A massive rally in domestic equities along with smooth supply of dollars on the back sustained capital inflows into equities and debt predominantly helped the upmove
Janet Yellen is guiding the Federal Reserve towards its first rate rise in a decade armed with traditional economic models that some economists worry could fail her in a world of massive money printing and near zero rates.
The S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices under-performed to lose 0.8% and 1.6%
The rupee fell to more than one-month low of 65.75 against the US dollar on Thursday.
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Strong currency and sagging oil prices are spooking policymakers.
Capital inflows continued to aid the rupee's rise, although a strong dollar overseas capped the gains.
Weakness in dollar in the overseas market also boosted the rupee value
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The Scotland Yard's Indian-origin deputy assistant commissioner, Neil Basu, in a statement said Khalid Masood's attack had echoes of the rhetoric of the Islamic State but no evidence at this stage suggests he was linked to the group.
Rupee is under pressure against the dollar say currency watchers.
Robust foreign capital inflows into upbeat domestic equity markets on the back of better macro fundamentals helped the rupee to gain
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Fed keeps rates unchanged, sets up possible December hike
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The rupee had slumped to its all-time closing low of 68.80 a dollar on August 28, 2013.
In the United States, economic data is likely to take a back seat next week.
The markets are in bubble territory.
The Rupee is seen strengthening against the dollar.
n the broader market, BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices are trading higher by 0.3% each.
The 30-share S&P BSE Sensex ended up 130 points at 25,400 and the Nifty50 rose 46 points to close at 7,759.
The BSE Mid-cap index gained 1.1% while the Small-cap index surged 1.3%, outperforming the benchmark indices
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been ranked as the world's ninth most powerful person by Forbes magazine in a 2015 list which is topped by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
This was the biggest single-day fall for the benchmark index since August 10 when it had fallen by 310 points.
Tata Motors was the worst performer on the Sensex, plummeting 10.32 per cent to Rs 436.55 after the company reported a steep 96.22 per cent decline in consolidated net profit for the December quarter.
Though the markets have lost ground since the past few sessions, analysts do not seem worried.
Experts advise investors to buy at lower levels in the next few months and sell at the higher end of their range in the second half, reports Rajesh Bhayani.
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The dollar gained against other currencies overseas.
The S&P and Dow dipped the most in a day since September 28.
An expected withdrawal of FIIs from the market likely to weaken the rupee against the dollar.
Hawkish guidance by the US Fed raises concerns it could tie the hands of RBI from trimming rates.
The rupee on Monday slipped by 5 paise to close at 63.57 per dollar on fresh demand for the American currency from banks.
Markets now expect the Fed to normalise rates gradually.
Sensex to end this year at 27,500 and reach 29,000 by mid 2016.
Participants are keeping an eye on the Winter Session of Parliament, which started today, and US fiscal policies to be followed by President-elect Donald Trump
Besides foreign flows, corporate earnings and US Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen's testimony to the nation's legislature are also likely to impact investor sentiment.
The rupee had strengthened by 19 paise on Monday.
S&P BSE Midcap shed 0.8% while S&P BSE Smallcap tumbled 0.6%
Nifty crosses 9,750-mark; Bharti Airtel, TCS, Wipro, Lupin and Coal India gained the most on BSE Sensex
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