RBI awaits fiscal stance, inflation to cool off to decide on rates.
Gold has risen sharply due to rising risk aversion
The Sensex finally ended down 233 points at 18,541. Nifty ended down 77 points at 5,590.
The rupee had lost 21 paise on Tuesday's trade.
Global private equity major KKR has ranked India second among the emerging markets on external risks, citing the high fiscal and current account deficits.
Despite returns from gold down over 5% in the past three months, it is a good idea to keep this asset class in your portfolio.
Petrol and diesel prices were hiked for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday by 35 paise per litre, pushing the total increase in rates on petrol to Rs 36 per litre and on diesel to Rs 26.58 since early May 2020 when taxes on the two fuels were raised to record levels. Petrol in Delhi now costs Rs 107.24 a litre and diesel comes for Rs 95.97, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers. The latest increase that follows the unrelenting hike in international oil prices has pushed pump rates across the country to their highest-ever levels.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) are back in droves.
Traders rejoice when the Fed drops the rate, but...
Gold has dulled a lot lately but investors could still take a shine to it.
'This market is very expensive in some pockets, dirt cheap in some, and the belly of the market is reasonably valued.'
Movements in gold prices will depend on the US' interest rates.
The Indian markets look extremely stretched. The Sensex valuations have gone up 19.28 per cent to 26 per cent since the lows triggered by the sub-prime crisis two months ago. Taiwan and Kospi, on the other hand, have not changed much. A Citi group report suggested that the RBI might hike CRR rates to suck out excess liquidity from the system. An increase of one per cent would draw out $7 billion from the system.
So, what's the problem if our present is screwed up when the future promises to be profitable? It's an Indian habit, notes Shyam G Menon.
After turning net buyers for the fifth straight month till June, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) withdrew a net of Rs 11,743 crore ($1.7 billion) in July. This was their highest outflow since October 2018.
The broader NSE Nifty, after slipping below the 10,500-mark to hit a low of 10,477, finally concluded 29 points, or 0.27 per cent, down at 10,524.
Realty, consumer durables, capital goods lead losses, Broader markets underperform.
On gold buying occasions such as Akshaya Tritiya, Chiraj Mehta points out, investors are often confronted with the question: Should I make just a token purchase, or should I buy more towards building my allocation in the yellow metal?
'Markets are likely to remain choppy for the next 6 months.'
Devangshu Datta predicts the good, the bad and the ugly of currency trends for the coming year.
The 'Rawalpindi Express', considered the fastest bowler in history said he does not understand why the civilian sector cannot work in collaboration with the Armed forces.
Gaurav Garg, head of research at CapitalVia Global Research Limited will answer your stock market queries.
RBI Governor cautioned against more volatility.
Prajnesh is now ranked 102 in the men's singles rankings with a jump of seven places while Ankita leapfrogged 35 places to a career-high 168 in the women's singles.
The chief minister still has time to repair the damage but he will have to act all-round, both at the government and party levels, suggests N Sathiya Moorthy.
The broader markets are trading inline with the larger peers with BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices up 1.5% each.
In the Sensex pack, Vedanta took the biggest hit (5.55 per cent), followed by Tata Motors, SBI, Yes Bank, Bharti Airtel and Infosys, which lost up to 4.50 per cent.
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The newly-appointed Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Wednesday Reserve Bank of India will offer a window to banks to swap the fresh FCNR-B dollar funds, mobilised for a minimum tenor of three years and over, at a fixed rate of 3.5 per cent per annum. According to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, "the move should fetch $8-10 billion", adding that the move would help in shifting rupee risks away from NRIs at a time of extreme volatility.
'Markets should be driven more or less by earnings growth.'
As global markets near all-time highs driven by liquidity, Marc Faber suggests most asset prices worldwide are inflated.
'While the farmers are reeling under a huge debt burden, crop loss due to locust attacks and erratic rainfall, the state is also facing a COVID-19 challenge.' 'In this situation, you have Congress and BJP MLAs trying to outwit each other in a game of thrones'
Gold has pushed lower as a result of Chinese selling.
India's numbers have shown a reasonable amount of improvement.
Investors should consider debt mutual funds, banks fixed deposits or high-rated corporate debt instruments.
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Unless there is a sharp uptick in oil prices, Fed may push back rate hike
The Federal Reserve must now ensure that higher inflation doesn't derail the US recovery.
Interest rates still aren't low enough to stimulate the U.S. economy. Washington needs to engender more inflation so "real" rates turn substantially negative
The broader NSE Nifty, after shuttling between 10,649.25 and 10,782.30 points, finally settled 90.50 points, or 0.84 per cent lower at 10,663.50.
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