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The rupee closed at a record low of 68.95 against the dollar after a panic dollar demand and capital flight. Fears of an economic slowdown, high crude prices, a hawkish Fed and trade tensions all weighed on sentiment, and the government raised kharif minimum support prices.
Record rupee weakness raises the dollar cost of imported feed ingredients for India. The higher kharif support price could lift domestic grain costs and prompt faster rate hikes.
ndtvprofit.comPTIJul 5, 2018Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 487 past bullish macro events, WTI moved a median +1.0% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -2.0% to +4.0%), and +1.5% 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.
