The increase in auction sales was mainly driven by bottles priced between £100 and £1,000, with that category seeing values rising 40% and volumes 30% in the first three quarters.

The volatility index, India VIX, has slipped to 13.4 indicating choppiness is gradually subsiding and thus providing comfort to the bulls. Chart patterns suggest the 13-exponential moving average zone of 18,200-18,250 will be a strong support.

According to CII, domestic demand is recovering well as mirrored by the performance of a host of high-frequency indicators. However, the prevailing global ‘polycrisis’ is likely to impinge on India’s growth prospects too.

Several ministries may not be able to utilise their full allocation for the year, providing a cushion to the finance ministry to meet the sharply higher requirement for food, fertiliser and petroleum subsidies. The higher-than-budgeted nominal gross domestic product (GDP) growth will also help deficit numbers.

“We are reaching a stage where we need to give complete stability to the tax structures on both sides. We’ve done a bit of a journey on this, but I think some bits are still left out,” said Bajaj in an interview with ET.

In an email interview to PTI, the American economist also said that when the US raises exchange rates unexpectedly, the dollar tends to appreciate and things will normalise when interest rates are closer to each other in the US and India.

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