trends in the sgx nifty indicate a positive opening for the broader index in india the bse sensex was down 221 points to 60286 while the nifty50 fell 43 points to 17722 at the close on tuesdayus stocks rallied to a convincingly higher close on tuesday but trade was choppy as investors digested comments from federal reserve chair jerome powell about how long the central bank might need to tame inflationthe dow jones industrial average rose 26567 points or 078 percent to 3415669 the sp 500 gained 5292 points or 129 percent to 4164 and the nasdaq composite added 22634 points or 19 percent to 1211379asiapacific markets traded mixed on wednesday the nikkei 225 fell 034 percent while the topix gained 012 percent the kospi in south korea rose 068 percentmost experts feel that the monetary policy committee mpc of the reserve bank of india rbi will hike the key policy rate by 25 basis points today while economists at sbi say that the central bank may hit the pause button maintaining the current withdrawal of accommodation stancestocks in newsshree cement adani power adani wilmar cummins india escorts kubota dreamfolks services endurance technologies equitas small finance bank gati gujarat pipavav port graphite india hg infra engineering honeywell automation india ircon international itd cementation india minda corporation samvardhana motherson international narayana hrudayalaya oberoi realty piramal enterprises speciality restaurants symphony tracxn technologies trent and windlas biotech will be in focus ahead of its quarterly earnings on february 8the national stock exchange has added ambuja cements on its fo ban list for february 8 but removed adani ports from the same listhero motocorp the twowheeler major has recorded a 36 yearonyear increase in standalone profit at rs 711 crore for quarter ended december fy23 led by other income but impacted by weak operating performanceadani green energy the renewable energy arm of the adani group has registered a 110 yearonyear increase in consolidated profit at rs 103 crore for december fy23 quarter despite weak operating performance and exceptional loss supported by other income and strong topline sobha the southbased real estate firm has reported a 48 yearonyear decline in consolidated profit at rs 318 crore for quarter ended december fy23 impacted by weak operating performance bharti airtel the telecom operator has reported a 26 sequential decline in consolidated profit at rs 1588 crore for threemonth period ended december fy23 impacted by licence fee provisionaurobindo pharmas aurolife pharma has received a final approval from the us food drug administration usfda to manufacture and market diclofenac sodium topical solution uspunion bank of india plans to raise funds through the sale of certificates of deposit maturing in one year the staterun lender will offer a yield of 772 on the issue and has received commitments worth around rs 1500 crore so far