Week Ahead: Auto sales, F&O expiry, Q3 GDP data, global cues among key market triggers this week

Investors will eye several stock market triggers in the last week of the month including domestic and global macroeconomic data, auto sales figures, crude oil prices, foreign capital inflow, along with global cues. Markets remained volatile in the past five days but managed to extend their winning streak for the second consecutive week, ending with a gain of nearly a per cent. After the initial rise, mixed global cues combined with profit taking in select heavyweights capped the momentum. Global indices surged higher as the positive momentum was largely influenced by the tech rally following US chipmaking giant Nvidia’s steady…