Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) have maintained a consistent selling trend in the Indian equity markets throughout January, being net sellers on almost every trading day this month, with total equity sales in the cash market reaching Rs 66,602 crore as of January 24th. The data has been procured from the National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL). … Read more
MSCI’s global equities index rose on Friday while U.S. Treasury yields turned higher with the dollar as upbeat economic data and earnings appeared to help investors shrug off any jitters ahead of the U.S. presidential inauguration. The U.S. dollar strengthened against major peers after four days of declines, while benchmark U.S. Treasury yields – after … Read more
The US 10-year bond yields could cross 5% once again if the US government’s fiscal deficit widens further, said Sonal Desai, chief investment officer of Franklin Templeton Fixed Income. In an interview with Nishanth Vasudevan, Desai, who oversees $211 billion of assets under management globally, spoke about what’s in store in 2025, US bond yields, … Read more
Foreign investors have pulled out a massive Rs 22,000 crore from Indian equities so far this month, due to uncertainty surrounding the outcome of the Lok Sabha elections and outperformance of Chinese markets. This came following a net outflow of over Rs 8,700 crore in the entire April on concerns over a tweak in India’s … Read more
Foreign portfolio investors have bought domestic equities worth Rs 2,053 crore in the two sessions in February after remaining net sellers in January where they sold shares worth Rs 25,744 crore. The first two sessions in February have seen FPI inflows of Rs 2,053 with Nifty gaining by 128 points. On Thursday, the FPIs shopped … Read more
US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday rattled financial markets worldwide by saying that the central bank was not yet confident that interest rates were at a sufficiently restrictive level to bring inflation to its 2% target. The statement, which leaves the door open for more Fed rate hikes, yanked five-year US bond yields … Read more
After facing strong selling pressure in July, gold and silver prices rebounded as the US dollar and real US bond yields rolled over. This rebound has, meanwhile, run into resistance as it was lacking the support from safe-haven seekers. Our base case remains that safe-haven demand should fade further, assuming that the US economy does … Read more