The whole market reacts

Watch the line react to each headline.

Some news isn't about any one company. It changes the outlook for **many** companies at once, so the whole market moves.

The big events to watch

These events affect the whole economy, so they tend to move the whole market. The rest of this module covers each one.

• Interest rate decisions from the central bank (RBI) — Higher rates make borrowing dearer; markets usually don't like increases.
• Inflation data released every month — How fast prices are rising, and a clue to where interest rates go next.
• Factory output and PMI health checks — Show whether businesses are producing and growing more, or less.
• The Union Budget once a year — Tax and spending announcements that can help or hurt whole industries.
• Company results every quarter — Each company reports its earnings, and the price reacts to how they compare with expectations.

Read the headline

Tap each headline.

**Remember:** these are typical first reactions, not certainties. What the market already **expected** matters too.

Company news or market news?

• Company news one stock — A new CEO, a big order, a factory fire: mainly moves **that company's** shares.
• Economy news many stocks at once — Interest rates, inflation, the budget: can move **whole sectors**, and the index with them.

Sometimes the two meet: if news hits one **heavyweight** company, the whole index can move with it.

Check — Question 3 of 4

Who does the news mainly move?

What you now know

• News about the economy can move many stocks, and the whole market, at once.
• Key events: interest rate decisions, inflation, factory output and PMI, the budget, company results.
• Rate rises are usually unwelcome; rate-sensitive sectors react first.
• A heavyweight's move can drag the whole index.
• Reactions are tendencies, not certainties, and expectations matter.