Gold prices were unchanged on Friday, maintaining their proximity to the important $2,000 mark following wild swings this week, but safe-haven demand in the face of a potential banking crisis has left the yellow metal on track for a significant increase this quarter. Prior to staging a rebound on Thursday, when higher-than-expected U.S. jobless claims…
The world’s second-largest consumer of crude oil, China, saw an increase in manufacturing activity on Friday morning, which helped lift confidence. At the same time, fears over Middle Eastern supply also increased. Brent futures, up almost 6% this week, were up 15 cents, or 0.19%, at $79.42 per barrel. After increasing by approximately 8% this…
On Wednesday, gold prices fell as investors gradually retreated into riskier investments, hoping that the risk of the global banking crisis spreading had been temporarily contained. At $1,965.89 per ounce, spot gold was trading 0.4 percent lower. U.S. gold futures decreased 0.3 percent to $1,967.50. According to independent analyst Ross Norman, gold has dropped as…
The government has begun buying 10,727 metric tonnes of wheat for the Rabi marketing season 2023–2024 as opposed to buying nothing last year, the food ministry announced in a statement on Tuesday. The food ministry noted in a statement that “according to the most current reports from FCI field offices, the recent rains have not…
The price of oil held steady in early Asian trade on Thursday as a smaller-than-expected reduction in Russian supplies and a stronger dollar countered an unexpected decrease in U.S. crude oil stocks that had buoyed prices. The price of Brent crude futures was unchanged at $78.28 per barrel. To reach $72.91 a barrel, West Texas…
At the current minimum support price during the rabi procurement season, the government agencies have so far purchased more than 2.48 lakh tonnes of gramme (chana) (MSP). Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, and Andhra Pradesh are in the middle of their Rabi purchase for gramme. In the major producing states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh,…
Due to a drop in domestic demand, the price of turmeric is currently nearly $1,000 per quintal lower than it was last year, but export demand is keeping prices from falling even lower. The current modal price for the finer kind of turmeric in Erode, Tamil Nadu, is $6,183 per quintal, down from $7,790 during…
The Agricultural and Processed Exports Development Authority (APEDA), based on input from exporters, reported that sales of millets, both domestically and internationally, have increased by approximately 30% since the designation of the International Year of Millets in 2023. The prominence of millet goods in supermarkets has also expanded, as has knowledge of millets and their…
The government-owned Food Corporation of India (FCI) announced on Monday that it has temporarily ceased selling wheat at reduced prices through electronic auctions to large groups of people, organizations, and State governments because the purchase of the new crop will start next month. In accordance with the Open Market Selling Scheme (OMSS), the FCI sold…
While geopolitical tensions in Europe increased as a result of remarks made by Russian President Vladimir Putin over the weekend, oil prices rose in early trade on Monday as worries about financial sector volatility subsided. Brent crude prices increased 33 cents or 0.4% to $75.32 per barrel. The price of U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude…
