big picture

i want to get an idea of how bigger economic forces affect stock market,like steel prices and construction industry etc.please suggest books/websites (beginner level) for this.thanks.

Try to read business articles/magazines (money life, outlook business, money today, business news papers etc) regularly in which the entire phenomenon has been covered.

Try to go through the following thread completely inorder to understand the important macro things from the fundamental

http://www.traderji.com/fundamental-analysis/63800-my-view-market-economy-debarghya-mukherjee.html