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The rupee fell to 83.23 per dollar on Tuesday on month-end dollar demand and higher U.S. Treasury yields. The dollar index reached a year-to-date high of 106.20 and the U.S. 10-year yield hit its highest since 2007, while foreign investors sold $1.3 billion of Indian equities this month.
Higher U.S. yields and a firmer dollar keep pressure on emerging market currencies and raise the local-currency cost of dollar-priced commodities for India. The move is a currency-market update with no new agricultural supply shock.
thehindubusinessline.comReutersSep 26, 2023Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 2,356 past bullish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.7%), and +0.4% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
