Economy
Weekly Equity update:June 19, 2010
Moved by strong IIP numbers last week, Sensex continued its upward journey, rising 273 points on the first day of the week. Equity markets almost ignored the high inflation number.
The buoyancy continued for the week and markets touched a high of 17,616 on Thursday, its highest since April 27. This was More >
European Crisis
European Crisis: Snow Ball Effect
The phrase Snow Ball effect draws its analogy with the rolling of a small snow ball down a snow-covered hillside. As it rolls the ball will pick up more snow, gaining more mass and surface area, and picking up even more snow and momentum as it More >
China Economy Update
In Economics the term stagflation refers to a situation where the inflation rate is rising along with a fall in output levels.
Many eminent economists believe that In China, this could be a possible situation shaping up. Some of the most recent facts that highlight the same are:
- On Friday the Chinese More >
WPI Inflation update: May 2010
The WPI for the month of May’10 stood at 10.16% compared to the previous month’s figure of 9.59%. The inflation numbers were higher than the street expectation of 9.56% and recorded a double-digit growth for the first month after trying to avoid it for so many months consecutively, leaving a More >
Weekly crude oil update:June 12, 2010
Carrying over from the negative sentiment created by weaker than expected US Employment report last week, crude oil started the week on a lower note, but then steadily increased for the week.
Prices rose on 4 out of 5 days of the week. Oil inventories at US declined 1.8 mln barrels More >
Weekly G-Sec update:June 12, 2010
After trading in a range last week, yields on benchmark 10 year bond, 7.80% 2020 bond steadily rose 9 bps for the week to close at 7.61% for the week. Surge in yields was driven by tight liquidity conditions.
On all days of the week, we saw Repo window being active. Daily average More >
Weekly equity update: June 12, 2010
After 2 consecutive weeks of gains, equity markets ended this week slightly below the last week’s level, loosing 0.3% or 52 points on Sensex to close at 17064.95.
First two days of the week saw markets plunging 500 points to a weekly low of 16617 due to concerns of deepening Eurozone crisis. More >
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Weekly crude oil update June 5, 2010
- From the close of $73.97/ barrel last week, crude oil started the week with modest growth, but on Tuesday, prices fell $1.86 to $72.58 due to weak Chinese manufacturing data which raised concerns that crude demand from the world’s fastest growing economy might be slowing.
- On following days, with the release More >
Weekly currency update June 5, 2010
- USDINR Update
- The partially convertible rupee ended at Rs 47.27 per dollar, depreciating about 2% for the week. The rupee weakened as the euro’s weakness triggered a bout of dollar buying by importers, but a stronger performance of the stock markets limited the local currency’s losses.
- Earlier on Tuesday, the rupee fell More >