CLOSING BELL: All sectors, except IT and Financial Services, witnessed selling pressure today, led by auto, pharma, and public sector banks
The Reserve Bank of India will hike its key interest rate on Friday, economists polled by Reuters said, but there was no consensus on the size of the move
On the earnings front, big names like ITC, M&M, Dabur, Titan and Interglobe Aviation, along with several others, will declare quarterly results this week
I would root for a 50-bps hike for now to demonstrate the RBI's resolve to fight inflation and stem deprecation of the rupee. Then it can cross the river by feeling the stones
Days after the US Fed raised the interest rate, the RBI may go in for its third consecutive policy rate hike by 25-35 basis points to check high retail inflation, experts said
The second straight quarterly decline in GDP meets the standard definition of a recession. It comes as the Fed aggressively hikes rates in an attempt to choke off soaring inflation.
Spot gold was up 0.6% at $1,743.49 per ounce, as of 0711 GMT, its highest since July 13.
The U.S. Federal Reserve had surprised no one by lifting rates 75 basis points (bps) to 2.25%-2.50% on Wednesday, but did alter its statement to cite some softening in recent data.
Fed Chair Powell's comments suggest slower pace of hikes going ahead, say markets
The Reserve Bank of India's rate-setting panel will go for a 0.35 per cent hike in the key repo rate at its meeting next week, an American brokerage said on Wednesday. The hike will be accompanied by a change in the policy stance to "calibrated tightening", Bofa Securities said in a report published ahead of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) resolution which is set to be announced on August 5. RBI has hiked the rate by a cumulative 0.90 per cent in two tightening moves in May and June, responding to the runaway headline inflation which has consistently overshot the upper end of the target set for the central bank for many months. Referring to policy actions since April, when RBI introduced the standing deposit facility, the brokerage said the central bank has effectively hiked rates by 1.30 per cent. "In our base case, we now see the RBI MPC hike policy repo rate by 0.35 per cent, taking it to 5.25 per cent (higher than pre-pandemic level), with stance change to calibrated ...
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.
RBI's interventions and a less hawkish view on US Federal Reserve among factors that help currency
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.
Operating profit for up 15% YoY, major improvement seen in bad loans
The report also showed a sharp rise in so-called core inflation - which strips out the volatile food and energy sectors - led by higher rent and shelter costs.
Protection segment, overall, has witnessed decent growth, mainly because of strong traction in the credit life business, buoyed by disbursement from banks and NBFCs.
'Now valuations have become more reasonable and trade at long-term averages. More importantly, there are palpable signs of peak inflation behind us'
We need to maintain the gap of interest rate differential with the US by raising rates in a measured way and allow the rupee to find its own level
Euro zone central bank's first rate hike in 11 years confirms that concerns about runaway inflation now trump growth considerations
European stocks and bonds slumped and the euro rose after the European Central Bank raised rates by a larger-than-expected 50 bps