Oil slips as dollar firms, but supply worries check losses

The benchmarks settled up more than $1 on Wednesday, aided by another drop in U.S. oil inventories, even as the Fed boosted interest rates by 75 basis points and Chair Jerome Powell said it was premature to think about pausing rate increases.

What changed for market while you were sleeping

Asian share markets slid on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve laid the groundwork for a protracted tightening campaign that torpedoed market hopes for a pause, sank bonds and lifted the dollar. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan shed 0.9%, with South Korea down 1.5%.

Dollar gains as traders gird for higher U.S. rates

This shall further embolden expectations of policy divergence with a much hawkish Fed relative to other central banks around the world. Further tightening of financial conditions shall put downward pressure on risk assets and strengthen the dollar.

Wall Street drops as Powell signals Fed not close to done

The target federal funds rate was set in a range between 3.75% and 4.00%, but the impact of the hike was initially tempered by new language that suggested the central bank was mindful of the effect its outsized rate hikes have had on the economy.

Sun Pharma’s Q2 nos draw price upgrades, stock hits 7-yr high

Shares of India’s largest pharmaceutical company, which surged to its seven-year high earlier on Wednesday, advanced 1.45% to close at ₹1,051.60. It touched a high of ₹1,070.95 before giving up some of its gains. Analysts have a median target price of ₹1,135.28 per share. That translates roughly into gains of 8.3% from the current market […]