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Indian infrastructure and cement companies face higher costs as the rupee falls, with most fuel imported. The Reserve Bank of India raised its repo rate the previous week.
The rupee had depreciated about 2% in the past month and 7% since May 2021.
Rupee weakness and higher rates raise costs for Indian industry and imported fuel, a feature of the wider macro backdrop for dollar-priced commodities but with limited direct feed-market impact.
business-standard.comViveat Susan Pinto, Raghavendra Kamath, Ram Prasad SahuMay 19, 2022Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 105 past bullish macro events, ULSD / Diesel moved a median -0.4% over 5 sessions (45% higher; middle half -3.4% to +1.8%), and +1.2% 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.
