On Monday, gold prices increased and maintained a seven-month high as signs of a slowing jobs market raised hopes for a lower U.S. inflation reading this week and a future shift away from the Federal Reserve’s aggressive rhetoric. After Labor Department data revealed that U.S. nonfarm payrolls expanded at their weakest rate in a year…
In its first estimate of sugar production for 2022–23, which was just announced, the private trade group All India Sugar Traders Association (AISTA) estimated India’s sugar production at 34.5 million tonnes, a decrease of 3.63% from the 35.8 million tonnes produced in the prior year. Maharashtra will produce 12.4 million tonnes of sugar this season,…
Oil corporations are making ₹10 per liter on petrol sales, but retail prices haven’t dropped to make up for earlier losses and a ₹6.50 per liter loss on diesel, a report said. The prices of petrol and diesel have not been updated by state-owned IOC, BPCL, and HPCL in pace with inflation for the past 15 months….
Godrej Agrovet is investing 250 crores in the construction of an oil palm processing complex in Telangana. The factory, which is being built in the Khammam district, would initially have a 30-tonne-per-hour capacity. A government statement issued here on Thursday stated that “the capacity can be quadrupled in a subsequent phase.” Godrej Agrovet Ltd.’s managing…
As markets anticipated critical data on U.S. nonfarm payrolls on Friday, gold prices held near seven-month highs, while copper prices reversed weekly losses due to the relaxation of additional anti-COVID measures in major importer China. After a series of abrupt rate hikes by the Federal Reserve in 2022, it is anticipated that U.S. nonfarm payrolls…
The country’s mustard production may rise this year and surpass yearly demand for the first time since the nation became reliant on imports of edible oil due to a higher area and anticipated productivity growth. If the weather holds favorable for the next month, production might reach over 125 lakh tonnes (lt), an increase of…
A weaker dollar and increased prospects of future rate hikes that are less aggressive helped gold prices extend their new year surge and rise more than 1% to their highest level since mid-June. The price of spot gold increased by 1.2 percent to $1,860.64 per ounce, reaching its highest level since June 13. U.S. gold…
On Wednesday, gold prices stayed at six-month highs, ending a recent rise as traders repurchased dollars in anticipation of additional monetary policy clues from the Federal Reserve’s December meeting minutes. The yellow metal saw a solid start to the year as demand for safe havens other than the dollar surged in response to worries about…
The pace of Telangana’s paddy purchases is modest. The State has so far purchased 60 lakh tonnes (lt) of paddy, falling short of its goal of 100 lt for the Kharif harvesting season, according to the most recent data. A total of 12,500 crore worth of paddy was purchased from roughly 10 lakh farmers. According…
While growers who stuck to urad, moong, bajra, and ragi were unable to realize the MSP, farmers who sold cotton, soyabean, paddy, and jowar crops in the agricultural produce marketing committee (APMC) markets from October to December 2022, the crucial harvesting season, earned an additional 8,241.6 crore over the combined minimum support price (MSP) value….
