Inflation data, earnings, global cues to guide market this week: Analysts

WPI inflation data for March, quarterly earnings, global trends and foreign fund trading activity are major factors that will drive equity markets this week, analysts said. Investors would also focus on the movement of crude oil prices and the trend in the rupee against the US dollar. Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation data for March would be released on Monday. "Trend in global markets, domestic and global macroeconomic data, crude oil prices and movement of the rupee against the dollar will dictate the trend this week," said Arvinder Singh Nanda, Senior Vice President, Master Capital Services Ltd. HCL Technologies, Hindustan Zinc, Tata Coffee and Tata Communications are some of the major firms that will announce their quarterly earnings this week. "Focus will be on earnings and global markets for cues. On the earnings front, participants will first react to Infosys and HDFC Bank's numbers in early trade on Monday," Ajit Mishra, VP - Technical Research, Religare Broking Ltd, .

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