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The Indian rupee hit a historic low of 76.96 per dollar on March 7 as oil surged more than 9% to its highest since 2008. Bond yields rose on concern about inflation and the possibility of RBI rate hikes, and the rupee was expected to face pressure from the Reserve Bank of India's dollar sales.
A weaker rupee alongside surging crude raises India's import bill and inflation, which can lift imported feed ingredient costs and tighten domestic financing conditions.
brecorder.comReutersMar 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.
