Before the trading day starts we bring you a digest of the key news and events that are likely to move markets. Today we look at:<\/p>\n
Good morning, this is Alex Gabriel Simon, an equities reporter in Mumbai. Local stocks look set to start the week on a cheerful note as traders gear up for Diwali festivities. The optimism is reflected in Nifty futures, which are trading higher alongside broader Asian markets. Signs of progress<\/a> in US trade talks may give bulls the confidence to press ahead. Banking stocks could be in focus after Emirates NBD Bank PJSC<\/a> announced<\/a> plans to invest $3 billion in RBL Bank. Plus, upbeat earnings from HDFC Bank<\/a> and ICICI Bank<\/a> are likely to keep the mood positive. With a shortened trading week ahead, volumes may stay light. Markets will open for a one-hour Diwali muhurat session on Tuesday, then take a break on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before the trading day starts we bring you a digest of the key news and events that are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[5806,9437,45,49,48,16326,2445,108107,1799,100,8258,6578,176,21548],"class_list":["post-225930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-markets","tag-asia","tag-banking","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-earnings","tag-economic-growth","tag-emirates-nbd-pjsc","tag-india","tag-markets","tag-mumbai","tag-retail","tag-stocks","tag-upbeat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}