The Indian rupee is expected to remain sideways on Friday amid falling crude prices, risk aversion in global equity markets, and a strong dollar. The USDINR pair is having resistance at 79.90 and 80.15, while the support has shifted to 79.40 from 79.05, according to analysts. In the previous session, the rupee declined due to…
A strong dollar and high U.S. Treasury yields hampered gold’s price decline to its lowest point since April 2021, as expectations of another significant Fed rate hike reduced the attraction of bullion. To $1,664.46 an ounce, spot gold decreased 1.9 %. At $1,662.30 per ounce, U.S. gold futures experienced a 2.02% decline. Silver prices were…
Following a technical examination of the bids filed for commercial coal mining, the coal ministry held forward electronic auctions for 10 coal mines. The online auction for eight coal mines was held on September 13 and the sale for the final two coal mines was held on September 18. The overall peak rate capacity of…
The rupee traded early on Thursday in a range-bound as a strong dollar and worries over a hawkish U.S. Federal Reserve outweighed gains in domestic markets. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee touched 79.47 in initial deals after starting at 79.53 against the dollar, gaining 5 paise from its previous close. The rupee lost 35…
India’s import of Russian oil increased to almost 18% of its total petroleum crude imports in value terms in July. According to the commerce ministry data. India purchased Russian crude oil worth $2.88 billion in July, a slight decrease of 0.4% from the $2.89 billion figure for June. Russian oil represented 17.9% of all petroleum…
Vedanta Resources, which has made 80,000 crores of rupees in Odisha, announced that it intends to invest an additional 25,000 crores there in order to grow the mining, ferrochrome, and aluminium sectors of the state’s economy. According to a firm statement, with this amount of investment, its operations (direct and indirect) are generating close to…
Vegetable inflation is high but that of spices is higher, retail inflation data shows. According to experts, pest attacks and decreased production are the main causes of rising spice inflation. The planting of spice seeds is hoped to benefit from a delayed monsoon. Vegetable retail inflation in August reached 13.23%, while spice retail inflation hit…
American Petroleum Institute (API) statistics released on Tuesday, which came before the government released its official inventory figures, which would have included drawdowns from the national oil reserve, showed that U.S. crude stockpiles increased by more than 6 million barrels over the previous week. September 9, API reported that U.S. crude stockpiles increased by 6.035…
An increase in the cost of cereals, vegetables, pulses, milk, and milk products, retail food inflation increased to 7.6% in August from 6.7% in July. As a result, the consumer price index’s total inflation rate increased to 7% on a yearly basis in August from 6.71% in the previous month. Because of an increase in…
According to a senior finance ministry official, the Centre will likely provide the state-run fuel dealers an extra sum totaling about Rs. 20,000 crores – over the Rs. 5,800 crores allocated – to make up for the under-recoveries on cooking gas in the current fiscal year. This indicates that gasoline subsidies, which were reduced to…
