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India's CPI Inflation rose to 6.52 Percent - January 2023

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 India's CPI Inflation rose to 6.52 Percent - January 2023   Post September 2022, India's Retail Inflation (Consumer Price Index - CPI) which had been decreasing for three months in a row, increased to 6.52 Percent in the month of January this year. However the said inflation rate is less than the level seen in April 2022 where it was 7.79 Percent. It is noteworthy that the current said inflation rate is above the Central Bank's Target of 2 to 6 Percent. In the previous year, January 2022 the retail inflation stood at 6.01 Percent. The current said inflation rate of 6.52 Percent in the month of January 2023 rose due to Food inflation. The Food inflation was increased to 5.94 Percent. Like the housing inflation prices were also increased by 4.62 Percent and Tobacco products by 3.07 Percent. Meanwhile, the prices of Light and Fuel, Clothing and Footwear were broadly unchanged and slightly came down.   The January 2023 inflation rate was slightly higher than the Market expecta

Profit and Loss of Individual Traders in F&O Segment in 2022 - SEBI Analysis Report

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 Profit and Loss of Individual Traders in F&O Segment in 2022 - SEBI Analysis Report   The Securities and Exchange Board of India(SEBI) had released a report from the Department of Economic and Policy Analysis(DEPA) a week ago. This report tells about the Individual traders engaged with Equity F&O Segment and the profit and loss analysis of the said traders in the Financial year 2022. In the FY2022, around 45 Lakh Individual Traders dealt with the Equity Futures and Options segment in the Indian Stock Market. It is said that this is a 500 Percent growth as compared to the FY2019. The number of people aged between 20 and 30 Years was 36 Percent and aged between 30 and 40 Years was 39 Percent. It is noted that more than 80 Percent of Individual traders were Male participants and 9 out of 10 Individual traders in Equity F&O Segment incurred losses with an average loss of Rs. 1.1 Lakh during FY2022. This means around 89 Percent of traders were met loss in their Investment Capit