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Macro headwinds continue to roil markets as rupee plunges to new low
India’s stock markets saw a fresh round of sell-offs on Wednesday after Brent crude prices climbed to a four-year high of $85 a barrel and the rupee dropped to a new low of 73.34 against the dollar.
Investors pulled out of equity markets on worries that the spike in oil prices and fall in the rupee would adversely impact the economy. Investor sentiment has already been fragile following defaults by Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS), a lender to the infrastructure sector. Read more
As rupee breaches 73
