MUMBAI (Reuters) - Shares in financial firms such as IDFC Ltd fell after the Reserve Bank of India announced measures late on Monday to curb the rupee's decline by tightening liquidity and making it costlier for banks to access funds from the central bank.
The RBI decision to raise the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate and Bank Rate each by 200 basis points to 10.25 percent is seen tightening liquidity and hurting the funding cost of lenders.
IDFC fell 6.5 percent while Housing Development Finance Corp lost 3.14 percent.
(Reporting by Abhishek Vishnoi; Editing by Prateek Chatterjee)