Gold price in the national capital declined by Rs 314 to Rs 50,905 per 10 grams on Tuesday amid rupee appreciation, according to HDFC Securities. The price of the yellow metal touched Rs 51,219 per 10 grams on Monday. However, the COMEX spot price of gold was marginally lower at USD 1,723.60 per ounce compared
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Dollar rebounds strongly in early US session after stronger than expected consumer inflation reading. 10-year yield jumps sharply and breaks above 3.4% handle DOW futures are down over -300 pts at the time of writing. The case for a 75bps hike by Fed is pretty much sealed. The question is whether markets will bet on
Prior +73k; revised to +77k July ILO unemployment rate 3.6% vs 3.8% expected Prior 3.8% July employment change 40k vs 128k expected Prior 160k July average weekly earnings +5.5% vs +5.4% 3m/y expected Prior +5.1% July average weekly earnings (ex bonus) +5.2% vs +5.0% 3m/t expected Prior +4.7% The jobless rate declined to 3.6% and
Gold prices held firm on Tuesday near a two-week high hit in the previous session, helped by a subdued dollar, while investors awaited U.S. inflation data that could provide cues on the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike path. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold rose 0.1% to $1,725.70 per ounce, as of 0041 GMT. * U.S. gold
Dollar and Yen are staying as the weakest ones for the week as focus turns to US inflation data. European majors are the strongest ones so far, even though Euro’s rise is losing some momentum. Commodity currencies are mixed for now, despite improving risk sentiment. Technically, EUR/JPY’s rally is slowing ahead of 61.8% projection of
MUFG Research expects USD/JPY to continue rising higher in what’s been the best trend trade in FX in years. They continue to like a prior recommendation of buying USD/JPY at 140.00 with a target of 146.00 (last week’s high was 144.99) and a stop at 136.50. “We are maintaining a long USD/JPY trade idea although
Gold prices ticked higher on Monday as the dollar hovered near recent lows, with investors’ focus being on a key U.S. inflation reading as it could influence the size of the Federal Reserve’s next interest-rate hike. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold rose 0.1% to $1,717.17 per ounce, as of 0057 GMT. * U.S. gold futures were
Euro leads Sterling and Swiss Franc higher today, and stays firm so far. The common currency was apparently lifted by hawkish comments from ECB official over the weekend. Sterling shrugs off slightly worse than expected GDP and production data. Dollar and Yen are currently the weakest ones. Commodity currencies are mixed for now, with Canadian
Prior -0.6% GDP 0.0% vs +0.1% 3m/3m expected Prior -0.1% Looking at the details, services was the main contributor to the rise in GDP as it grew by 0.4% in July – after a fall of 0.5% in June. Information and communication grew by 1.5% and was the largest contributor to the services growth in
NEW DELHI: Gold prices dropped on Monday despite weakness in the US dollar as traders weighed the impact of possible interest rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve later this month to combat the rising inflation. The Fed officials on Friday ended their public comment period ahead of the US central bank’s September 20-21 policy
Markets are generally steady in Asian session today. European majors are firming up slightly but there is no clear follow through buying so far. On the other hand, Yen is losing ground while commodity currencies are also soft. Dollar is mixed in the middle. Focuses are back to economic data this week, with particular attention
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The rise in the number of retail investors in the Indian market has been unprecedented. Technological advancement made its march in stock trading making the process absolutely convenient for people where they could register themselves for trading in the capital market from the convenience of their respective homes. Then, the financial challenges brought onto people
Euro ended the week broadly higher, with help from ECB’s historical rate hike. Yet, it was outshone by Swiss Franc, which was the biggest winner after SNB reiterated the stance of welcoming Franc’s appreciation. Canadian Dollar followed as the third, also after another massive hike by BoC. On the other hand, Yen was the worst
Oil rigs 591 vs. 596 last week Gas rigs 166 vs. 162 last week total rigs 759 vs. 760 last week prior week Crude oil is trading at $87 ahead of the report. This week the supply data showed a bigger than expected build for crude oil of 8844K vs. estimates of a draw of
Energy markets are not short of geopolitics these days. The petro-nations’ decision to cut output quotas next month might ultimately have a limited supply impact but sends a clear message. Similarly, the West’s idea of an oil price cap will face strong implementation difficulties but adds to the confrontation. Geopolitics look set to inject noise
WTI crude oil settled up $3.25 today to $86.79 on the day. That’s higher than last week’s close at $85.98 and represents an impressive turnaround from $81.20 at yesterday’s low. The market is struggling to price in tight global supplies against worries of falling future demand. There are also uncertainties about how much natural gas-to-oil
Gold traded in a broad range but managed to end with a modest gain last week bringing a halt to its 3-week losing streak. Gold traded in a narrow range near $1700/oz and ended the week with a modest 0.3% gain. Gold along with other commodities edged up last week as market players moved from