Increasing crude inflows cause a 400% increase in Russian imports.

India’s overall imports from Russia increased by 400% (year over year) to $32.88 billion in April–December 2022, making it the country’s fourth-largest crude oil supplier. According to data made public by the Commerce and Industry Ministry, the Ukrainian situation led to a rise in the sourcing of discounted crude. Russia ranked as India’s eighteenth-largest trading…

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Sharp strengthening of the rupee is unlikely in the immediate future, and CPI inflation in the US and India is being monitored.

The rupee fluctuated between 82.90 and 82.45 during this week of consolidation. After a lacklustre December month, last week was tumultuous as we witnessed a fall and recovery in the spot USDINR. Since other EM currencies began to gain strength versus the dollar, now is the ideal opportunity to go short in the pair as…

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Copper is encouraged by China’s reopening as gold trades flat ahead of payrolls data

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…

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Rupee opens higher and could increase due to a weaker dollar and a rise in global financial markets.

Tuesday’s opening rate for the Indian rupee was slightly lower than the previous day’s close of 82.65 to the dollar. Due to a rise in risk appetite on international markets and the depreciation of the dollar, the local currency is anticipated to increase in value. Market confidence increased on expectations of more gradual Fed rate…

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