Citing a sharp rise in the cost of equity for companies and a slowing growth, Global financial services major HSBC has downgraded Indian equities from 'overweight' to 'neutral'. The financial service major lowered the rating in view of the country’s struggle with the trade-off between defending a currency and supporting growth.
According to HSBC, the volatility in Indian markets witnessed since May could be attributed to US Federal Reserve’s initial talk about tapering of bond purchase, but the chief reason for recent volatility in Indian equities was when policymakers decided to tighten liquidity to stem capital outflows. Since the beginning of the current fiscal in April 2013, though the rupee valuation of Indian stock market has fallen by 6.55%, its dollar valuation has plunged by 22%.
Further, the report stated that India faces as what is called as ‘'impossible trinity', i.e., country's growth is slowing, inflation remaining elevated and there is a sizeable current account deficit. The report further highlighted that the current inflation situation was also not helping, with imported inflation further diminishing the possibility of looser monetary conditions in the near future.
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