CLOSING BELL: The S&P BSE Sensex and the Nifty50 indices hit fresh 52-week lows as they spiraled 2 per cent down
Spot gold fell 0.3% to $1,827.60 per ounce by 0546 GMT. U.S. gold futures rose 0.6% to $1,830.60.
On Monday, the rupee had breached the 78/$ mark and hit a record low of 78.28/$ intraday.
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The value of the global crypto market has tumbled 70% to under $900 billion from a peak of $2.97 trillion in November, CoinMarketCap data shows
Chairman Jerome Powell and colleagues on Wednesday intensified their effort to cool prices by lifting the target range for the federal funds rate to 1.5% to 1.75%
Market heavyweights Apple Inc, Meta Platforms , Alphabet Inc, Microsoft Corp and Amazon.com Inc added between 1.3% and 2.5%
Brent crude futures for August were down $1.27, or 1%, at $119.90 a barrel as of 1001 GMT, in volatile trading
The euro jumped almost 0.75% to $1.0487 pushing the dollar index off a 20-year high in the process.
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US Federal Reserve officials are beginning to signal that their efforts to tackle scorching inflation by raising interest rates may lead to higher unemployment, said a report
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On a monthly basis, producer prices climbed 0.8 per cent in May from April when they increased 0.4 per cent
Spot gold fell 0.4% to $1,811.80 per ounce by 12:33 p.m. EDT (1633 GMT), while U.S. gold futures slipped 1% to $1,813.40.
Spot gold rose 0.3% to $1,823.49 per ounce by 0932 GMT, after falling to its lowest since May 19 at $1,810.90 earlier in the session.
US equities tumbled on Monday, with the S&P 500 confirming it is in a bear market, as fears grow that the expected aggressive Fed rate hikes would push the economy into a recession
Core CPI also moderated in May to 6.09 per cent compared to 6.97 per cent in April, as per the SBI's research report 'Ecowrap'.
It would be the first time the S&P 500 has confirmed a bear market since the 2020 Wall Street plunge brought on by the Covid pandemic
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 882.47 points, or 2.73%, to 31,395.72