Global interest rates are rising.
Higher interest rates in advanced economies typically result in capital outflows from riskier emerging market economies like India.
c dampening the outlook for emerging market assets and wreaking havoc on domestic equity and bond markets.
The Bank of England became the latest central bank to raise interest rates in order to combat high inflation on Thursday, raising the country’s policy rate by 25 basis points to 1%.
The move came just hours after the US Federal Reserve raised its
benchmark policy rate by 50 basis points in response to the world’s
largest economy’s runaway inflation.
The partially convertible
rupee opened at 76.54 to the dollar, up from 76.26 to the dollar at the
previous close. So far in the day, the Indian currency, which was last
at 76.71/$1, has moved in a range of 76.51-76.80/$1.
The 10-year benchmark government bond yield in India was last trading 4 basis points higher at 7.44 percent. When bond yields rise, bond prices fall.
The US dollar index, which compares the US currency to six major rival currencies, was last at 103.67, down from 103.58 at the previous close.
The recent hawkish turn by major central banks has exacerbated the
selling pressure seen in Indian equities by foreign investors over the
last eight months.
According to NSDL data, foreign institutional
investors have net sold a whopping Rs 1.3 lakh crores worth of Indian
stocks so far in 2022. According to the data, foreign players have
reduced their exposure to domestic debt by Rs 9,155 crore.
At 10:30 a.m., the BSE Sensex and Nifty50 were both trading 1.7% lower.
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