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The rupee slid as much as 1% to a record low of 76.96 per dollar on March 7, and Indian bond yields and equities fell as oil prices spiked after the war in Ukraine. India imports about three-quarters of its oil, making it especially exposed to higher crude prices.
Oil-driven rupee weakness raises India's import costs and inflation expectations, supporting higher feed and energy input costs and keeping pressure on the currency.
theprint.inRonojoy MazumdarMar 7, 2022Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 656 past bullish geopolitics events, Crude Oil (Brent) moved a median +1.9% over 5 sessions (63% higher; middle half -2.7% to +6.6%), and +0.7% 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.
