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Rupee falls 9 paise to 82.74 against US dollar as crude prices rise

The rupee declined 9 paise to 82.74 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday as rising crude prices weighed on investor sentiment. Besides, foreign fund outflows put pressure on the domestic unit, forex dealers said. At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened weak at 82.71 against the dollar, then slipped further to 82.74, registering a fall of 9 paise over its previous close. In the previous session on Monday, the rupee appreciated 17 paise to close at 82.65 against the US dollar. Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, fell 0.19 per cent to 104.11. Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, advanced 0.45 per cent to USD 84.30 per barrel. In the domestic equity market, the 30-share BSE Sensex was trading 61.14 points or 0.10 per cent higher at 60,627.56. The broader NSE Nifty rose 17.90 points or 0.1 per cent to 18,032.50. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) were net sellers in capital

Rupee logs best single-day gain since September 30 on strong FPI flows

The rupee settled at 82.44 per dollar on Friday versus 82.89 on Thursday

Expect moderate returns in Samvat 2079: Bajaj Allianz Life's Sampath Reddy

We are positive on select private banks with credit growth picking-up and asset quality outlook being benign/improving.

Markets rally for 3rd day amid firm global trends; Sensex up 549 points

Stock exchanges in Europe were trading in the positive territory in mid-session deals

HNIs more cautious on foreign investment after new rules kick in

According to the new rules of the liberalised remittance system (LRS), an Indian resident can now invest $250,000 a year in foreign stocks, debt etc

Earnings growth will decide the pace of market recovery: Rajat Rajgarhia

'Now valuations have become more reasonable and trade at long-term averages. More importantly, there are palpable signs of peak inflation behind us'

FPI legroom not enough for big MSCI boost, says Macquarie Capital

According to the latest June quarter shareholding data, the FII shareholding in HDFC Bank and HDFC Ltd has declined to 65.81 per cent and 67.7 per cent, respectively

Looking at domestic flows, peak pessimism hasn't reached yet: ICICI Sec CIO

'Foreign institutional investment (FII) is expected to reverse when these macro headwinds stabilise for a few months'

How rupee shrugged off the fragile tag and outperformed despite shocks

The domestic currency has fared better than many of its emerging market peers

Policyholders who missed out on allotment will pick up LIC shares: MR Kumar

We will ramp up digital channels and make tactical tweaks on equity investments to please policyholders, said M R Kumar

Markets snap six-day losing streak; Sensex ends 180 points higher

This is only the second trading session in May when markets have been able to clock gains

Foreign investors step up bids for LIC IPO in last hour before closing

With just hours to go until end of the subscription period for the $2.7 billion initial public offering of LIC, foreign institutional funds have put in orders for merely 8% of the shares

FIIs pumped out $13.5 bn from Indian equity market since Oct 2021

Higher bond yields as well as a potential US Fed rate hike sparked a global risk-off sentiment, leading to elevated FII outflows in India, said Motilal Oswal Financial Services.

Macro data, Omicron, global trends to guide markets this week: Analysts

In what turned out to be a historic year, the Indian stock indices went past multiple milestones and the 30-share Sensex made an annual gain of 10,502.49 points or 21.99 per cent in 2021

FIIs, global cues, Omicron trends will drive markets this week: Analysts

Domestic equities will be mainly driven by global market trends, foreign institutional investors' movement and developments around new Covid variant Omicron this week, according to analysts.

Paytm's Rs 18,300 cr IPO fully subscribed with boost from FIIs

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) sought 4.17 crore shares as against 2.63 crore shares reserved for QIBs.

Some capital will flow out of India if US Fed does any tapering, warns IMF

Says forex reserve are adequate and inflation is down, but must be watched due to supply bottlenecks; cuts potential medium term growth by 25bps to 6% due to Covid impact

Institutional investment in realty up 17% in July-Sep to $721 mn: Report

Office segment saw a sharp decline in investments

India-focused offshore funds, ETFs see $1.5 bn outflows in June quarter

This was the thirteenth consecutive quarter of net outflows for the category

India's benchmark stock indices slide 2% as Covid-19 risks heighten

Bank stocks lead the fall; FIIs pull out Rs 3,465 crore