Fall, bounce back, and finish in the red. That essentially sums up today’s trading activity. After a day off for Holi, the marketplaces reopened. It was a sea of red, as one might imagine. The Sensex fell 1,700 points in response to global trends, while the Nifty fell below 24,400, actually closer to 24,300. Both…
The rupee fell 13 paise versus the dollar to 86.46 on Thursday, according to currency traders, due to a drop in the majority of regional currencies and demand for dollars from overseas banks. Experts predict that the currency’s decline will continue, but at a slower rate now that the pessimistic outlook around the rupee has…
In the week ending November 22, India’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves fell to USD 656.582 billion for the eighth consecutive week, according to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The foreign exchange reserves are in a downward phase after reaching an all-time high of USD 704.89 billion in September. They fell by around USD 1.31…
According to government statistics, foreign direct investment in India increased by 45% yearly to USD 29.79 billion from April to September of this fiscal year due to robust computer, telecom, pharmaceutical, and services inflows. From April to September of 2023–2024, FDI inflows totaled USD 20.5 billion. Compared with USD 9.52 billion in the same quarter…
Because the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to intervene, market participants anticipate a slight devaluation of the rupee, which will prevent the FX market from experiencing extreme volatility. By the end of December, the rupee should be trading around 84.50 to the US dollar. Tuesday saw it fall to a new low of…
With a strong loss of nearly 1.00% in May, the Indian Rupee underwent severe weakening and came under pressure. It’s interesting that this reduction took place despite the mind-blowing $5 billion in inflows. This begs the question of whether the INR could be impacted by the present downturn in Asian currencies. Let’s look at the…
On Friday, the State Bank of India announced that during the current fiscal year, it plans to raise up to Rs 50,000 crore through loan instruments from both domestic and international markets. The bank’s central board made this decision, according to a filing with the stock exchange by the biggest lender in the nation. The…
On Friday, the rupee strengthened versus the US dollar by 14 paise to 82.58 (provisional), helped by foreign capital inflows and an uptick in domestic markets. However, the strong US dollar relative to important foreign currencies restrained the home currency’s upward trend, according to FX traders. Since US President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker…
The Indian Rupee has been on a climb since last Thursday against the U.S. dollar. On Tuesday, the domestic currency gained 0.4 percent to close at 78.72. Thus, the year to date loss of INR versus USD is now down to 5.9 percent. The gain was largely due to the weakness in the dollar over…
The Indian rupee USD/INR opened slightly higher at 76.26 and moved towards 76.36 against the US dollar on Thursday morning, after that the rupee fallen towards 76.06. As the session started, the domestic currency down amid U.S. dollar strengthening in the international market on coming aggressive interest rate hike by the U.S. Fed in the upcoming months…
