The Central government could scrap a 40 percent duty on wheat imports and cap the amount of stocks traders can hold to try to decrease record high domestic prices in the world’s second-biggest producer, government and trade officials told Reuters on Monday. The government banned wheat exports in May as the crop suffered a heatwave,…
Oil prices pulled back slightly on Tuesday on the latest progress in last-ditch talks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear accord, which would clear the way to boost its crude exports in a tight market. Brent crude futures dropped 14 cents, or 0.1%, to $96.51 a barrel, paring a 1.8% gain from the previous session….
Indian rupee depreciated 22 paise to 79.46 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Monday, tracking soften sentiment in the domestic equities. However, persistent foreign fund inflows into the capital market restricted the rupee’s fall, forex traders said. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened weak at 79.50 against the U.S. dollar and…
With a severe deficiency of monsoon rainfall in the eastern regions hitting paddy sowing activities, the country’s rice production for the 2022-23 crop year (July-June) may turn out to be at least 10 million tonnes (MT) less than last year’s record level of 129 MT, according to trade sources. Paddy sowing has been adversely impacted…
The Reserve Bank of India on Friday raised the repo rate by 50 basis points, the third straight increase since May in an effort to cool rigid high inflation and defend the rupee. The repurchase rate was raised by 50 basis points to lift the interest rate to the pre-pandemic level. The 5.40% repo rate was last…
Edible oil manufacturers, including Adani Wilmar, Emami Agrotech, and Ruchi Soya, on Thursday, “In principle agreed to cut prices further” in a meeting with the food ministry officials here, sources said. Landed prices of these items have seen a steady fall in recent weeks. Since May, the global price of palm oil has been declining after Indonesia,…
Power Minister RK Singh on Wednesday introduced the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 in Parliament, which provides for setting up Carbon markets. Further, the Bill also seeks to mandate the use of non-fossil sources, including green hydrogen, green ammonia, biomass, and ethanol for energy and feedstock. The amendments aim to promote renewable energy and the…
Gold prices traded in a tight range on Wednesday in international markets, pressured by a stronger dollar and Treasury yields as hawkish comments from U.S. Federal Reserve officials pulled the metal further away from last session’s one-month peak. But the yellow metal prices were steady on Thursday, supported by a pullback in the U.S. Treasury…
The central government has approved an additional 1.2 million tonnes (MT) of sugar exports for the current season in expectation of higher domestic production in the next season. This approval is in addition to around 10 MT of sugar already exported in the current season (October 2021-September 2022). The projected sugar exports in excess of…
The Indian Rupee has been on a climb since last Thursday against the U.S. dollar. On Tuesday, the domestic currency gained 0.4 percent to close at 78.72. Thus, the year to date loss of INR versus USD is now down to 5.9 percent. The gain was largely due to the weakness in the dollar over…
