US shutdown fears spook markets, Sensex 3-week low:

 

 

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Stocks in India fell nearly 2% on worries spurred by a probable government shutdown in the US as a political deadlock holds back the country’s budget.

The markets were also jittery ahead of the RBI’s balance of payments data, which later showed India’s current account deficit — the difference between dollar inflows and outflows — widened to 4.9% of GDP in April-June this year.

The benchmark 30-stock BSE Sensex fell 347.5 points t

Fears of a shutdown in the US and reports  that Italian PM Enrico Letta had called a parliamentary vote of confidence on Wednesday loomed over nervous global equity and currency markets.

o close at 19,379.77, a three-week low.

Failure to pass a stopgap spending bill before the new fiscal year begins on October 1 can halt work at government agencies and non-essential state-run programmes in the US for the first time in 17 years.

This can pull down stock markets and hit emerging economies such as India. The outage could nudge fken the rupee further and upset plans to contain CAD.

 

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