Silver reached $25 per ounce and gold was on track to reach a new high as the dollar index hit a 2-month low and US data sparked demand for safe-haven assets like precious metals. Silver futures for delivery in May ruled at $25.02 per ounce in early Wednesday trade, while gold futures for delivery in…
In spite of unfavorable weather in Rajasthan, the main growing region for cumin, and some areas of Gujarat, prices for jeera (cumin seed) have resumed their ascent after a brief hiatus. Concerns have been raised about the crop status as a result of recent unseasonal rains that have fallen in the jeera-growing regions of southern…
Over the previous week, the rupee (INR) had no change. On Monday, it was valued at 82.3313 USD per unit. Good foreign inflows haven’t changed that. The net inflows during the previous week totaled more than $400 million, according to figures from the NSDL (National Securities Depository Ltd). This was aided by strong inflows into…
The crop quality has been negatively impacted by unseasonal rainfall and hailstorms in major wheat-producing states, but the output is not expected to be reduced, according to experts and dealers. According to S Pramod Kumar, CEO of Sunil Agro, the rains dulled the new crop, but there was no appreciable reduction in output. He claimed…
The windfall duty on domestically produced crude oil has been eliminated by the Finance Ministry, while it has been decreased for diesel. The new levy went into effect on April 4. Despite the fact that the tax has been decreased due to a drop in prices over the past month, this week’s output cuts by…
India became the largest buyer of seaborne crude from the former Soviet Union, overtaking China for the fourth consecutive month, buying a record 51.15 million barrels, or 1.65 million barrels per day (mbd), from Russia. Reliance Industries (RIL) and the Rosneft-backed Nayara Energy were private refiners that accounted for over 858,000 barrels per day, or…
The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for manufacturing increased to 56.4 in March from 55.3 in February, indicating that the manufacturing sector concluded fiscal 2022–23 at its peak. Unfortunately, little progress was made on the job front, per the S&P Global monthly survey, which was released on Monday. Pollyanna De Lima, Economics Associate Director, S&P Global…
The stage has been prepared for other producers to compete for markets in Asia following an unexpected reduction in oil supply from OPEC+. Since the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries began actively controlling supplies in 2017, member states have given flows to Asia preferential treatment at the expense of nations like the U.S. China and…
The growers of cardamom have renewed hopes for a healthy crop in the upcoming season, which is anticipated to begin around the third week of July. In several manufacturing zones, summer showers have so far been about average. A lot will depend on the premonsoon showers in April and May. Farmers were unable to benefit…
State-owned SAIL manufactured a record 18.28 million tonnes (MT) of crude steel during the fiscal year 2022–23, representing a growth of 5.3% from the previous year. During the fiscal year that concluded on March 31, hot metal output increased by 3.6% to 19.40 MT. The Steel Authority of India (SAIL) announced in a statement that…
