A chip-led sell-off tore through Asia on Friday, yet India closed almost flat, the rupee firmed, and bonds rallied. India held because it owns little of the chip cycle, and because two policy reads landed at once: growth came in hot at seven point eight percent and the government scrapped tax on foreign bond holdings. But the heaviest leg of the global rout, a hot US jobs print, landed after India closed. Whether India shrugs off that American leg is Monday's question.

Key points:

• Nifty 50 closed at 23,366.70, down 0.21%. Bank Nifty was the bright spot (+0.35%) on the policy news; IT (−0.99%) and Metals (−1.60%) were the drags.

• The rupee firmed ~0.88% to 94.95 even as the dollar rose — an India-specific bid traceable to the GDP beat and the new foreign-bond tax exemption.

• Macro: Q4 GDP +7.8% (vs ~7.2% expected); government Ordinance exempts foreign investors from tax on Indian government bonds. RBI held the repo at 5.25% but raised its inflation forecast and trimmed growth, citing a weak monsoon and high energy prices.

• Movers: Paras Defence +7.4% (₹52.82 cr BEL order + strong Q4, sourced); Suven Life Sciences −10.9% (no fresh cause found across six sources — profit-taking after a +77% three-month run); Wockhardt −7.3% (pullback from a ZAYNICH FDA-approval rally, not fresh bad news).

• The heaviest global leg (hot US payrolls at 6pm IST, Nasdaq −4.2%) landed after India closed. Friday only proves India held against the Asian-hours move; Monday 8 June is the real test.

Disclaimer:

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Byline: Nimit Mehra, CFA L3. NISM XA/XB. SEBI RA-registration in process.

AI-narration disclosure: Narration is AI-generated using Sarvam TTS; script and analysis are by Nimit Mehra.