The US dollar rose for a fifth straight day against the Japanese yen on Tuesday, hitting a five-year high
The US dollar reached its strongest level in more than a month against the Japanese yen on Tuesday
The dollar index, which measures the currency against six major rivals, was up 0.177% at 96.223.
A key inflation measure closely watched by the US Federal Reserve increased at the fastest pace in 39 years in November, raising pressure on the central bank to tighten monetary policy.
The recent FII outflows can also be viewed as a year-end phenomenon and a possible knee-jerk reaction to recent events, Bhave said
Global stock markets and Wall Street futures tumbled Monday amid concern about the latest coronavirus variant and tighter Federal Reserve policy. London and Frankfurt opened sharply lower. Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong also fell at the start of a trading week that will be shortened by Christmas. Benchmark US oil fell by more than $3 per barrel. The spread of the omicron variant has fuelled fears that renewed curbs on business and travel might worsen supply chain disruptions and boost inflation. Omicron threatens to be the Grinch to rob Christmas, Mizuho Bank's Vishnu Varathan said in a report. The market prefers safety to nasty surprises. In early trading, the FTSE 100 in London fell 1.7% to 7,143.60 and the DAX in Frankfurt lost 2.4% to 15,155.71. The CAC 40 in Paris sank 2% to 6,787.68. On Wall Street, futures for the benchmark S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1.5%. On Friday, the S&P fell 1% as traders took money off the table after the Fed indicated .
Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower on Monday amid concern about the coronavirus's latest variant and tighter Federal Reserve policy. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney retreated at the start of a trading week that will be shortened by the Christmas holiday. Wall Street fell Friday as traders took money off the table after the Fed indicated it would fight inflation by speeding up withdrawal of economic stimulus. The spread of the omicron variant has fueled fears that renewed curbs on business and travel might worsen supply chain disruptions and boost inflation. Omicron threatens to be the Grinch to rob Christmas, Mizuho Bank's Vishnu Varathan said in a report. The jury is out, which squares with a market that prefers safety to nasty surprises. The Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.5 per cent to 3,613.50 and the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo tumbled 1.7 per cent to 28,055.28. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong sank 0.9 per cent to 22,976.86. The Kospi in Seoul retreated 1.4 per cent to
The US dollar hovered near the highest since July of last year against major peers after a Federal Reserve official signaled a first pandemic-era interest rate hike could come as early as March
Fed Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues agreed on Wednesday to double the pace at which they wind down their bond-buying program, putting them on track to wrap it up by mid-March
While most analysts see monetary policy normalisation across the world in 2022, rate trajectories are likely to diverge across geographies, they said
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The rupee closed at 76.09 a dollar, up from its previous close of 76.23 a dollar
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A surge in wages and benefits got his attention. Other data soon confirmed his concern
The broader markets however finished in red, the breadth too was negative
The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday it would end its pandemic-era bond purchases in March and pave the way for three quarter-percentage-point interest rate hikes by the end of 2022.
The Fed's key rate, now pinned near zero, influences many consumer and business loans, including mortgages, credit cards and auto loans.