6 stories on RBI from MarketRadar.
Indian companies raised about ₹8.5 trillion in bonds through September 2026, and bankers say 2026 could beat last year's ₹11.2 trillion record as borrowers front-load issuance ahead of further RBI rate hikes.
Indian government bonds nudged higher on Thursday as a sharp US Treasury rally — the 10-year yield sliding over 8 basis points to 5.10% — offered rare relief, but RBI hawkishness and a Friday debt auction capped the move.
The rupee strengthened to 94.96 on Tuesday after the RBI opened a special dollar window covering the entire daily dollar needs of India's three state oil companies, removing one of the largest steady dollar buyers from the spot market while Brent trades near $105.
The Indian rupee strengthened about 1% on Monday to 95.77 against the dollar — its best single-day move since April — as the RBI's weekend package and suspected state-bank dollar selling squeezed the market's greenback bid.
India's central bank is selling dollars directly to state-run oil companies and sharply raising the cost of hedging rupee weakness as the currency trades near record lows. The rupee opened Monday at 95.76 per dollar, up about 1%.
India's central bank raised its benchmark rate by 25 basis points to 5.50% on Wednesday, ending nearly four years of cuts and pauses — but the rupee kept sliding toward 96.96, its weakest ever print, leaving traders wanting more.
