In 2025, precious metals performed exceptionally, with silver increasing nearly 170%, significantly outperforming gold’s 76% rise. The gold-silver ratio decreased from 110 to 65, indicating that silver’s price growth was more rapid. This shift was attributed to a constrained physical supply of gold coupled with periods of backwardation in silver, which signaled tight physical markets….
Gold plays a crucial role in India’s financial ecosystem, with its value closely approaching the country’s GDP. Traditionally viewed as a secure investment and collateral against economic uncertainty, recent gold policy developments indicate a trend towards stability after years of fiscal intervention. The government’s policy over the past decade has focused on reconciling three key…
October saw muted inflows into equities mutual funds despite a solid month for the Nifty 50 index. According to AMFI’s most recent data, net inflows into equity schemes decreased to Rs 24,690 crore, down around 19% from Rs 30,422 crore in September. Equity AUM increased to Rs 35.16 lakh crore, while the overall mutual fund…
A weakening currency and a collapsing stock market have caused India’s market capitalization to go below $4 trillion for the first time in more than 14 months. The nation, which has the fifth-largest stock market in the world, saw the biggest drop in market value worldwide in 2025, with an 18.33% drop. According to Bloomberg…
Jefferies, a global stockbroker, anticipates large withdrawals from ITC Hotels due to ETF sales. “ITC Ltd is part of key indices, ITCH could see outflows to the tune of $190-200 million (based on stock price) related to ETF selling in the stock,” Jefferies noted in their most recent analysis on the recently listed firm. On…
Silver prices surged 1.25% to 81875, overcoming rising U.S. Treasury yields fueled by positive Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) statistics and undermining hopes of a Federal Reserve rate decrease in June. The total amount of silver ETF holdings this year has increased by 3% as a result of the significant inflows that investors have made into ETFs…
Global central banks have been purchasing gold at an unprecedented rate, which has increased demand for the metal (excluding OTC) to 1,147 tons in the July–September quarter, 8% more than its five-year average, according to the most recent data. The third highest quarter in the World Gold Council’s data series saw net central bank purchases…
Due to a strong U.S. currency and a spike in Treasury yields, gold prices on the important London spot market fell to their lowest point in six months. Demand for U.S. assets grew as investors anticipated interest rates would rise for an extended period. In spite of the weaker Indian Rupee, domestic gold prices fell…
The commodities market experienced positive momentum the whole week, with the exception of gold, with most commodities posting weekly gains ranging from 1.5% to 3.0%. Due to traders locking in their profits during the recent advance, gold prices gave up all of their weekly gains and ended up slightly lower last week. As traders monitored…
In the previous week, silver prices dropped 5% to $20.8 an ounce, continuing their downward trend from a five-month high of $21.7 on November 14. However, given that silver output has fallen into a shortfall compared to demand, the metal’s prices, which have fallen 10.3 percent year to date, are anticipated to rise. The Silver…
