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Sunday, August 10, 2025
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These are the market winners and losers after Modi wins a second term

Political stability alone isn’t likely to drive continued outperformance by equities or currency, with investors also weighing headwinds facing the economy.

Indian markets are worried of election ‘bolt from the blue’ on 23 May

Investors are worried about Modi’s ability to repeat his landslide 2014 victory amid a resurgent opposition, farm distress and a job crisis.

Rupee is Asia’s best performing currency but expected to weaken after polls

The currency has shown a tendency to flip directions after polls have been completed, according to a study.

Rupee, bonds plunge as RBI disappoints with neutral stance

The Indian rupee tumbled the most in three months after RBI lowered the repurchase rate but refrained from shifting to a more easy stance on monetary policy.

Masala bonds are back while rupee strengthens & tax break lures buyers

The RBI has ensured that the rupee is stable which has given international investors the confidence to buy Indian assets including masala bonds, said a portfolio manager.

Rupee’s advance seems to be causing some discomfort for RBI

The central bank has announced plans to hold a $5 billion foreign-exchange swap auction for a three-year tenor.

Rupee rallies as India-Pakistan tensions abate but election wall is coming up

The rupee has rebounded about 2% since early February, and is no longer the worst performer this year among Asia's emerging market currencies.

Rupiah will beat rupee in battle of high-yielders, Goldman says

India faces a less predictable outcome at its general elections this year compared to Indonesia.

RBI is unlikely to change interest rate in monetary review on 5 December

Since the previous policy announcement, the rupee has appreciated against the US dollar and moved above the crucial mark of 70.

Modi should thank Trump & oil prices for rupee recovery

The reprieve couldn’t have come at a better time for Modi as the opposition has used rupee’s depreciation to criticise his economic management.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.