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Farm crisis topped the agenda of acting Finance Minister, Piyush Goyal who presented the Interim Union Budget 2019 on Friday, as the ruling government led by Narendra Modi approaches the end of its term. 

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 2.14 p.m. on February 1, 2019.

The markets on February 1, 2019 opened gap up. BSE Sensex is trading at 36,505.07, up by 248.38 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,923.55, up by 92.60 points. 

In the interim budget of 2019 the government fixed the fiscal deficit at 3.4 per cent for FY20 and the Current Account Deficit is expected at 2.5 per cent of the GDP. The fiscal deficit slippage is owing to the newly announced farm package.

After the interim budget volatility is likely to increase, we may see some more depreciation at the rupee’s end.