Markets continued their super volatile movement, with two days of gains and three days of losses. The net result was a virtually flat week. The BSESENSEX ended the week with a miniscule loss of 19.38 points or 0.08 per cent to close at 24,435.66 points. The NIFTY lost 15.35 points or 0.21 per cent to close at 7,422.45 points. The broader indices saw the BSE100, BSE200 and BSE500 lose 0.52 per cent, 0.57 per cent and 0.73 per cent respectively. BSEMIDCAP lost 1.46 per cent and BSESMALLCAP 1.71 per cent.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley shakes hands with Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last week. On January 19, the IMF downgraded its forecast for global economic growth. Pic/PTI