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Retail gold platform Augmont has forayed into selling old gold business. The company initiated this step to simplify the process and provide assistance in all things related to selling old gold. Augmont’s first touch point for the ‘sell old Gold’ process will be launched in the Zaveri Bazar outlet, and services will further be expanded

Extreme volatility was seen in the markets in the past 24 hours. Yen rebounds broadly today after Japan confirmed that “decisive” currency intervention was made. That came after BoJ stood pat and pledged to keep rate at low level. Swiss Franc was sold off sharply after SNB hiked 75bps, but hinted at the possibility of

Bonds are blowing up today and none worse than gilts. New chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng today rolled back a 1.25 percentage point increase in payroll tax that came into effect earlier this year. He also said that a planned dividend tax would be scrapped from April 2023. At the same time, he said promised spending increases

Gold price in the national capital rose by Rs 442 to Rs 50,399 per 10 grams on Thursday amid a rise in international precious metal prices and sharp rupee depreciation, according to Securities. In the previous trade, the yellow metal had closed at Rs 49,957 per 10 grams. Silver also climbed by Rs 558 to

The stronger than expected consumer inflation data from the US basically sealed the case for a 75bps hike by Fed next. Dollar ended as the strongest one last week, as supported by risk aversion too. But the greenback could only close above prior week’s high against Canadian and New Zealand Dollar, suggesting that momentum was

A Goldman Sachs note from later Friday (info via Reuters) has analysts at the bank making more pessimistic forecasts ahead due to a more aggressive Federal Reserve tightening policy through the rest of this year: “higher rates path combined with recent tightening in financial conditions implies a somewhat worse outlook for growth and employment next

From a macro perspective, hawkish comments from Fed Chair and other US Fed officials at the Jackson Hole meeting have been keeping upside limited in base metals. The recent inflation data unexpectedly beat market expectations and renewed fears that the markets could witness a hefty rate hike in September has also been pressurizing markets. At

Yen is shrugging off rally in US and European benchmark yields today, and rebound on threat of intervention in Japan. European majors are also finding some foots while Dollar turned mixed. Still commodity currencies are under broad based selling pressure. While US futures might point to a flat open, selling could come back later in

Societe Generale Research discusses its current bias on EUR/USD, GBP/USD, and USD/JPY. “Yesterday’s reaction was exaggerated thanks to the ‘inflation is peaking’ narrative which fuelled the soft-landing story and helped equities rally. Where do we go now? The dollar got a lift, but I don’t think this latest surge can take us very far. The

Crude oil prices have been in a downward spiral for the last three months in a row and hit an eight-month low last week. Prices have erased the entire geopolitical risk premium and are back at the levels when Russia first attacked Ukraine in February 2022. Crude prices cruised as high as $139 a barrel

Dollar’s decline accelerates today on improving risk sentiment and pull back in treasury yields. Aussie is gaining most so far but Yen catching up quickly. Euro is struggling to extend the post-ECB rally, as dragged down by selloff in crosses, in particular against Swiss Franc. Canadian Dollar turned weaker after huge employment miss. Technically, EUR/CHF’s

Markets: S&P 500 up 61 points, or 1.5%, to 4067 US 10-year yields up 2.5 bps to 3.31% WTI crude oil up $2.78 to $86.32 Gold up $8 to $1715 AUD leads, USD lags The economic highlight was the Canadian jobs report and for the second month, it stumbled. That may begin to give the

Gold traded in a broad range but managed to end with a modest gain last week bringing a halt to its 3-week losing streak. Gold traded in a narrow range near $1700/oz and ended the week with a modest 0.3% gain. Gold along with other commodities edged up last week as market players moved from

Yen’s selloff is the main theme today with USD/JPY hitting the highest level in 24 years, above 140 handle. Australian Dollar quickly turns softer after RBA delivered an expected rate hike. On the other hand, Sterling is getting a lift after Liz Truss is set to become the next UK Prime Minister while Euro remains

The major indices in the US are opening higher but after a few minutes of trading, the NASDAQ has now dipped into negative territory. The index is trading above and below the unchanged level. The NASDAQ index has been down for 6 consecutive days. The S&P and Dow industrial average have been down 5 of

Gold rose by Rs 107 to Rs 51,092 per 10 gram in the national capital on Tuesday amid depreciation in the rupee, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the yellow metal had settled at Rs 50,985 per 10 gram. Silver also jumped by Rs 563 to Rs 54,639 per kg. The rupee depreciated

Dollar is extending recent up trend against Yen after non-farm payroll report, but struggles to gain against others so far. Instead, Euro shines again on news that Russia looks set to resume gas supplies to Europe through Nord Stream 1. The common currency is retaining its number one place for the week so far, followed

The major US stock indices are opening higher. The Dow and S&P are working on their 2nd day in a row to the upside. The NASDAQ index is looking to snapped a 5 day losing streak. A snapshot of the market currently shows: Dow industrial average +125 points or 0.4% 31782.50 S&P index up 22.69