 analysts showed on Thursday. Expectations that the dollar's strength and U.S. yields had peaked saw investors return to emerging markets in November. "Given the negative burden of the Fed's tightening cycle on Asian currencies, an eventual pivot toward easing will likely deliver a rally in Asia FX," BofA analysts said in a note last week. However, Barclays analysts warn of challenges from increased fragmentation of domestic politics and the slowing economy. The poll uses estimates of net long or short positions on a scale of minus 3 to plus 3.

☆ AirAsia parent narrows Q3 loss on strong demand recovery, upbeat outlook
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 30 (Reuters) - Capital A Berhad (CAPI.KL), the parent of Malaysian budget airline AirAsia, reported a narrower third-quarter operating loss on Wednesday, buoyed by a strong rebound in travel demand and the easing of pandemic-related restrictions in Southeast Asia. It also forecast a positive outlook for the upcoming years on strong sales momentum and reopening of travel restrictions, projecting stronger air passenger traffic in the next quarter. Capital A posted an operating loss of 563.9 million ringgit ($127.00 million) for the three months ended Sept. 30, compared to a loss of 893 million ringgit in the year-ago period. It reported a sharp 563% increase in revenue to 1.96 billion ringgit from last year's 295.9 million ringgit. ($1 = 4.4400 ringgit)Reporting by Sameer Manekar and Riya Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane VenkatramanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ INDIA RUPEE Rupee recovers, premiums fall below critical level
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Nimesh Vora | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MUMBAI, Nov 28 (Reuters) - The Indian rupee recovered its opening losses to end largely flat against the dollar, while forward premiums declined more to slip below a key level. Indian equities reaching a record high and a fall in oil prices further helped the rupee. Foreign investors have poured in almost $4 billion into Indian equities so far this month. Rupee forward premiums extended their recent decline with the 1-year implied yield falling below 2% for the first time in over ten years. The fall in the overnight cash USD/INR swap rate was among the main reasons for the fall in forward premiums, according to traders.

☆ Major Gulf markets fall in early trade on growth worries
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nov 22 (Reuters) - Major stock markets in the Gulf fell in early trade on Tuesday on growth worries following COVID-19 flare-ups in China and weak oil demand, with the Qatari index on course to extend losses for a sixth session. Saudi Arabia's benchmark index (.TASI) dropped 0.3%, on course to extend losses for a third session, with Dr Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Services (4013.SE) losing 2.7% and Riyad Bank (1010.SE) falling 1.1%. Physical crude markets have weakened in recent days, reflecting softer demand from China and Europe. Dubai's main share index (.DFMGI) fell 0.3%, hit by a 0.4% fall in Emirates NBD (ENBD.DU). The Qatari index (.QSI) retreated 0.8%, on course to extend losses for a sixth session, with Qatar Islamic Bank (QISB.QA) dropping 1.6%.

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