12/10/2022
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🌟 Sectoral view by S&TA
🏦 *Banking sector*: In October so far, the first time that system slipped into deficit was on Monday. Prior to that, the RBI had absorbed a daily average of close to Rs 90,000 crore so far in the month
👨💻 *IT sector*: Report says: The quarterly earnings season for India’s outsourcing firms has begun on a cautiously optimistic note. Some American companies might still look to information technology to shed costs as they hunker down for a recession. That means new outsourcing orders
🛢 *Oil & Gas sector*: The government has put up as many as 42 oil and gas blocks for exploration and development through international competitive bidding. The government has not given a timeline for the bidding for the 26 oil and gas blocks. These cover an area of approximately 223,000 square kilometers (sq. km), constituting one of the largest such offerings in recent times. Of the 26 blocks, 18 were carved out by the government and eight have been notified as a result of expressions of interest (EoIs) received from potential investors.
⚕*Pharma sector*: Axis securities says: In Q2FY23, Pharma sector expected to be benefitted by factors like Currency depreciation, fall in raw material prices, low crude prices and correction in shipping prices could add to revenue growth and improvement in gross margins.
🌟 *Life Insurance sector*: Axis securities says, life insurance industry regained growth traction post-entering FY23, growth still appears optically higher for H1FY23, given the lower base in Apr-May’21 (which was impacted by COVID2.0 induced lockdowns). However, given the expected strong demand for protection, annuity and non-PAR products, we expect the growth momentum to continue going forward. We believe the life insurance industry is geared to register robust growth over the long term in light of the under-penetration of life insurance in India as well as due to the higher protection gap.
🌟 *Sectoral view* 🏦 *Banking sector*: In October so far, the first time that system slipped into deficit was on Monday. Prior to that, the RBI had absorbed a daily average of close to Rs 90,000 crore so far in the month 👨💻 *IT sector*: Report says: The quarterly earnings season for In...