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Daily Digest Market Movers: Indian Rupee rebounds despite multiple headwinds

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  • The Dollar-Rupee pair is likely to move higher steadily with support "shifting upward to 83.45 while getting resisted at 83.85," said Dilip Parmar, a foreign exchange research analyst at HDFC Securities.
  • Foreign investors have net sold about $1 billion worth of Indian equities since July 23, when the Indian government proposed to raise taxes on profits from equity investments and on equity derivative transactions.
  • The Golan Heights attack on Saturday has raised worries about a war between Israel and Hezbollah. Israel accuses Hezbollah of carrying out the strike on a football pitch, which killed at least 12 people, including children, and it has promised to react. However, Hezbollah denies being involved in the attack, per the BBC. 
  • The US Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index rose rose 2.5% on a yearly basis in June, compared to 2.6% in May, in line with the market consensus. On a monthly basis, the PCE Price Index increased 0.1% after staying unchanged in May.
  • The US Core PCE inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, climbed to 2.6% in the same period, matching May's increase and coming in above the estimation of 2.5% The core PCE Price Index increased 0.2% MoM in June, compared to 0.1% in May. 
  • The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index jumped to 66.4 in July, better than the estimation and the previous reading of 66

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