As the global economic slowdown overshadows inflation as the main concern of Asian central banks, they are also working to head off a related risk.

Asian stocks edged up on Friday as Chinese consumer price data soothed fears over inflationary pressures building in the world's No.2 economy.

Stocks: The BSE benchmark Sensex rallied by another 522 pts for the second consecutive week to 8-week high at 18 762. 80 on strong buying by operators and investors on

Warren Buffett was greeted with a jam-packed audience of Berkshire Insurance policyholders. The hall was mostly filled with fund managers from Mumbai

The monthly inflation data, the RBI's mid-quarter policy review, and the advance tax numbers will decide the mood of the market investors in the coming week, who have turned cautious

Stock market is likely to extend the positive momentum this week, as India remains the hot spot for foreign funds inflows, the main driving force behind recent bull run, analysts

Sensex will show a small rise between now and the end of the year but is set to surpass record highs in the first half of 2011 thanks to a booming economy, a Reuters poll showed.

The June quarter results of IT bellwether Infosys, industrial production data for May and monthly inflation numbers will set the mood for the market this week.