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Gold October futures contracts at MCX opened flat on Tuesday at Rs 71,615 per 10 gram, which is down by 0.02% or Rs 13 while the silver December futures contracts were trading at Rs 83,595/kg, down by 0.06% or Rs 50. In the last one week, gold prices have traded flat while silver prices have

The forex markets have remained largely subdued in today’s Asian session, with most major currency pairs moving within a narrow range from yesterday. Investor sentiment stabilized overnight, with major US stock indexes closing higher. However, caution is still the prevailing mood as traders await tomorrow’s US CPI data, which will be pivotal in shaping Fed’s

BofA anticipates the European Central Bank (ECB) will implement a 25 basis point (bp) cut to the deposit rate at its September meeting, with a modestly negative impact on the EUR due to unchanged guidance and weaker growth outlook. Key Points: Rate Cut Expectation: Deposit Rate: Expected to be reduced by 25bp. Other Policy Rates:

Gold prices slumped Rs 700 to Rs 73,500 per 10 grams in the national capital on Monday amid a decline in precious metal rates in the global markets. The yellow metal had closed at Rs 74,200 per 10 grams in the previous close on Friday. Tracking gold, silver prices also plummeted Rs 2,000 to Rs

Dollar strengthened modestly in today’s quiet trading as market participants continued to scale back expectations for a more aggressive 50bps rate cut by Fed this month. However, the greenback’s momentum remains modest as it awaits a crucial test from the upcoming US CPI data this week. Stabilizing risk sentiment is also keeping a lid on

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Gold October futures contracts at MCX opened flat today at Rs 71,505 per 10 gram, which is up by 0.11% or Rs 79 while silver December futures contracts were trading at Rs 83,049/kg, up by 0.35% or Rs 292. The prices of gold fell by Rs 400/10 gm in the last 2 days while silver

Asian markets started the week on a weak note, with sharp declines following the broader selloff in US markets after last week’s non-farm payroll report. Adding to the bearish mood was weaker-than-expected inflation data from China, which dampened sentiment further. However, the reaction in the forex market has been somewhat muted, with commodity-linked currencies, like

gold monthly China’s central bank didn’t report any gold purchases in August, saying that reserves remain at 72.80 million troy ounces. Reported buying halted in May after many months of accumulation. Reports afterwards suggested the PBOC had grown price sensitive. in February the PBOC bought 390,000 ounces in March, 160,000 in April, 60,000 A few

Copper has declined by more than 17 percent from its lifetime highs. Tepid demand from China, surging inventories in warehouses, and a strong US dollar have contributed to the bearish sentiment in prices. Copper inventory levels at different warehouses have reached multi-year highs. Latest London Metal Exchange (LME) data show that inventories in the LME-registered

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Gold prices eased on Friday, retreating from near-record levels reached earlier, after mixed U.S. jobs data cast doubts on the scale of interest-rate cut from the Federal Reserve this month. Spot gold fell 0.3% to $2,509.35 per ounce by 10:21 a.m. ET (1421 GMT), having hit their highest since Aug. 20, when gold last scaled

On Friday, shares of Nvidia fell 4% and chipmakers dragged the Nasdaq to its lowest in the three weeks. One reason for the sell-off was a Goldman Sachs note from Peter Oppenheimer arguing that traffic to ChatGPT was plunging. Goldman published this chart, which was later widely circulated (including in the Financial Times). It showed

On Friday, spot gold was highly choppy and volatile in reaction to the US nonfarm payroll report (August) as the report sent mixed signals on the possible pace of rate cuts that are likely to begin at the September FOMC meeting to be concluded on September 18. Fed officials’ comments on the US monetary policy

Investors expressed clear dissatisfaction with last week’s US non-farm payroll report, not much due to a miss in job growth expectations, but data left the size of the upcoming Fed rate cut unsettled, raising fears that Fed’s indecisive stance could worsen the already fragile economic outlook. In response, US equity markets ended the week sharply

Markets: Gold down $20 to $2496 US 10-year yields down 1.4 bps to 3.72%, 2-year yields down 9.3 bps to 3.65% WTI crude oil down $1.07 to $68.08 S&P 500 down 1.7% JPY leads, AUD lags Non-farm payrolls Friday lived up to the hype, though it wasn’t exactly straightforward. The kneejerk reaction to the report

China’s central bank held back on buying gold for its reserves for a fourth straight month in August, official data showed on Saturday. China’s gold holdings stood at 72.8 million fine troy ounces at the end of last month. The value of the gold reserves, however, rose to $182.98 billion compared with $176.64 billion at

The financial markets are in a state of heightened anticipation as the much-awaited US non-farm payroll report is set to release today. This key data set will be critical in assessing whether the US economy is veering towards a recession, following the jump in the unemployment rate in July. For Fed, the NFP data will