Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Brent crude has surpassed $90 on the downside for the first time in eight months. Brent was trading at roughly $90 in February when Russia invaded Ukraine, and then prices soared as hostilities grew more intense. Since OPEC+ wants to maintain prices high and recession fears are rising, the cartel…
Sensex and the Nifty gained 1.68% during the week, boost by falling crude prices and a decline in domestic bond yields. Autos were top losers while banks, capital goods, and healthcare were top gainers. In the last couple of sessions, the oversold U.S. market rebounded, which provided much-needed support for Nifty to come out of…
India’s economic growth is accelerating, and after increasing until April 2022, inflation has declined. Mid-September 2022’s monthly macroeconomic data releases are anticipated to continue most of these tendencies world economy is presently experiencing a significant slowdown in growth. Nevertheless, despite some initial signs of a slowdown, average global inflation is still very nearly at its…
The return of monsoon rains in portions of the important agricultural regions of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal has caused a decrease in the paddy sowing imbalance over the past four weeks. The imbalance in paddy-sown regions has decreased to 4.9% compared to the same period last year, according to data issued by the…
Copper futures increased by almost 4% on Thursday. With the gains, copper is now on track to post a weekly rise of more than 4%. The mine’s 44-day strike in 2017 caused a serious shortage of copper, which in turn drove up prices. On Friday, copper futures were unchanged. Copper prices were poised for a…
According to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, increased semiconductor supply and seasonal demand led to a 21% yearly surge in passenger car wholesales in India in August. According to the most recent information provided by the industry group Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), deployments of passenger vehicles (PVs) to dealers totaled 2,81,210 units…
According to a Reuters poll of experts, food prices in India likely ended a three-month downward trend in retail inflation in August. This might put additional pressure on the Reserve Bank of India to increase interest rates more quickly in the coming months. Food inflation, which makes up about half of the CPI basket, is…
The government increased the export tax on non-basmati “white” rice by 20% on Thursday, which is anticipated to reduce the overall export volume in the current fiscal year. The export tax will be in effect starting this Friday, according to a notification from the finance ministry. According to exporters, white rice accounted for over 60%…
The government announced on Wednesday that it would aim to produce 328 million tonnes (mt) of food grains during the crop year 2022–2023 (July–June), which is 4% more than the previous year’s record output of 315.7 mt. In the crop year 2022–2023, rabi crops like wheat, mustard, and chana (gram) would contribute 164.8 mt to…
On Thursday, gold prices held steady at over $1,700 as a break in the recent dollar gain reduced some of the pressure on bullion prices and as attention shifted to an impending meeting of the European Central Bank for additional indications. After rising by about 1% on Wednesday, spot gold remained practically flat at $1,717.40.Gold…
