NEW DELHI: Gold prices eased on Tuesday as the dollar rose but kept the bullion close to a week’s high. Rising energy prices may dampen economic activities and dent appetite for riskier assets. Gold futures on MCX eased 0.18 per cent, or Rs 83, to Rs 46,804 per 10 gram. Silver futures were also down
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While some selling pressure is seen in Asian stocks, the forex markets are relatively steady. Canadian Dollar is currently the stronger one, followed by Yen. Sterling is the softer one, followed by Swiss France, Euro and Dollar. Overall risk sentiment will continue to drive the markets this week and hence we’ll have some attention on
Posting this as some local Australian political news. NSW is Australia’s largest population state and home to its largest city of Sydney. Previous Premier Gladys Berejiklian resigned last week when an investigation was launched into her conduct. Berejiklian had steered NSW through its COVID-19 outbreak to a point where Sydney is on the verge of a much-awaited
FRANKFURT: Oil prices jumped Monday after OPEC and allied oil producing countries stayed with their gradual approach to restoring output slashed during the pandemic, agreeing to add only 400,000 barrels per day in November. The decision Monday by the Vienna-based oil cartel tracks with its established schedule of adding back that amount of oil every
Swiss Franc is the winner so far today, as Dollar and Yen pare back some of last week’s gains. Meanwhile, Euro is also soft after poor investor confidence data. On the other hand, New Zealand Dollar is following closely as second strongest, on anticipation of RBNZ rate hike later in the week. Other currencies are
As remarked by transport commissioner, Adina Vălean The meeting is said to take place next Monday. To be honest, I’m not sure how much they can do in order to come up with a robust solution in either bringing down gas prices or to source for alternative resources. It is going to be a blaring winter with
NEW DELHI: Gold and silver futures were flat on Monday as a weaker dollar offset bets that the US Federal Reserve could begin tapering its pandemic-era asset purchases soon. The dollar index dropped to its lowest since September 29, making gold cheaper for buyers holding other currencies. Gold futures on MCX were up 0.06 per
Bloomberg with a report on Chinese authorities looking to stem contagion risk from Evergrande: A summary of where we are at, in brief: China Evergrande Group edges closer to a massive restructuring Beijing signaling it’s willing to prop up healthy developers, homeowners and the real estate market at the expense of global bondholders Chinese authorities have
The government on Thursday hiked by 62 per cent the price of natural gas that is used to produce electricity, make fertilisers and turned into CNG to use as fuel in automobiles and cooking gas for household kitchens. This is the first increase in rates since April 2019 and comes on back of firming benchmark
Tobias Levkovich was well known for setting S&P 500 price targets Citigroup reported that chief equity strategist Tobias Levkovich died on Friday, a month after being hit by a car while crossing a street in Long Island, NY. Levkovich was perhaps the world’s most well-known equity strategist and had been in his role at Citi
Gold prices eased on Friday after rallying to a one-week high above the key $1,750 level in the previous session, as the rebounded and made the metal expensive for holders of other currencies. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold fell 0.1% to $1,754.64 per ounce by 0139 GMT, after rising nearly 1.8% on Thursday as the dollar
The RBA will maintain all monetary policy measures unchanged at next week’s meeting. That is, the cash rate, as well as the yield target on the April 2024 bond, will stay at 0.1%. Asset purchases will also be kept at a pace of AUD 4B/week. Policymakers will continue to warn of the slowdown in the
China has not lived up to pledge to purchase additional $200B in goods US Trade Representative Katherine Tai will announce Monday that China is not complying with the so-called phase one trade deal, sources familiar with the matter told CNBC. The report said Tai will outline how China has fallen short on a pledge to
MELBOURNE: prices dropped on Friday on the prospect that the OPEC+ supplier alliance might step up a planned increase in output to ease supply concerns, with soaring gas prices spurring power producers to switch from gas to oil. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures slipped 5 cents to $74.98 a barrel at 0153 GMT,
Dollar had been the strongest for most of the week but lost it first place at the time, as treasury yields retreated. Instead, resilient risk appetite in the US, as well as firm oil price helped Canadian and Australian Dollars stole the first and second place. On the other hand, Euro ended as the worst
Carbon capture is a major priority for Manchin A report late today revealed that the White House had agreed to boost carbon capture tax credits to $85 per tonne for industries such as steel and concrete plants. Yesterday’s leak of priorities from Manchin was revealing. He’s the ranking member of Senate Committe on Energy and