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SumanSpeaks Independent Capital Markets & Geopolitical Intelligence POLITICAL ECONOMY | PART 1: THE TELECOM TEST The Sangh’s Costliest Blunder: Keeping Narendra Modi in the Chair After Demonetisation and a Trail of U-Turns Two private giants, one state-propped survivor, roughly ₹3.22 lakh crore in announced BSNL revival and support packages (spectrum allocation included), and ₹1.41 lakh crore of AGR dues still on the books: telecom shows what happens when one man’s brand becomes the party’s only policy. This is an argument against Narendra Modi, not against the BJP. SYNOPSIS India’s telecom market has narrowed from a messy but real plurality into two dominant private networks, one weak private survivor kept alive by government equity, and a public operator that has needed about ₹3.22 lakh crore in announced support packages and spectrum allocations, not all of it cash. The 2010 spectrum auctions that started the debt spiral were a UPA-era event, and we say so plainly. But a ...
All Ordinaries looks to open higher
ASX SPI 200 futures are currently 24 points higher at 4993 an hour before the open, with Australian equities poised to follow global bourses into the green.

Also supporting Australian equities today is a stronger gold price, which hit a 3-1/2-week high of $1,616.36 an ounce on Friday.

U.S. stocks gain:

U.S. stocks rose on Friday in spite of the banking crisis in Cyprus, paring the second weekly drop of the year for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as Nike Inc. (NKE) and Tiffany & Co. (TIF) beat earnings estimates and optimism.

The S&P 500 (SPX) advanced 0.7 percent to 1,556.89 in New York, trimming its weekly loss to 0.2 percent.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 90.54 points, or 0.6 percent, to 14,512.03 today.

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