Due to strong selling pressure following the Reserve Bank’s tightening of consumer credit standards, shares of bank and non-bank financial companies fell as much as 7% during Friday’s morning trading session. Shares of State Bank of India, Axis Bank, Canara Bank, and Bank of Baroda all saw decreases of 3.34 percent, 3%, and 2.67 percent,…
Turmeric prices fell -0.77% to $13420, with the slow buying activity leading to stock releases prior to the arrival of the fresh crops in January 2024. Nevertheless, the possibility of yield losses from unfavourable weather limits the downward pressure. The current crop conditions are favourable, and the harvest is anticipated to take place in January…
Prices for cotton candy, which had previously been supported by variables impacting India’s cotton production, were at a halt at 57340 due to profit booking. According to projections, less planted acreage and the effects of El Nino weather will cause India’s cotton production to drop by 7.5% to 29.5 million bales in 2023–2024. According to…
In order to prepare for the energy shift, India’s largest oil and gas producer, ONGC, plans to invest over Rs 1 lakh crore in building two petrochemical factories that will transform crude oil directly into high-value chemical goods, senior company officials announced on Wednesday. One of the main energy sources is crude oil, which is…
Following previous support from India’s predicted 7.5% reduction in cotton production for 2023–2024, profit booking caused the cotton market to marginally decline by -0.28% to settle at 57340. This drop was caused by elements like reduced planted areas and the effects of El Nino weather. The Cotton Association of India (CAI) predicts that imports would…
Crude oil fell -1.29% to settle at 6424, mostly due to record-high output in the United States despite encouraging signs of demand from China. The petroleum output increase estimate for 2023 was revised by the U.S. Energy Information Administration to 12.9 million bpd, which is somewhat less than earlier projections. Citing unanticipated production growth in…
As a result of reduced import tariffs, India’s imports of edible oils—palm, soybean, and sunflower—rose 17% year over year to a record 16.47 million tonne (MT) in the 2022–2023 oil year (November–October), according to the trade association Solvent Extractors Association of India (SEA). The amount of these cooking oils imported peaked in 2016–17 at 15.1…
OPEC’s claim that market fundamentals are still strong and that financial market speculators are to blame for the recent price decrease drove crude oil prices to close slightly lower, down -0.23% at 6508. Notably, the buy came at an average cost of $77.57 per barrel. The U.S. Energy Department announced that 1.2 million barrels of…
In early trade on Wednesday, the US dollar dropped from its high levels after US inflation data came in lower than anticipated, giving the rupee a 32-paise boost to 83.01 against it. The US dollar declined after US inflation slipped to its lowest level since September 2021, according to forex traders, and the rupee began…
The difficulties India’s cotton sector suffered in the 2023–2024 season are reflected in Cottoncandy’s latest price hike of 1.05% to 57500. Reduced planted area and the effects of El Nino weather on productivity are the reasons for the anticipated 7.5% drop in cotton production to 29.5 million bales. This underscores the pressure on the domestic…
