AI company Anthropic’s blog post triggered a significant sell-off in Indian IT stocks, causing benchmark indices to fall sharply. The Nifty IT index plunged 4.7%, reflecting investor anxiety over AI’s potential to automate legacy system maintenance, as seen with IBM’s substantial decline. Analysts anticipate further downside for the IT sector.
WACR tops repo rate for first time in nearly 2 months
Liquidity in the banking sector has contracted to below ₹5 lakh crore, causing the weighted average call rate to rise to 5.31%. The Reserve Bank