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Rupee, bonds gain on 'less hawkish' policy despite US Fed rate hike

Fed Chair Powell's comments suggest slower pace of hikes going ahead, say markets

Dollar hits three-week low to yen as Fed's Powell less hawkish than feared

The dollar dropped to a three-week low versus the yen on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell assuaged investors' worries about continued aggressive monetary tightening

Top Headlines: Centre's capex Q1 outlay, Fed hikes rates by 75 bps, & more

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Fed raises rates by 75 bps to tame inflation, flags weakening economic data

Policy makers, facing the hottest price pressures in 40 years, lifted the target range for the federal funds rate on Wednesday to 2.25% to 2.5%

Markets advance ahead of US Fed decision; Sensex rises 548 points

However, gains were capped as investors remained in wait and watch mode

Megacap tech earnings in Q2 have investors looking past the Fed decision

And two titans of the tech industry are giving investors cause for optimism

Oil rises on US inventory drop, Russian gas cuts as Fed decision looms

LONDON (Reuters) -Oil rose by $1 a barrel on Wednesday as a report of lower inventories in the United States and cuts in Russian gas flows to Europe offset concern about weaker demand and a looming U.S. interest rate hike.

Global stocks, oil prices higher before likely US Fed rate hike

Major global stock markets and Wall Street futures advanced on Wednesday as traders prepared for a possible sharp interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve to cool surging inflation. London and Frankfurt opened higher. Tokyo and Sydney gained while Shanghai declined. Oil prices rose. The Fed on Wednesday is expected to announce an increase of up to three-quarters of a percentage point in its benchmark interest rate, triple its usual margin. Investors worry such aggressive action by the Fed and other central banks in Europe and Asia to control inflation that is at multi-decade highs might derail global economic growth. The main risk at this stage is in fact an inflation overkill' with monetary tightening too abrupt, unnecessarily pushing up the unemployment rate, Thomas Costerg of Pictet Wealth Management said in a report. Costerg said most economic indicators and lower commodity prices already point to slower inflation ahead. In early trading, the FTSE 100 in London rose 0.5 per

Rupee falls 13 paise to close at 79.91 against US dollar amid focus on Fed

Rupee weighed down by expectations of an aggressive rate hike by the US Federal Reserve

TCS, Infy, SBI lift Sensex 548 pts ahead of Fed outcome; Nifty tops 16,600

Stock market live updates: As of 7:45 AM, the SGX Nifty Futures quoted at 16,475 levels, indicating a downside of 8 odd-points on the Nifty50.

US Fed rate hike will intensify market risks for Asia's central banks

The expected 75-basis-points interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve this week will heap pressure on its Asian counterparts to speed up monetary tightening

Gold price stalls as pre-Federal Reserve verdict jitters grip investors

Spot gold was flat at $1,719.49 per ounce by 1438 GMT. U.S. gold futures were little changed at $1,719.10.

US Fed on track for most aggressive rate hike cycle in 2022: Report

Cumulatively, this would be tantamount to about 350 bps rate hike during 2022, making it the most aggressive rate hike cycle, Acuite Ratings said in a report.

Fed prepares another rate increase as Wall Street wonders what's next

Central banks around the world have spent recent weeks speeding up their interest rate increases, an approach they've referred to as "front-loading"

After falling to record lows, rupee regains footing against US dollar

RBI's interventions and a less hawkish view on US Federal Reserve among factors that help currency

Despite headwinds, Jefferies recommends buying Zomato stock. Here's why

With the sharp fall in its share price since listing, analysts at Jefferies suggest long-term investors 'buy' the stock

Fed rate-path uncertainty, European gas crunch dominate currency markets

The U.S. Federal Reserve starts a two-day meeting later in the day and is expected to deliver a 75 basis-point interest rate rise.

Sensex sheds 498 pts, Nifty below 16,500; Infy slips 3.5%, Axis Bank 3%

CLOSING BELL: Equity markets settled near the low point of the day as investors chose to stay on the sidelines ahead of the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy outcome on Wednesday

Global growth fears, Fed reserve rate hike keep US dollar propped up

The dollar wobbled around just below multi-decade peaks on Tuesday, as traders waited on a rate hike from the US Federal Reserve

Nasdaq falls with dollar, oil rises; earnings, Fed rate hike in focus

Nasdaq closed lower on Monday after a choppy session for US equities ahead of a big week of technology earnings reports while oil prices rose