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Oil posted its sixth straight weekly gain, with prices trading near a seven-year high as crude makes a roaring start to 2022. West Texas Intermediate rose 2% for the week as robust demand tightened global markets. As supply remains constrained, a chorus of Wall Street banks and oil executives are forecasting a return to $100

The FOMC meeting turned out to me more hawkish than expected and markets are now pricing in four to five hikes this year, instead of three. Dollar was given a strong boost and surged broadly to end as the strongest one. Nevertheless, reactions in the stock markets, while wild, were not pessimistic. Sterling followed as

Markets: Gold down $8 to $1788 WTI crude oil up 50-cents to $85.79 US 10-year yields down 2 bps to 1.78% S&P 500 up 105 points, or 2.4%, to 4431 JPY leads, NZD lags I’m inclined to avoid attaching a fundamental narrative to any of today’s price moves. It was a volatile month and it’s

Mumbai: Global gold demand rose 10 per cent to 4,021.3 tonnes in 2021 on account of a massive 50 per cent surge in year-on-year demand — a 10-quarter high — during the December quarter, a report by the World Gold Council (WGC) said. The overall gold demand during 2020, which was impacted following Covid-19 related

Dollar retreats mildly today after PCE inflation data posted no surprises. While there is some profit taking, the greenback remains the strongest one for the week by some distance. Selling focus has turned from Euro to commodity currencies today, as lead by Aussie. The overall close would still depend on development in risk sentiment, which

S&P 500 futures -0.2% Nasdaq futures +0.3% Dow futures -0.3% Despite the earlier optimism, it belies the more tentative and guarded mood in the market overall. Equities have been all over the place in US trading this week and today may be no different. In trading yesterday, stocks closed lower and that continues to point

New Delhi: Gold price in the national capital declined by Rs 423 to Rs 47,777 per 10 grams on Friday amid weak international precious metal prices and rupee appreciation, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal settled at Rs 48,200 per 10 grams. Silver also dipped by Rs 1,105 to Rs

Dollar remains overwhelmingly the strongest one for the week, as boosted by intensified Fed hike expectations. Sterling is trying to catch and trading as the next stronger, with special help from buying against Euro. Australian and New Zealand Dollar are taking turns to be the worst performer. Euro and Swiss Franc are not too far

NEW DELHI: Gold prices tanked on Thursday, bucking the global cues, as the Federal Reserve’s commentary spooked the bullion market. The yellow metal was trading near recent lows. The Federal Reserve decided on March rate hikes that pushed up US Treasury yields and the dollar, while uncertainty over Ukraine capped bullion’s losses. Gold futures on

Dollar’s strong post-FOMC rally is given another boost in early US session by much better than expected Q4 GDP data. Latest jobless claims figures also suggest stabilization from the impact of Omicron. But for now, the strength is mainly centered against European majors and Yen. Canadian Dollar is indeed lifted slightly as oil prices extend

Initial employment claims The US initial jobless claims and continuing claims for the current week shows: Initial jobless claims 260K versus 260K estimate 4-week moving average of initial jobs claims increased to 247K from 232K last week. Continuing claims 1.675M versus 1.635M last week. 4 week moving average of continuing claims decreased to 1.651M vs

New Delhi: Gold in the national capital on Thursday plunged Rs 563 to Rs 48,215 per 10 grams amid weak international precious metal prices, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious settled at Rs 48,778 per 10 gram. Silver also tumbled Rs 1,186 to Rs 62,792 per kg from Rs 63,978 per

Investor sentiment was basically destroyed by more hawkish than expected Fed Chair Jerome Powell. US stocks reversed earlier gains and closed mixed. But futures are already pointing to a gap down open today. Major Asia indexes are trading in deep red. Markets are now expecting as many as five rate hikes this year starting March.

NEW YORK: Oil touched $90 a barrel for the first time in seven years on Wednesday, supported by tight supply and rising political tensions in Europe and the Middle East that raised concerns about further disruption in an already-tight market. Brent crude rose $1.67, or 1.9 per cent, to $89.87 by 10:40 a.m. EST (1540

Canadian Dollar tumbles notably in early US session after much less hawkish then expected BoC rate decision. The central bank stands pat while lowering both inflation and growth forecasts. Elsewhere in the currency markets, Yen is trading broadly lower with Swiss Franc as stock markets are staging a strong rebound. Meanwhile, Aussie is also trying

Cable has been trading very much akin to a commodity currency since the turn of the year and well, I guess that says a lot more about what is driving the pair in the past few weeks. It is largely about the dollar side of the equation and I would argue to some extent the

As India approaches Budget 2022-23, it is a good time to recall that in last year’s Budget, the government had announced a reduction in the basic customs duty on gold from 12.5 per cent to 7.5 per cent. An additional cess of 2.5 per cent was also imposed, taking the effective customs duty to about

Markets are relatively steady in Asian today, as traders are awaiting main events of BoC and Fed policy decisions. Asian stocks are treading water after weaker close in US overnight. Dollar remains the strongest one for the week, followed by Yen and then Canadian. Swiss Franc is currently the weakest, followed by New Zealand Dollar