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Dollar Droops Amid Improved Risk Mood Before Fed; Aussie Pares Gain After RBA
U.S. dollar sank from a one-week top against a basket of major peers on Tuesday, as traders weighed the odds of a less aggressive Federal Reserve at Wednesday’s widely watched monetary policy meeting The risk-sensitive Australian and New Zealand dollars rose from one-week lows amid a broad lift in market sentiment, but the Aussie trailed […]
Oil prices rise as weaker dollar offsets China COVID-19 concerns
Oil prices rose on Tuesday, paring losses from the previous session, as a weaker U.S. dollar offset widening COVID-19 curbs in China that have stoked fears of slowing fuel demand in the world’s second-largest oil consumer. Brent crude for January delivery rose 73 cents, or 0.8%, to $93.54 a barrel at 0406 GMT. The December […]
Dollar Climbs Ahead of Busy Week For Central Banks
The dollar advanced on Monday, regaining some ground lost earlier in the month, at the start of a week packed with data releases and central bank rate setting meetings, including by the Bank of England and the Federal Reserve Euro zone flash inflation and GDP numbers and details of the Japanese Ministry of Finance’s intervention, […]
Global Food Security on The Edge as Russia Exits Grain Deal
How much of a price jump is harder to predict since the safe-passage deal was already set to expire in mid-November if no agreement is reached to extend it Traders are bracing for a fresh spike in grain prices after Russia’s exit from a deal allowing Ukraine crops to move from the Black Sea to […]
Turbulence in the bond market: What does it mean for investors?
Year 2022 is proving to be yet another year dominated by unprecedented events causing heightened volatility across global financial markets. While the year started on a positive note with many countries moving out of Covid -led disruptions, it was soon eclipsed by un-anticipated Russia-Ukraine conflict leading to a significant surge in global commodity prices and […]
BoJ Holds Ultra-Low Interest Rates, Raises 2022 Inflation Forecast
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) held interest rates at record lows as expected on Friday, and said inflation is likely to rise more in the near-term as the Japanese economy struggles with elevated raw material costs and supply chain issues The central bank held its target for short-term interest rates at negative 0.1%, and said […]
Dabur stock price rises on market share gain, Badshah acquisition
Share price of FMCG company Dabur surged 1.5 percent higher as the company reported market share gain across 95 percent of its portfolio in Q2FY23 and also announced an acquisition to expand its food business. At 10 am, the stock was quoting R s 541 on the National Stock Exchange, up by 1.6 percent. In […]
PM Modi to visit Kedarnath-Badrinath today, tight security in place.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kedarnath and Badrinath today during which he will inspect various ongoing development works and also lay foundation stones for some new projects. In view of the visit, security arrangements have been tightened in the area, an official said. While the officials are busy finalizing the preparations for the two-day […]