Week Ahead: Q2 results, inflation data, global cues among key market triggers next week

Investors will eye a host of investors in the second week of October – brimming with several key events that will guide market direction, including the July-September quarter of fiscal 2023-24 (Q2FY24) results, macroeconomic data, foreign fund inflow, crude oil prices, and global cues. Domestic equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty settled higher in the previous session after the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) maintained a status quo on repo rates and policy stance, in line with Street expectations. The central bank also retained its policy stance as the “withdrawal of accommodation” with five out…