Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of Hindalco Industries said the impact of rupee depreciation on the company's balance sheet would be minimal as it does not have much of foreign currency loan. Addressing shareholders at the companyÂ’s 54th annual general meeting, Birla said the firm has a foreign loan of only $100 million and so the impact of rupee deva
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Price of sponge iron set to rise further
Rising demand for sponge iron may put upward pressure on the price of the steel-making raw material, reports indicate. Demand for sponge iron has increased after steel companies started using this in a greater quantity in place of steel scrap
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Price of crude oil rises due to rupee weakness
The steep decline in the value of Indian currency raised the price (in rupee terms) of crude oil imported by India. Further, global factors like higher demand, low OPEC spare capacity and improved economic outlook for 2013 raised the price of crude oil in dollar terms. For example, the Brent crude oil futures rose to a two-year high of $110.51 a barrel recently. Brent for sweet grad
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Rupee depreciation to hit steel firms
Analysts feel that the depreciation of rupee against the dollar may affect the bottomlines of steel companies further. Already, companies like JSW Steel, Steel Authority of India (SAIL) bore the brunt because of the unfavourable exchange rate. The depreciating rupee may further hurt the cost of production of steel companies in turn affecting their mar
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FSDC panel discusses stability of financial system
The sub-committee of Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC), chaired by RBI Governor D Subbarao met recently to discuss potential risk to stability of the domestic financial system. The sub-panel expressed concern on the deteriorating asset quality of public-sector banks and discussed corrective measures for
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Indian rupee may trade in 58-62 range
Indranil Sen Gupta, India Economist at DSP Merrill Lynch (India) expects the Indian currency to trade in the range of 58-62 against the US dollar at the cost of 50 basis points of economic growth. This assumes that the July 23 measures are reversed before the busy October-March season, Gupta
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Govt wants to reduce oil import bill
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has reportedly directed Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily to take steps for reducing crude oil import bill by $25 billion. Prime Minister wants to reduce import bill of crude oil given that the price of the fuel rose to around $105.61 a barrel after declining in
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RBI steps help stabilise rupee exchange rate
The recent measures taken by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has some effect on stabilising rupee exchange rate against dollar. The central bank took some measures in order to make the domestic currency much costlier. In recent trading session, rupee-dollar exchange rate is hovering in a 58.80 to 59.20 range. Some sources hinted that foreign banks were seen selling the doll
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Foreign exchange reserves declines $0.98 bn to $279.20 bn
For the week ended July 19, India's foreign exchange reserves stood at $279.20 billion, down $0.985 billion, data from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) shows. In the previous reporting week, the total reserves rose $21 million to $280.19 billion. Foreign currency assets, a major component of the forex reserves declined $999 millio
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Banks may not raise rates despite RBI move
Even as some analysts are reading the recent steps by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to stem depreciation of rupee as monetary tightening, several banks are thinking otherwise. In order to curb speculative position in foreign exchange market and also to promote investment in rupee debt instruments, RBI hiked the rate on borrowing from marg