Higher gold taxes could backfire again
When governments want consumers to buy less of something, they usually reach for taxes.
When governments want consumers to buy less of something, they usually reach for taxes.
For decades, India has treated the rupee less as an economic instrument and more as a symbol of national prestige.
According to the forex experts, high crude oil prices, and a stronger US dollar have created a volatile situation of the domestic currency amid the ongoing geopolitical tensions.
Dalal Street slipped into sharp losses as geopolitical tensions escalated, pushing oil prices higher and triggering fears around inflation, currency pressure and India’s rising import burden.
At close, the Sensex was down 533.50 points or 0.63% at 84,679.86, and the Nifty was down 167.20 points or 0.64% at 25,860.10.
Macro-economic data points, coupled with Indian rupee's performance against the US dollar will influence domestic equity market's trajectory during the upcoming week.
The rupee opened a shade lower at 70.19 a dollar against the previous close of 70.18 a dollar.
Apart from export-oriented IT and pharma stocks all other sectors ended in the green, both on NSE and BSE.
Meanwhile, the Indian rupee opened lower by 35 paise at 72.20 per dollar on Wednesday versus yesterday's 71.85.
Meanwhile, the Indian rupee slipped in the early trade on Monday and opened lower by 54 paise at 71.34 per dollar against previous close 70.80.
