RBI had earlier announced that the CRR hike will be in two phases, Jan 17 and March 3. ICICI BANK, HDFC BANK are currently down by 7% in the US markets at this hour. With nifty being a bank heavy index it should tank too. Nifty is close to strong supports and if we happen to break these supports and close below them there will be chaos! I am only wondering about how much the market has already factored in this rate hikes.