Slightly softer than expected inflation data from University of Michigan, which was released Friday, continued to aid in commodities recovery
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
The metal was changing hands at $2381 at the time of the MCX closing, which is down 0.20 per cent from Wednesday's closing level
Silver may trade between $28.80 (Rs 85,000) and $30 (Rs 88,300) in the near-term, says Praveen Singh of Sharekhan by BNP Paribas.
Any significant upside in Crude Oil can only be sustained by strong demand side fundamentals from the US and China, says Mohammed Imran, research analyst at Sharekhan BNP Paribas.
Gold: Rises as the Fed Chair calls PPI data as 'mixed' on downward revisions to the prior data.
Spot gold was up nearly 1 per cent Thursday on rate cut bets as the weekly US job data disappointed
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,
Mohammed Imran, research analyst at Sharekhan BNP Paribas, expects WTI Crude oil prices to broadly trade with upward bias in the range of $77-$80 per barrel.
Silver outlook by Sharekhan: The recovery in Silver prices has been driven largely by increasing probability of rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve
Copper futures topped the $10,000-mark for the first time in 2 years, Aluminium futures quoted at 2-year highs earlier this month; here are the key levels to watch out.
Davis, who was named as president for strategy at Vedanta Resources Ltd. last year, was working closely with the group's lenders and shareholders