The forex markets are rather quiet in Asia, with major pairs and crosses stuck inside yesterday’s tight range. Risk sentiments are mixed. While US indexes extended the record runs overnight, Asian index are struggling, as dragged down by extended selloff in Hong Kong. Overall, European majors are generally firmer together with Yen. On the other
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Pune: As Soybean futures contract on NCDEX has gone up by 21.77% during the past seven trading sessions and the upper circuit has been applied 4 times, industry body Soyabean Processors Association of India has written to NCDEX demanding that the circuit limit during the lean season should be limited to 2% per day. The
With no updates on median dot plots and economic projections, the focus of this week’s FOMC meeting would be the policy statement and the press conference. Since the June meeting, inflation has continued to accelerate. Market optimism was, however, overshadowed by the spread of Delta variant. Policymakers should likely acknowledge the strong economic developments but
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To guide market participants in assessing the performance of soy and gaur complex, the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) has decided to launch India’s first two sectoral indices in the agri-commodities space – GAUREX and SOYDEX. The methodology document for both the indices is currently available on the exchange’s website. Trading of these index
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Of the 44 cases in intensive care in the New South Wales outbreak of COVID-19 not one is fully vaccinated. Which, say some, proves the power of getting vaccinated. My bias is pro-vaccination, but I’d suggest this is not proof. The sample size is very small and, the ‘prior’ is that there are very few
Copper advanced on Friday as improved risk sentiment and a stable dollar lifted metals prices that also gained support from extended monetary policy easing in the European Union. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose 0.6% to $9,495.50 a tonne by 0702 GMT, on track to finish the week in positive territory. The
… Tesla, Boeing, Starbucks, Ford, McDonald’s, PayPal, MasterCard, etc Next week is a huge week for earnings and the major indices are near or making new highs into the week. Anyone and everyone (besides financials and Netflix) are on the schedule for release. Tuesday and Wednesday will be the biggest days, but Amazon will be released on Thursday
New Delhi: Gold imports, which have a bearing on the country’s current account deficit, jumped multi-fold to $7.9 billion (Rs 58,572.99 crore) during the April-June 2021 quarter due to low base effect in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data from the Commerce Ministry. Imports of the yellow metal had plunged to $688
Yen drops broadly today as markets turn back into risk-on mode. It has indeed become the worst performing one for the week. Dollar is also staying to look a bit vulnerable against European majors and commodity currencies. Canadian Dollar is firm and shrug off retail sales data, which shows contraction. Question is now on whether
Weekend covid news The market brushed aside a momentary covid panic last week but the episode put the pandemic back on the radar. The New York Times reports today that Biden officials now expect vulnerable people to need booster shots due to waning efficacy over time. So far they believe it will be limited to
Gold fell and was heading for a weekly dip on Friday as a stronger dollar, firmer yields and equity markets chipped away at its appeal. Spot gold fell 0.3% to $1,800.72 per ounce by 1:43 pm EDT (1743 GMT). U.S. gold futures settled 0.2% lower at $1,801.80. Bullion has shed 0.7% this week after briefly
Net dollar value is long for the first time since the pandemic began The chart isn’t yet updated but the net dollar value of USD longs is now +$399.69m. That’s the first net-long USD position on aggregate since the pandemic began. Primarily USD/JPY longs with some AUD/USD longs account for the overall net positioning. Invest
NEW YORK: Oil prices edged higher on Friday and for the week after a strong recovery from Monday’s steep slide, underpinned by expectations that supply will remain tight through the year. The price of oil and other riskier assets tumbled at the start of the week on concern over the impact on the economy and
It has been a very volatile week as risk markets were initial knocked down by fear of the infectious delta variant. But sentiment made an about-turn then, even with US indexes closing at record highs. Still, despite late recovery, Australian Dollar ended as the weakest one. Yen was surprisingly the second worst performing, given that