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Rate-sensitive sectors will stay in focus ahead of the RBI policy outcome on Friday,” said Siddhartha Khemka - Head of Research, Wealth Management, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.

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The next Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting is scheduled for December 3-5, 2025. At the last policy meet in October, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the RBI, in a unanimous decision, kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent. The RBI governor had noted that headline inflation had moderated considerably, providing the MPC with confidence to maintain the rate stance. Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Investments Limited, echoed that domestic markets continued to witness profit booking amid worries over the weakening rupee and persistent FII outflows. “In the near term, fading expectations of an RBI rate cut owing to strong GDP data and the uncertainty around US-India trade discussions may keep investors on edge. Even so, solid domestic macro fundamentals and a strengthening earnings outlook for the second half of the fiscal year are likely to lend support going forward,” Nair added. Today, the Indian rupee weakened further to a fresh record low of just shy of 90 per US dollar, pressured by sustained foreign outflows and elevated global crude pri