Dollar index

In early Asian trade, the dollar tumbled to an intra-day low of 104.96 yen, its lowest since March 2018. Photo: Reuters

Japanese yen soars, Aussie dollar plunges in FX ‘flash crash

4 min read . 03 Jan 2019

The dollar index has now fallen 1.2% in the last four days, its worst such run since late March. Photo: Reuters

Donald Trump’s Fed attack sees dollar dive and stocks struggle

2 min read . 21 Aug 2018

The dollar index is down almost 10% since the beginning of January. Commodity prices, meanwhile, have rallied. Photo: Reuters

Commodity rally

1 min read . 06 Sep 2017

Ever since the rupee started strengthening, export growth is up barely 12% cumulatively, whereas imports have grown at 30%. Photo: Bloomberg

Strong rupee is hurting Indian industry

4 min read . 23 Aug 2017

The US dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, declined 4.6% for the second quarter to mark its steepest quarterly percentage drop since the third quarter of 2010. Graphic by Subrata Jana/Mint

Dollar posts its biggest quarterly drop in nearly seven years

2 min read . 03 Jul 2017

The rupee opened at 64.11 a dollar and touched a high and a low of 64.03 and 64.16, respectively. Photo: Hemant Mishra/ Mint

Rupee closes at 9-month high against dollar

1 min read . 15 May 2017

BSE Sensex opened higher on Thursday despite weak global cues . Photo: PTI

Nifty closes at a record high despite Fed’s hawkish stance

2 min read . 05 May 2017

With the US Fed rate hike out of the way, Sensex is now likely to continue to rise and rupee-dollar exchange rate decline. Graphic: Naveen Kumar Saini/Mint

What the US Fed rate hike means for Sensex, Rupee

1 min read . 17 Mar 2017

The chart compares the rupee-dollar exchange rate with the broad nominal trade weighted US Dollar Index, taken from the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, Missouri. Graphic: Naveen Kumar Saini/Mint

Strong Indian economy, strong rupee

1 min read . 15 Mar 2017

BSE Auto index and BSE Consumer Discretionary Goods & Services index led the losses with 4.53% and 4.30% decline respectively. Photo: PTI

Sensex, Nifty slide to lowest close in 4 and a half months

2 min read . 12 Nov 2016

In September, the US Federal Reserve left rates unchanged and the final meeting for this year will be held on 14 December. Photo: Bloomberg

Market round-up: Dollar index at 8-month high on US Fed rate hike odds

1 min read . 25 Oct 2016

Keeping an eye on the dollar index

4 min read . 22 Sep 2016

India’s 10-year bond yield closed at 7.723% compared with its Wednesday’s close of 7.762%. Photo: Mint<br /> (Mint)

Rupee closes 27 paise stronger against dollar

1 min read . 12 Mar 2015

The Reserve Bank of India likely sold dollars via state-run banks starting at around 61.50 levels to prevent the rupee from slipping further, three traders said. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint <br />

Rupee rebounds from near 5-month low to close at 61.23 per dollar

2 min read . 07 Aug 2014

The dollar climbed 0.2% to 105.36 yen as of 6:33am in London after earlier touching 105.41, the strongest since October 2008. Photo: Bloomberg<br />

Dollar touches 5-year high as US recovery sustains taper pace

3 min read . 30 Dec 2013

Worries about the US Federal Reserve tapering its bond purchase programme as a consequence of an economic recovery in the US have led to a sell-off in risk assets. Photo: Bloomberg<br /> (Bloomberg)

Will the Fed meeting this week lead to a return of risk appetite?

2 min read . 17 Jun 2013

The dollar’s strength has been driven by the threat that the US may scale back its massive bond-buying programme and end quantitative easing ahead of other countries, after optimistic US jobs and other data. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint (Hemant Mishra/Mint)

As dollar strengthens, will Sensex plunge?

2 min read . 11 Jun 2013

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. Photo: Bloomberg<br /><br /> (Bloomberg)

Carry trades lose most in a year on concerns over Fed’s stimulus

5 min read . 05 Jun 2013

Keep a watch on the dollar index

4 min read . 10 Jul 2011

Gold rebounds as dollar slides

1 min read . 14 Dec 2009