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A year ago, Chair Jerome Powell warned that to fight high inflation, the Federal Reserve would continue to sharply raise interest rates, bringing “some pain” in the form of job losses and weaker economic growth

Blue chip cryptocurrency prices are on the front foot on Wednesday as US yields and the US dollar fall and US equity prices rise on a raft of weaker-than-expected US survey data.

₹614.32 crore after being sellers for the last four straight sessions. Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) continued their buying streak for the fourth session on Wednesday and bought shares for ₹125.03 crore. As per NSE data, on August 23, FIIs' buy value was at ₹9,419.37 crore and sell value at ₹8,805.05 crore -- resulting in an inflow of ₹614.32 crore.

By Samuel Indyk and Ankur Banerjee

The Federal Reserve may send financial markets a hawkish message when global central bankers meet at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium this week.

US equity futures rose as investors awaited earnings from Nvidia Corp., the chipmaker at the heart of the hype around artificial intelligence.

rupee posted its biggest one-day gain in more than two months on Wednesday, traders said, likely due to dollar inflows into the equity markets while state-run banks also sold the greenback. The rupee closed up 0.3% at 82.6850 to the dollar, compared with its close of 82.9350 in the previous session. State-run banks selling the greenback, especially in the last hour or so, pulled the pair down, a trader with a state-run bank said. In a move to reduce pressure on the local unit, India's central bank has also asked some banks to stop taking fresh arbitrage positions in the non-deliverable forwards (NDF) market, sources told Reuters. «I have been hearing about IPO and QIP flows but difficult to know for sure in this kind of price action,» a senior forex trader at a private bank said. The rupee managed to hold above 83 despite the dollar's advance against most Asian peers. A move higher on near-maturity U.S. Treasury yields hurt demand for Asian currencies, while the dollar index hovered near 103.90. A resilient U.S.

macroeconomic data that makes a case for continuing with the monetary tightening policy through interest rate hikes. In the US, the benchmark 10-year Treasury yields have soared to levels around 4.366%, their highest since 2007, prompting investors to initiate risk-off trade. The US treasury yields have climbed almost 40 bps month-to-date amid rising bets that interest rates will remain elevated for longer.

ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank and SBI even as investors shift their focus to the meeting at the summer symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Investors are anticipating clues about the future direction of interest rates as officials of the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England, and the Bank of Japan are to meet in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, later this week for their yearly conference on central banking. All eyes will be on what the US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says about inflation and interest rate trajectory on Friday.

rupee ended 17 paise higher at 82.94 a dollar. Investors will keenly watch for clues on the outlook for interest rates from US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's speech on Friday at Jackson Hole, Wyoming. “Rupee is likely to depreciate today amid a firm dollar and on expectation of disappointing economic data from major countries across the globe.

stocks mostly edged lower on Tuesday as worries lingered that the Federal Reserve will need to keep interest rates higher for longer and as banks shares eased. Financials, down 0.8%, were the biggest drag on the S&P 500. An S&P downgrade of multiple regional U.S.

Jio Financial, Vodafone Idea, Adani Energy, Hindalco, Piramal, TVS Supply Chain are among stocks likely to be in focus todayAsian markets traded on a mixed note on Wednesday as investors assess private business activity surveys from Australia and Japan, as well as inflation figures from Singapore. A flat end on the Wall Street also weighed on sentiment.Traders are now awaiting Nvidia Corp.’s results later Wednesday, which are set to test the fervor around the artificial-intelligence hype, while wider markets are marking time ahead of a speech from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan were up 0.1%, hovering not far away from its nine-month trough hit just two sessions ago.

Indian stock market is expected to open on a weak note Wednesday following losses in global peers amid lower risk appetite. Asian markets fell while US stocks indices ended lower overnight as investors awaited clarity on the US Federal Reserve monetary policy outlook from Fed chair Jerome Powell’s speech at a meeting in Jackson Hole on Friday. On the domestic front, the Indian equity indices, Sensex and Nifty, ended flat on Tuesday despite positive trends in global markets.

FII selling has also weighed on the sentiments. «In the near term market is expected to trade in a range as investors await the U.S. Federal Reserve’s annual Jackson Hole gathering and US Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech later in the week,» Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Here's breaking down the pre-market actions:STATE OF THE MARKETSGIFT Nifty (Earlier SGX Nifty) signals a positive startGIFT Nifty on the NSE IX traded 44 points, or 0.23 per cent, higher at 19,358.50, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for positive start on Wednesday.

Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, and HDFC Bank, were offset by losses in TCS, ICICI Bank, and HDFC Bank. The general sentiment of the market was optimistic, reflecting the mood globally. Even as US Treasury yields surged on worries that interest rates will stay high for a longer than anticipated amount of time, European stocks traded with healthy gains among their global peers whereas the Sensex closed flat.

Bitcoin losses continued today as bond yields continued to rise, causing concern for investors. This downturn has seen the leading digital currency dip below its two-month low of $26,000 for a loss of 0.74% over the past 24 hours.

Wall Street closed mixed, holding a bit firmer following its three-week losing streak

Blue chip cryptocurrencies are falling once again this Tuesday, with Bitcoin (BTC) down around 1% on the day in the $25,800s and Ether (ETH) down 2% and back below $1,650.

Indian rupee today staged a strong rebound, posting its biggest single-day gain in nearly a month and a half. A pullback of the greenback from recent peaks while dollar inflows also aided the Indian currency. Pakistan’s rupee declined to a new low amid the country's deteriorating external finances. The spot Indian rupee today closed at 82.9350 against the US dollar, up 17 paise from its previous close of 83.1075 on Monday.

By Shashwat Chauhan

Investing.com — President Jerome Powell is set to potentially deliver fresh clues on monetary policy later this week, but while many aren’t expecting the Fed chief's remarks to be laced with the warning of the “pain” from last year,  there are worries that he may tee up the idea of steeper longer-term interest rates.