According to Bloomberg data, the rupee appreciated 0.67 percent on a single day, emerging as the best-performing currency among Asian peers. Over the week, it gained 0.86 percent, and since the RBI began heavy interventions on December 16, the currency has strengthened by 1.54 percent.
SBI has done very well in terms of business, protecting the margins despite moderation in policy rates, chairman CS Setty tells Moneycontrol
Alongside KKR’s stake sale, the private equity firm has also made an offer to acquire the shares held by Ranu Vora, one of Avendus’ co-founders.
Currency markets have no natural anchor like equity markets do. So, movements can overshoot in the short term. However, once volatility becomes excessive, the RBI will step in, Mishra said.
The spillover of the currency depreciation was also seen on the equity markets, which ended lower for the second consecutive day on December 16.
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The Board of Avendus Capital is set to convene next week to evaluate the deal proposal from Mizuho to buyout stakes held by KKR and other investors including a few founder promoters.
SMBC may exercise its say in CEO appointment at the bank; likely to recommend a person from within the group.
With capital buffers strong, MD & CEO Praveen tells Moneycontrol that focus is on operational efficiency while keeping the door open for strategic investors but at the right valuation
The sharp rally in PSU bank stocks earlier this year cooled off after the government clarified it had no plans to raise the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in state-run banks from 20 percent to 49 percent.
A meeting to take a final call on the inclusion is scheduled for January 14, 2026, after which Bloomberg is expected to formally communicate its decision.
Loans are set to get cheaper once again, which signals that banks are expected to play a pivotal role in lifting domestic growth, just like they did post pandemic. Is the market dynamics in favour of a quality credit growth; that’s the challenge ahead.
The central bank revised down the CPI inflation by 60 basis points (Bps) for FY26 to 2 percent from 2.6 percent projected earlier.
RBI cut repo rate by 25 bps and announced OMOs plus a USD/INR swap to inject durable liquidity ahead of December tax outflows, easing rate and liquidity stress.
The local currency closed at 89.9750 against the US dollar, as compared to 90.4115 at open and 90.1913 at previous close against the greenback.
According to a source, the RBI may have intervened at the certain level of 90.16-90.17 against the US dollar in spot forex market on December 3, and again at 90.27-90.29, to curb sharp depreciation.
Stalled India-US trade talks and heavy FPI outflows continue to weigh on the rupee despite the weakening of the dollar index
A prolonged clean-up of corporate balance sheets, competition from the government-backed so-called bad bank, and the sharp rise in stress within unsecured retail and small-business lending have together pushed ARCs into the non-corporate bad debt segment.
The rupee has depreciated 4.10% in the calendar year and 4.26% this fiscal, according to Bloomberg data
On November 21, the local currency depreciated to a record low of 89.49 against the US dollar due to outflows from foreign investors from Indian equities, uncertainty over a US-India trade deal, and absence of RBI's support sparked the slide in the rupee.
With this fall, the local currency is down by 0.86 percent against the US dollar as compared to November 20. Indian rupee has seen a biggest intra-day fall of 67 paise, which is highest since May 8, 2025, when it depreciated 89 paise.
The bank is likely in talks with large sovereign funds such as GIC for a capital raise, expected to be rolled in a month or two, depending on investors’ feedback. Rajiv Anand, MD & CEO, said to be in Singapore currently on roadshows ahead of fund raise.
The MPC will meet between December 3 and 5 for another round of rate setting deliberations.
India’s retail inflation eased sharply to 0.25 percent in October, its lowest level in the current series that began in 2013, down from 1.44 percent in September.