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Moody’s downgrades India’s credit rating

Author Naveen K R
Published June 6, 2020
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Markets Update

Nifty50
10,142.20
5.90% ▲
Sensex
34,287.20
5.80% ▲
Nifty500
8299.35
6.10% ▲
India VIX
28.68
5.10% ▼
  • Shrugging off rating agency Moody’s downgrade of India’s long term sovereign credit rating, benchmark indices ended the week in green
  • India’s volatility index, India VIX was at the lowest level since 6th March 2020

The Bigger Picture

  • Credit ratings agency Moody’s Investor Services downgraded India’s sovereign rating to the lowest investment grade last week
  • The rating agency downgraded India’s ratings to ‘BAA3’ from ‘BAA2’ and also changed the future outlook from ‘stable’ to ‘negative’. Here’s more about the Moody’s rating scale and what they mean
  • The decision was made on the backdrop of the economy not being able to grow up to its potential, added on to which there were concerns of debt affordability
  • India Manufacturing PMI increased to 30.8 in May 2020 from a record low of 27.4 in the previous month. Services PMI increased to 12.6 in May 2020 from a record low of 5.4 in the previous month

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