Weaker-than-expected US data also boosted silver prices as rate cut probability rose
Crude oil strategy for June 20, 2024: WTI crude oil could test resistance of $85 over the medium term
Silver has come under renewed downside pressure as the US Federal Reserve delivered a hawkish pause in its monetary policy meeting that concluded on June 12
The WTI holding on to support of $78 in Asian hours, retreating from three weeks high of $79.12. hit on Wednesday
Spot gold traded with a bearish bias on Tuesday as most of the commodities were under pressure due to the rise of far-right parties in the recently concluded European elections
Oil prices are moving higher after posting three straight weekly declines following Opec+ decision on June 2
On the daily chart, MCX Copper has been unable to sustain the breakout of its rising channel pattern and has moved down, forming a lower high, lower low pattern, indicating bearish sentiment
COMEX silver inventory fell from 299.04 Moz to 298.46 MOz and remains at the highest level since January 2023
OPEC is expected to extend its production cuts in an upcoming meeting, which has recently helped both WTI and Brent to break above their 100-day moving averages
Crude oil outlook and strategy: Analyst at Sharekhan believes buying WTI crude on correction would be a good strategy for the day
Sebi on Monday came out with a standard operating procedure (SOP) asking stock exchanges having commodity derivatives segment to inform about trading disruptions within 15 minutes of such occurrences and extending the trading time by 30 minutes in certain outage conditions. Stock exchange outage means stoppage of continuous trading, either suo moto by exchange or by virtue of reasons beyond control of stock exchange. If an outage occurs on one exchange, market hours will remain unchanged on unaffected exchange, Sebi said in a circular. Under the SOP, the stock exchange that suffered the outage will have to intimate Sebi immediately after the occurrence of the outage, while the bourse has to inform market participants and trading members within 15 minutes from the occurrence of an outage through broadcast message and by publishing on its website. Further, the affected stock exchange would update about the ongoing outage in the time intervals of 45 minutes from the initial intimation
Silver at $30.12 was down over 2 per cent at the time of MCX closing as the corresponding MCX July contract at Rs 90305 was down 2.91 per cent on the day
Commodity trading: Copper prices have dropped 7 per cent since Monday's record high, with a significant intraday drop due to profit-taking
The downside pressure on gold further intensified on Thursday on better-than-expected S&P US Global manufacturing and services PMI data
Brent crude oil outlook: Brokerage firm Sharekhan expects prices to trade in a broader range of $75-$80/b unless there is any major changes in terms of macroeconomics or geo-politics
Silver price on MCX: Support is seen at $31 (Rs 93,500) /$29.50 (Rs 89,000)
Despite ongoing conflicts and lower demand growth expectations, oil prices remain steady
Silver price target: upport is seen in the range of $27.90-$28 (Rs 83,600-Rs 83,900)
Weak job data bolstered the speculation that the weakening economy would force the US Federal Reserve to cut rates
Brent crude strategy: Brent oil prices are expected to range between $75 to $90 per barrel,