The report reflecting the muted U.S. economic activity had an impact on gold’s marginal -0.01% decline to 71,732. Along with notable lower adjustments for April and only a marginal rise in U.S. retail sales for May, this data has kept hopes alive for at least one interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve this year….
Gold fell 0.45% to 71,256 yesterday after hawkish comments in the Federal Reserve’s most recent minutes dampened prospects of a U.S. interest rate drop. The policymakers’ heated discussion about whether the present rates are tight enough to curb inflation was evident in the minutes. Interest rate hikes in the future were discussed, even though it…
Aluminum prices rose by 0.93% to settle at 237.75 due to supply concerns from sanctions on Russian metals. The London Metal Exchange (LME) and Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) were prohibited from accepting new Russia-made aluminum, copper, and nickel. This led to dwindling aluminum stocks to 171,200 tones, the lowest level since August 2022. China’s demand…
Gold fell slightly yesterday, to settle at 65583, under the weight of a stronger U.S. currency and expectations for comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve Chair after the central bank’s policy meeting. With recent data indicating strong gains in U.S. consumer and producer prices, damping anticipation for early Fed rate cuts, the market anticipated clarity…
On Monday, the yen gained ground against the dollar as indications that the Bank of Japan will remove negative interest rates during its policy meeting the following week diverged from forecasts that the Federal Reserve will lower rates in June. The dollar index, which compares the dollar value to that of the yen and five…
The majority of Asian currencies fell in tandem with the dollar index’s increase to 102.60.The core CPI is predicted by Reuters’ panel of experts to increase by 0.3% month over month in December, when U.S. consumer inflation data is expected on Thursday. Core CPI is predicted to increase by 3.8% year over year, which is…
The U.S. debt ceiling standoff and other economic uncertainty helped silver close up 0.49% at 77456 yesterday as markets prepared for inflation figures that could affect the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy. There is currently an 88.0 percent possibility that the Federal Reserve will maintain interest rates at its next meeting in June, according to…
The commodities transaction tax (CTT) has been asked to be totally eliminated or reduced in the upcoming budget, according to the Commodity Participants Association of India (CPAI). The CPAI has additionally asked the Finance Minister to put this recommendation into effect for at least two years. The sector (the commodities derivatives market), which has zero…
