The Indian rupee closed nearly unchanged at 86.06 per dollar on Monday, despite initial weakness due to high crude oil prices and geopolitical tensions between Israel and Iran. A softer dollar index and likely RBI intervention limited the rupee’s losses. Further weakening is expected due to ongoing geopolitical uncertainties, with traders closely monitoring developments in the India-US trade deal.
GDP data, crude prices among 7 factors likely to steer D-Street this week
Indian equities are likely to take cues from a slew of domestic and global factors this week, including India’s first-quarter GDP data, US jobs numbers,