Silver increased as U.S. Fed signals an impending pause in rate hikes

After the U.S. Federal Reserve tempered its aggressive approach to controlling inflation in a highly anticipated policy statement and signaled that interest rate hikes will soon come to a halt, silver yesterday closed up 1.3% at 70212. However, once U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen denied that the government had considered protecting all accounts in the U.S….

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Precious metals to remain erratic; yellow metal may encounter resistance at Rs. 56,980–57,155

As the dollar dropped on Tuesday and investors awaited US economic data in the expectation that the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates more gradually, gold prices moved up on the world markets. The yellow metal continued to experience an upsurge in the session after the previous week’s close, finishing with 0.25 percent gains. Investors…

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Copper is encouraged by China’s reopening as gold trades flat ahead of payrolls data

As markets anticipated critical data on U.S. nonfarm payrolls on Friday, gold prices held near seven-month highs, while copper prices reversed weekly losses due to the relaxation of additional anti-COVID measures in major importer China. After a series of abrupt rate hikes by the Federal Reserve in 2022, it is anticipated that U.S. nonfarm payrolls…

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