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Forex below $500 bn would force RBI to hike aggressively: Morgan Stanley

RBI has used close to $100 bn of FX reserves since late 2021 to defend the currency. Such action makes sense as it had been accumulating FX reserves before that and it wants INR stability

ICICI Bank launches dollar bond, deposit-linked loan for NRIs at GIFT City

Lender claims to be the first to offer these products in GIFT City

US dollar rises as China's Covid-19 worries spur safe-haven buying

The dollar was up 0.5% against Japan's yen at 141.07, its highest since Nov. 11. Meanwhile the euro was 0.62% lower against the greenback at $1.026

Rupee depreciates 12 paise to 81.86 against US dollar in early trade

The rupee depreciated 12 paise to 81.86 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday, tracking the strength of the American currency in the overseas market and a muted trend in domestic equities. At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened at 81.84 against the dollar, then lost ground to quote at 81.86, registering a loss of 12 paise over its previous close. On Friday, the rupee depreciated by 10 paise to close at 81.74 against the US currency. Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, advanced 0.25 per cent to 107.19. The rupee started this Monday morning on a weaker note as the dollar continued to strengthen amid hawkish Fed rhetoric, Sriram Iyer, Senior Research Analyst at Reliance Securities, said, adding that the key trigger for the markets will be the US central bank's latest meeting. Weaker crude oil prices could cap losses, but Asian and emerging market peers were weak this Monday morning and wi

Dollar-rupee forward premia lowest since 2011 as US-India rate gap shrinks

Indian currency's recovery since US CPI leads to reversal of onshore-offshore arbitrage

Dollar gains, stocks slip after hawkish remarks from US Fed officials

US data showed unemployment benefits claims fell last week, indicating the labor market is still tight

Rupee slides as Chinese yuan weakens, October trade deficit hits mood

The rupee settled at 81.65 per US dollar on Thursday as against 81.31 per dollar at previous close

US dollar gains as spending points to rate hikes; Aussie tumbles

U.S. data overnight showed October retail sales rose 1.3%, compared with economist expectations for 1.0%, a healthy signal but one that dented hopes for a pause in rate increases

Asian stocks mixed, dollar finds footing as traders assess Fed outlook

Renewed expectations the Fed will keep hiking rates have increased concerns about the economic outlook

Global stocks slip, dollar steady as US retail sales tip Fed outlook

Global stocks slid from two-month highs and the safe-haven dollar steadied after stronger-than-expected US retail sales clouded the inflation outlook and hopes that the Federal Reserve

Rupee sheds 21p to dollar as Polish missile strike sparks risk aversion

Wider October trade deficit, contraction in exports drag down rupee

Rupee depreciates 66 paise to 81.57 against US dollar in early trade

The rupee depreciated 66 paise to 81.57 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday, tracking the strength of the American currency in the overseas market and a muted trend in domestic equities. At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened at 81.41 against the dollar, then lost ground to quote at 81.57, registering a loss of 66 paise over its previous close. On Tuesday, the rupee appreciated 37 paise to close at 80.91 against the US dollar. Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, advanced 0.17 per cent to 106.58. Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, fell 0.36 per cent to USD 93.52 per barrel. In the domestic equity market, the 30-share BSE Sensex was trading 72.09 points or 0.12 per cent down at 61,800.90, and the broader NSE Nifty was trading lower by 24.60 points or 0.13 per cent to 18,378.80. Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) were net sellers in capital markets as they offloaded

Safe-haven dollar gains as traders assess risks from Poland missile strike

The U.S. dollar index, which measures the currency against six peers and weights the euro most heavily, rose 0.19% to 106.63.

Worst of rupee volatility seen over as Fed view softens: BS poll

Rupee likely at 81.68 by December-end, largely stable at 81.75 by March-end

Cautious on India despite looming liquidity tailwind: UBS' Sunil Tirumalai

Sunil Tirumalai, strategist, UBS Securities India, says India's high valuations and a depreciating rupee could act as headwinds for the domestic markets

Dollar slides, CPI data suggests Fed could slow pace of rate hikes

The data boosted other currencies against the dollar. The Japanese yen at one point climbed to its biggest single-day rise since 2008 and the British pound notched its biggest daily

Rated Indian infrastructure firms most exposed to currency risk: S&P

Much of corporate portfolio has dollar-linked revenue and is not exposed to rupee depreciation

Rupee falls 30 paise to close at 81.77 against US dollar as Sensex tumbles

Forex traders said a weak trend domestic equities also weighed on investor sentiments

Rupee falls 17 paise to 81.64 against US dollar amid weak domestic equities

The rupee depreciated 17 paise to 81.64 against the US dollar in morning trade on Thursday, tracking weak domestic equities ahead of US inflation data. Forex traders said the focus will be on the US October CPI print scheduled to be released later on Thursday. At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened at 81.61 against the dollar, then lost further ground to quote at 81.64, registering a loss of 17 paise over its previous close. On Wednesday, the rupee appreciated by 45 paise to close at 81.47 against the US dollar. "A poorer than-expected show by the Republicans in the midterms too is hurting sentiment. Republicans are likely to take over control of the House with a narrower margin than earlier expected and the Senate race is still wide open," IFA Global Research Academy said in a research note. It further added that Fed member Neel Kashkari said the Fed would do what it needs to do to lower inflation and that any talk of a Fed pivot is entirely premature. Meanw

Indian Rupee tipped to open tad lower ahead of US inflation data on Friday

The rupee is likely to open at 81.55-81.60, compared with 81.4350 in the previous session