Experts said the mood turned sombre after first Omicron cases were reported on Thursday from Karnataka
The Fed pointed specifically to the crisis at real estate developer Evergrande
The US Federal Reserve said it would start its tapering later this month
The Fed announced on Wednesday a $15 billion monthly cut to its $120 billion in monthly purchases of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities
In a widely expected move, the Fed said it would start trimming its monthly asset purchases in November with plans to end them by mid-2022
Will Fed chair Jerome Powell pull start reducing monetary supply even though GDP numbers for the September quarter were weak and inflation remains sticky?
All eyes now on US Fed meet this week, say analysts
Afghanistan parked billions of dollars in assets overseas with the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks in Europe
The dip in the greenback pulled the dollar index to a one-month low in Asian hours
US Federal Reserve officials broadly agreed last month central bank could start tapering asset purchases in mid-November or mid-December, according to the minutes of the Fed's recent policy meeting.
The Fed will release the minutes from its meeting last month later on Wednesday, potentially providing a catalyst for more strength in the dollar
Jalan says investor sentiment, hit by a spate of poor listings in August, shall improve as we see successful listing going ahead
Rising commodity prices, he believes, cannot sustainably derail the bullish market momentum
The major risk to Indian equities, according to him, is the arrival of a new Covid variant, which he says the country shares with the rest of the world.
The clearest alarm bell is coming from commodities most sensitive to any shifts in economic growth
Stocks stumbled, global bond yields fell and the dollar hit a nine-month peak on Thursday as a double-whammy of Fed taper fears and Covid worries haunted equity markets
Hong Kong's benchmark added 1.5%, but remained near nine-month lows.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 0.31 per cent in morning trading
Global stock markets declined Tuesday as investors looked ahead to a Federal Reserve report for an update on when US stimulus might start winding down. London and Frankfurt opened lower while Shanghai and Hong Kong declined. Tokyo advanced. On Monday, Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index rose to a new record, shrugging off worries about the spread of the more contagious delta variant of the coronavirus. Investors awaited the Fed report Wednesday for signs of the central bank's level of concern about inflation and when it might start rolling back easy credit and other economic stimulus. Minutes of the Fed meeting in June showed board members discussed how and when they might reduce monthly bond purchases that inject money into the financial system. We expect Jay Powell to reiterate that the tapering discussion is underway, but that it's too soon to reveal a specific date, Danielle DiMartino Booth of Quill Intelligence said in a report. In early trading, the FTSE 100 in London lost
During this period, they invested Rs 3,190.76 crore in the debt segment.