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Asian stocks draw massive foreign inflows on softer dollar, growth optimism

By Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) – Emerging Asia ex-China stocks received massive inflows in January, with investors expecting the U.S. Federal Reserve to slow down the pace of its rate hikes and as the dollar weakened against regional currencies. Data from stock exchanges in Taiwan, India, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and South Korea showed that …

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Indian shares muted on Fed rate-hike concerns; Adani stocks tumble

BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares struggled for direction on Thursday, on concerns over the U.S. Federal Reserve’s rate-hike trajectory, while a drop in Adani Group company stocks also dampened sentiment. The Nifty 50 index was down 0.07% at 17,860.60, as of 11:02 a.m. IST, while the S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.02% to 60,777.41. Twenty-six of the …

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India’s Adani faced margin call on $1.1 billion loan before repaying in full – FT

(Reuters) -Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani faced a margin call of more than $500 million on a $1.1 billion share-backed loan, prompting him to repay the whole debt, the Financial Times reported, citing four people with direct knowledge of the matter. The repayment was meant to avoid any further damage to investor confidence, which has …

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Adani crisis unlikely to pose credit risk for Indian banks – rating agencies (Feb.7)

(This Feb. 7 story has been corrected to say Fitch Group, not the rating agency Fitch, in paragraph 9) MUMBAI (Reuters) – The exposure of Indian banks to the embattled Adani Group is not enough to impact their credit profiles, two rating agencies said on Tuesday, weeks after a U.S. short-seller report unleashed a brutal …

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India cenbank hikes rates 25 bps as expected, hints more could come

By Swati Bhat and Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of India hiked its key repo rate by a quarter percentage point on Wednesday as expected but surprised markets by leaving the door open to more tightening, saying core inflation remained high. The central bank said that its policy stance remains focused on …

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India’s Shree Cements posts 44% fall in Q3 profit on high fuel costs

BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s Shree Cement Ltd reported a 43.7% fall in third-quarter profit on Wednesday, missing expectations, as persistently high input and fuel costs triggered by the Russia-Ukraine war weighed on the cement sector. The Kolkata-based company posted a standalone profit of 2.77 billion Indian rupees ($33.5 million) for the quarter ended Dec. 31, …

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India banks’ loan exposure to Adani Group against shares not significant – RBI DG Jain

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian banks’ exposure of loans against shares to the embattled Adani Group is not very significant, a deputy governor of the central bank said on Wednesday, allaying concerns that lenders could be hurt as a result of a massive sell-off in the conglomerate. Investors have been worried about various banks’ exposure to …

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