'Global investors expect the rupee to be more vulnerable in the downturns in the future than ever before,' notes Apoorva Javadekar.
Foreign institutional investors were net buyers in Indian equities worth Rs 277.92 crore on Tuesday
8 out of 12 sectoral indices closed in red with BSE IT and Healthcare indices losing 0.5%.
Experts point to the bitter experience of countries including Mexico, Thailand, South Korea and Russia and desist from going forward with plans of issuance of such securities. They say rather than going abroad, the country should increase participation of foreign investor in the government securities which does not have any forex risk.
The 50-share NSE Nifty slipped below the 8,200-mark to touch a low of 8,154.45, but settled at 8,170.80, down 90.95 points, or 1.10 per cent
Sensex ended strong, Tata Steel, HUL climb higher.
Forex dealers said besides the dollar gaining against other currencies in the global markets on the back of a strong US economy, increased demand for the American unit from importers weighed on the rupee but a higher opening in the domestic equity markets, capped the fall.
'Women's voices are too high or too low, or they are seen as too short or too tall, or too fat or too thin, to be great leaders.' 'These judgments wear us down.'
The Indian currency on Friday traded at 62.48, down 41 paise against the US dollar at 1645 hours.
The President-elect has already infuriated China by talking over phone with the Taiwanese President, the first by a top American leader since 1979.
'When the rupee was at 65 a dollar, we wanted to go to Thailand for a holiday.' 'Now at 72, we may find Goa much more attractive.' 'That's how correction happens.' 'If you don't let that correction happen, then it's a pressure cooker that bursts one day.'
If elected president, the Republican nominee said he would declare China a currency manipulator, cancel payments to United Nations for combating climate change and renegotiating NAFTA.
India's economy could also suffer some ill-effects without necessarily triggering retaliation via higher tariff barriers against Indian goods, says Devangshu Datta.
Trump said if elected the US under his administration would pursue right away to bring back jobs.
Investors will remain cautious ahead of F&O expiry.
Pakistan-born Canadian writer Tarek Fatah on Saturday said the Modi government's decision to demonetise 500 and 1000 rupee currency notes has hit Pakistan-sponsored terror activities against India and flow of counterfeit currency has been terminated.
In worldwide trade, the American dollar traded with solid strength against all major emerging currencies
So far this month, another $4.5 billion (Rs 33,000 crore) has flown into domestic stocks.
BSE Mid-cap index ended lower by over 2.5% and BSE Small-cap index tumbled over 3%.
'With English the most rapidly growing medium of instruction in India's schools and accounting now for more than one-sixth of the total (next only to Hindi, which accounts for a half), India is not about to turn its face away from a language that has global currency,' notes T N Ninan.<
The US dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, was 0.38 per cent lower at 95.41.
On the sectoral front, rate-sensitive sectors such as Bankex and Auto gained by 1% and 0.7% respectively while BSE Consumer Durables gained 1.4%.
The US president, who has expressed disappointment over China's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, claimed that it was the "incompetence" of Beijing that led to the mass killing across the globe.
The government would take a number of steps to energise and deepen the country's corporate bond as well as currency derivatives market.
Heavy dollar selling by banks and exporters alongside debt-related inflows largely supported the rupee
India has no option but to shut China out, notes T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
Markets across the globe gained after China Securities Regulator removed its four-day-old circuit-breaker system.
Sensex opened at 25,817 levels, 47 points down.
Nifty50 surged 145 points to close at 8,468 after hitting an intra-day high of 8,475.
Weak GDP data and unfaouvrable global data has pulled down Sensex, Nifty.
Devangshu Datta predicts the good, the bad and the ugly of currency trends for the coming year.
The Taliban knows that Washington holds the key, points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The global agency said there are "serious deficiencies" on the part of the country in checking terror-financing and it lacks an effective system to deal with it.
The broader markets outperformed the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices gained 0.4% each
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices have performed better than the front-liners
A recently published Cost of Living Survey from Mercer is full of surprises.
Determining the direction of the dollar in Trump's America will be more critical for asset allocation than getting your call on interest rates right, says Akash Prakash.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended down 371 points at 24,966 and the Nifty50 closed 101 points lower at 7,615.
The government has decided to do away with the various classifications of foreign investments for the purpose of calculating foreign investment in downstream companies.
Heavy unwinding by foreign portfolio investors and lacklustre equities dampened the sentiment
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