NEW DELHI: Gold prices inched lower, little changed, on Wednesday after a tamer-than-expected rise in US inflation led to uncertainty on when the US central bank would begin tapering its asset purchases. Gold futures on MCX were marginally down 0.10 per cent, or Rs 47, at Rs 47,213 per 10 gram. Silver futures declined 0.29
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Dollar drops broadly after data shows declining headline consumer inflation in the US, and even quicker fall in core CPI. It’s adding to the Fed’s case that prior surge in inflation was just transitory. DOW futures responde rather positively to the news. Strengthening risk appetite could put Yen under some pressure too. Meanwhile, Sterling is
Closing changes for the main European bourses: UK FTSE 100 -0.5% German DAX +0.1% French CAC -0.5% Spain IBEX -0.4% Italy MIB +0.3% The FTSE 100 looked like it could sustain the breakout in early in the summer but it has flattened out. It’s back down near the recent low and I can see a
Kolkata: The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) has posted 115% rise in the average daily turnover value (ADTV) of Rs 2,444 crore in August 2021 despite restrictions on chana futures, one of its key liquid contracts in the pulses segment, a media release issued by the exchange said. It also added that exchange has
Overall market sentiment is mildly positive with the strong rebound in DOW overnight, followed by slight gain in Nikkei. European majors are having a small edge over the others but Swiss Franc is still clearly lagging behind. Australia Dollar is leading commodity currencies lower for now, after some cautious comments from RBA Governor. Dollar is
Latest data released by METI – 14 September 2021 Industrial production +11.6% vs +11.6% y/y prelim Slight delay in the release by the source. The preliminary report can be found here. No change to the initial estimates as industrial output softened in July, though the survey on businesses indicates that production should pick up again
Gold prices edged lower on Tuesday as a stronger dollar crimped bullion’s appeal ahead of US inflation data that could offer cues on the possible timeline for the Federal Reserve‘s tapering. FUNDAMENTALSSpot gold fell 0.2% to $1,790.74 per ounce by 0138 GMT. US gold futures eased 0.1% to $1,792.10. The dollar index was steady after
Commodity currencies came back to live entering into US session, with help from broad based rally in European indexes and US futures. Canadian Dollar is also lifted as WTI oil price recaptures 70 handle. Dollar turned mixed for now as selling turns to Swiss Franc, Euro and Yen. With an empty economic calendar for the
It’s not about the absolute level of inventories Henry Hub natural gas prices are up another 4.3% today to $5.15, which is a fresh 8-year high and a 14-year high for this time of year. The bears point to absolute inventory levels as a reason not to worry about a spike higher in prices. They’re
New Delhi: Gold in the national capital on Monday rose by Rs 82 to Rs 45,952 per 10 gram in line with the firm global trends and rupee depreciation, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 45,870 per 10 gram. “Spot gold prices for 24 carat in
Dollar rebound continues in Asian session today and trades generally high. Weakness in more notable in Aussie and Euro, as both turn soft in crosses. Overall risk sentiment is slightly negative, with particular deep selloff in Hong Kong stocks, but Nikkei remains resilient. The economic calendar is very light today and movements in the currencies
FX little changed on the day, risk tones steady Major currencies are keeping in relatively narrow ranges as we look towards European trading, with the dollar holding more mixed. If anything else, it could be a bit of a push and pull start to the new week until we get to the US CPI data
Gold prices were subdued on Monday as the dollar held firm, while cautious investors awaited readings on US consumer prices due this week that could be crucial to Federal Reserve’s decision on when to exit its super-supportive policy. FUNDAMENTALSSpot gold was flat at $1,787.40 per ounce, as of 0114 GMT, after having recorded a weekly
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A few items over the weekend for oil & energy traders to take note of. Reuters on German Chancellor Angela Merkel, tried to soothe fears over the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline on Saturday: “I made clear that it is our concern that Ukraine will remain a transit land for Russian gas” Merkel said during
CNG and piped cooking gas prices in cities such as Delhi and Mumbai may be hiked by 10-11 per cent next month as the government-dictated gas price is set to rise by about 76 per cent, ICICI Securities said in a report. The government, using rates prevalent in gas-surplus nations, fixes the price of natural
Commodity currencies are trading generally lower in Asia today, with pull back in Japanese stocks in the background. Canadian Dollar is also soft after BoC’s rate decision overnight. Dollar, Yen and Swiss Franc are trading mildly firmer, extending this week’s rebound. Euro is following closely, but momentum is starting to diminish, as focus turns to
Two important messages delivered at the ECB meetings are: 1) the end of the front-loading of PEPP asset purchases and 2) acknowledgement of a more persistent inflation pressure. The policy rates were all kept unchanged with the main refi rate, the marginal lending rate and the deposit rate staying at 0%, 0.25% and -0.5% respectively.