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SME Times News Bureau | 25 May, 2021
Commodity prices have been an upswing of late amid the surge in Covid-19
cases, and this is likely to impact auto, consumer staples and durables
sectors, according to a report by Motilal Oswal Financial Services.
The
report noted that with the uncertainty in the demand environment, it
would be difficult for companies to pass on the rise in commodity costs.
"The auto, consumer staples, and durables sectors would be highly impacted in such a scenario," it said.
In banking, it said that debt deleveraging by corporates has further impacted credit growth.
As
per the Motilal Oswal report, the uptick in inflation could signal the
end of the monetary easing cycle, which has aided the steady decline in
funding cost for the system, thus driving healthy margins.
However,
the adverse impact on auto, consumer, durables margins would be
counterbalanced by an earnings uptick in the metals, cement, oil and gas
sectors. The IT sector, which constitutes 15 per cent of the Nifty
weight, is broadly insulated from commodity inflation.
"Earnings
in the non-Nifty, non-commodity basket may be adversely impacted given
the weak demand backdrop in the economy due to widespread lockdowns," it
said.
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Customs Exchange Rates |
Currency |
Import |
Export |
US Dollar
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66.20
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64.50 |
UK Pound
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87.50
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84.65 |
Euro
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78.25
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75.65 |
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56.85 |
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