Overview
- Benchmark indices slipped last week, with the BSE Sensex down 468.42 points and the NSE Nifty down 114 points, leaving markets set to consolidate.
- Brent crude has stayed above $90 per barrel, and that price pressure increases India's oil import bill and the risk of higher domestic inflation.
- A 60‑day US‑Iran agreement expired without a lasting settlement, leaving the Strait of Hormuz confrontation unresolved and adding supply risk to energy markets.
- Investors are watching Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole remarks for guidance on US interest rates because any shift could change global bond yields and foreign capital flows into India.
- Foreign portfolio investors have bought about Rs 23,544 crore in August, which has helped support prices, but analysts say a modest recovery will depend on oil falling, easing geopolitical tensions, or clearer Fed signals and on rupee and liquidity moves.