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To join the conversation, click on the link: https://refini.tv/2P8N0Wp INDIA TOP NEWS • Housing lender DHFL warns it may not survive as a going concern One of India's biggest housing finance companies, Dewan Housing Finance Corp Ltd (DHFL), warned on Saturday that its financial situation was so grim that it may not survive. • India aims to raise 3.25 trillion rupees from stake sales in state firms over 5 years-sources The Indian government has plans to raise as much as 3.25 trillion rupees in the next five years by reducing its stakes in some large state-owned firms to 40%, two senior government officials told Reuters, in the nation's biggest privatisation push in more than two decades. • India's June inflation hits eight-month high but rate cut still possible India's retail inflation hit a eight-month high in June on higher food prices, but stayed below the central bank's target, potentially giving it room for a further interest rate easing to boost slowing growth. • India says Deloitte misreading law in challenging govt's call for ban India has told a tribunal the local auditing affiliate of international accounting group Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is misreading a key federal law as the firm seeks to avoid a five-year ban on new business, according to legal documents reviewed by Reuters on Sunday. • India's second lunar mission delayed due to 'technical snag'- ISRO India's space agency said it delayed the launch of its second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, in the early hours due to a "technical snag" which was observed less than an hour before the scheduled liftoff. • India-U.S. trade talks end without major progress -sources U.S. and Indian trade negotiators ended talks on Friday without making major progress on a range of disputes over tariffs and other protectionist measures imposed by both sides that are straining bilateral ties, according to officials with knowledge of the discussions. • Infosys raises revenue forecast on upbeat demand for digital services India's second-biggest software services firm, Infosys, raised its revenue forecast for the year on Friday, betting on upbeat client demand for its new-age digital services such as cloud, data and analytics. • Indian authorities arrest top executive at retailer Future Group over unpaid duties Indian federal authorities arrested a top executive at the retail conglomerate Future Group, one of the largest retailers in the country, on customs fraud charges involving more than $2 million of unpaid customs duties on garment imports, a government statement said on Saturday. GLOBAL TOP NEWS • China Q2 GDP growth slows to 6.2% y/y, 27-year low China's economic growth slowed to 6.2% in the second quarter from a year earlier, the weakest in at least 27 years, as demand at home and abroad faltered as the United States ratcheted up trade pressure. • Iran ready to talk if U.S. lifts sanctions, Pompeo skeptical Iran is ready to hold talks with the United States if Washington lifts sanctions and returns to the 2015 nuclear deal it quit last year, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech on Sunday. • U.S. firms may get nod to restart Huawei sales in 2-4 weeks -official The U.S. may approve licenses for companies to re-start new sales to Huawei in as little as two weeks, according to a senior U.S. official, in a sign President Donald Trump's recent effort to ease restrictions on the Chinese company could move forward quickly. LOCAL MARKETS OUTLOOK (As reported by NewsRise) • SGX Nifty nearest-month futures were little changed at 11,553.00. • The Indian rupee is expected to open higher against the dollar as the Federal Reserve’s dovish monetary policy outlook continued to weigh on the U.S. currency. • Indian government bonds are likely to open higher, as easing June core inflation heightened bets of another policy rate cut next month. The yield on the benchmark 7.26% bond maturing in 2029 is likely to trade in a 6.45%-6.50% today. GLOBAL MARKETS • All three major indexes posted record closing highs on Friday as firm expectations for an interest-rate cut from the Federal Reserve continued to propel shares while investors awaited next week's kickoff of the corporate earnings season. • Asian shares started the week on a softer note after posting their first weekly decline since early June, while the dollar was on the defensive. • The dollar stayed on the defensive, pinned down by expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut this month. • The U.S. yield curve was slightly steeper on Friday, with yields largely unmoved by stronger-than-expected producer price data as market expectations of an interest rate cut this month held firm. • Oil prices slipped after China posted its slowest quarterly economic growth in at least 27 years, reinforcing concerns about demand in the world's largest crude oil importer. • Gold prices were lower in Asian trading. CLOSE FII INVESTMENTS EQUITIES DEBT PNDF spot 68.52/68.55 July 12 -$124.0 mln $107.31 mln 10-yr bond yield 6.49 pct Month-to-date -$636.84 mln $712.64 mln Year-to-date $10.70 bln -$688.12 mln For additional data: India govt bond market volumes Stock market reports Non-deliverable forwards data Corporate debt stories [IN CORPD] Local market closing/intraday levels [IN SNAPSHOT] Monthly inflows [INFLOWS RTRS TABLE IN] ($1 = 68.5500 Indian rupees) (Compiled by Yoganand KN in Bengaluru)