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Spot gold was up 0.5 per cent at $5,166.3 per ounce as of 1800 ist, while US gold futures for April delivery were up 0.7 per cent at $5,168.20

A sell-off for stocks is slamming Wall Street after careening from Europe and Asia, and oil prices are leaping even higher as rise that the war with Iran is widening and may do more sustained damage to the economy than feared. The S&P 500 dropped 1.6% in early trading on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 880 points, or 1.8%, and the Nasdaq composite lost 1.8%. Crude oil prices jumped more than 8% as Iran struck the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia, part of a widening of targets that's also including areas critical to the world's oil and natural gas production. Treasury yields rose.

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Oil prices eased ahead of another round of talks between the United States and Iran ​due in Geneva on Thursday, with the risk of US military strikes lingering if a deal is not done

The trade with the US in dollars does not contradict Russia's principle policy of use of national currencies in foreign transactions, the Kremlin said Saturday. Russia switched to the use of national currencies in foreign trade after its USD and Euro accounts were frozen by the West following the outbreak of the 2022 conflict with Ukraine and has been pushing for a global de-dollarisation trend. In an interview to the state-run TASS news agency, the Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov pointed that the dollar is the national currency of the United States, so its use in transactions with Washington will not conflict with the principle of transitioning to national currencies. "In general, yes," the Kremlin spokesman agreed with the thesis about the dollar as the national currency in Russian-American trade and that its use will not fundamentally affect Russia's interactions with its current partners. Amid reports of bilateral negotiations to expand economic cooperation between Moscow an

Indian unit settles at 90.64 per dollar as RBI intervenes via dollar sales; forex reserves drop $6.7 billion in week ended February 6 on decline in gold holdings

The rupee was headed for a largely flat open before the unexpected intervention, with Asian peers showing little reaction to the upside surprise in US payrolls

The dollar, said Aditya Bhave, senior US economist at BofA Global Research, will most likely remain the world's reserve currency.

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In geopolitical news, the White House said that diplomacy is President Donald Trump's first ‍choice for dealing with Iran and he will wait to see whether a deal can be struck at high-stakes talks

The rupee strengthened marginally on Thursday on modest inflows from a bond issue, but importer demand for dollars and foreign outflows kept gains limited ahead of the RBI's policy decision

Rupee posts its biggest single-day gain in seven years as US tariff cut to 18 per cent boosts sentiment and triggers unwinding of speculative short positions

China is stepping up efforts to boost the yuan's global role as President Xi Jinping calls for wider use of the currency in trade, investment and foreign exchange markets

RBI intervention via dollar sales prevented the rupee from breaching the 92 mark, even as it closed at a fresh low amid FPI outflows and dollar strength

The rupee slid to an intraday low of 92 per dollar amid dollar demand and FPI outflows, with RBI intervention preventing a breach of the key psychological level

The survey said that the outflow of capital, including with the advent of stablecoins, is a risk to watch out for

Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday after the S&P 500 ticked to a record, as the US dollar's value slid further. Later Wednesday, the Federal Reserve will announce its next move on interest rates. The expectation is that it will hold its main interest rate steady for now. South Korea's benchmark hit a record, lifted by gains for technology shares like computer chip maker SK Hynix, which climbed 3 per cent. The Kospi was up 1.3 per cent at 5,152.14. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index lost 0.5 per cent to 53,055.58. The dollar rebounded slightly against the Japanese yen but has still weakened sharply since last week, putting pressure on shares of major exporters. Toyota Motor Corp. lost 3 per cent, and other major manufacturers also extended losses. The dollar was trading at 152.75 yen, up from 152.19 yen. But it's nearly 4 per cent lower than its level last week, when it surged to near 160 yen, prompting both Japanese and US officials to warn they will intervene to stanch the yen's ...

Spot gold rose 0.6 per cent to $5,219.97 per ounce, as of 0153 GMT, after scaling a record high of $5,224.95 earlier, up more than 20 per cent since the start of the year

Market participants said exporters are staying cautious as trade talks remain stalled, reducing dollar inflows

The rupee fell up to 91.06 per dollar during the day, near the record low of 91.08 per dollar