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Metal Stocks Outlook for the week – 13 to 17.10.2014

Metal Stocks Outlook for the week – 13 to 17.10.2014

Shares of metal companies are expected to trade with a negative bias next week due to
disappointing India industrial growth in August and weak Chinese manufacturing data. India's
Index of Industrial Production growth in August at 0.4% was much lower than 2.3%.

Since China is the largest consumer of most industrial metals, weaker Chinese PMI has
adversely impacted the outlook for non-ferrous metals. Expectations of an increase in interest
rates by the US Federal Reserve in CY15 (calendar 2015) and with quantitative easing coming to
an end, the Dollar Index has strengthened to levels of 85.8, which is also dampening sentiment.

The CNX Metal Index has fallen 3.67% since Oct 1, compared to an around 1% fall in the broader indices.