INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
today edged lower, following weak global markets
The Sensex was down 27 points at 34,589 while Nifty slipped to 10,603
Bharti Airtel rose nearly 3 per cent while Reliance Industries gained nearly 1 per cent
Asian shares fell on Wednesday as a rise in US bond yields to 3 per cent and warnings from bellwether US companies of higher costs drove
fears that corporate earnings growth may peak soon
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 0.7 per cent to its lowest in almost three weeks, with tech-heavy Taiwan
shares hitting two-month lows on worries about slowing semi-conductor demand
Japan's Nikkei also dropped 0.7 per cent.Wall Street shares skidded overnight, with the SP 500 falling 1.34 percent, the most in
two-and-a-half weeks.Industrial heavyweight Caterpillar beat earnings estimates due to strong global demand but its shares tumbled 6.2 per
cent after management said first-quarter earnings would be the "high water mark" for the year and warned of increasing steel prices.Creeping
gains in US Treasury yields are fuelling fears
The 10-year yield, a benchmark for global borrowing costs, has been driven steadily higher by a combination of concerns over inflation,
growing debt supply, and rising Federal Reserve borrowing costs.The 10-year U.S
Treasuries yield rose to as high as 3.003 per cent on Tuesday
A break of its January 2014 high of 3.041 per cent could turn investors even more bearish.Oil prices slipped back from near 3-1/2-year highs
President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron eased concerns Washington may reinstate sanctions against Iran, although Trump
refrained from committing to staying in a 2015 nuclear deal
