The price of 22-carat gold rose Rs 300, with the yellow metal selling at Rs 56,000
The price of 22-carat gold slid Rs 400, with the yellow metal selling at Rs 55,700
The price of 22-carat gold slid Rs 150, with the yellow metal selling at Rs 56,100
The price of 22-carat gold fell Rs 150, with the yellow metal selling at Rs 56,350
Fed chief says geopolitical tensions are 'highly elevated'
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were largely steady, up just 12 cents to $90.91 a barrel, after also jumping more than a $1 in earlier trading, and after losing 92 cents on Friday
CLOSING BELL ON AUG 28, 2023: Shares of Reliance Industries (down 1.4 per cent) and Jio Financial Services (down 0.97 per cent) ended as the top large-cap laggards amid profit booking
The US central bank, Powell said, is prepared to hike the benchmark rates and keep the borrowing costs high until inflation comes in the target range of 2%
The yield on the benchmark 10-year bond closed at 7.20 per cent on Friday
"It is the Fed's job to bring inflation down to our 2% goal, and we will do so," Powell said in a keynote address to the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium
Sensex, Nifty down for fifth consecutive week
CLOSING BELL ON AUGUST 25, 2023: The BSE benchmark has shed 2.7 per cent or 1,797 points in the last five straight weeks. HDFC Bank, Larsen & Toubro and ITC were the major laggards on Friday.
Powell is likely to stress that policy outcome remains highly dependent on economic data
Stocks to watch on August 25, 2023: Paytm promoter Antfin is likely to sell a 3.6 per cent stake, or 23 million shares, in the fintech company via block deals today
Market now eyes the US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's speech in Jackson Hole Symposium on Friday
Analysts say equity markets will begin baking in the negatives and weakness in the rupee if the US Fed chief Jerome Powell delivers a hawkish commentary at Jackson Hole later this week
Indian markets, analysts believe, are an outlier and can still justify expensive valuations amid a likely recovery in corporate earnings going ahead
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Both Fed Chair Jerome Powell and ECB President Christine Lagarde have warned that inflation remains too high, forcing them to raise borrowing costs further
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday that the central bank may have to tighten its oversight of the American financial system in the wake of the failure of three large US banks this spring. Powell said in prepared remarks delivered at a banking conference in Madrid that tougher regulations put in place after the 2007-2008 financial crisis have made large multinational banks much more resilient to widespread loan defaults, such as the bursting of the housing bubble that led to that crisis. But the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank exposed different vulnerabilities that the Fed will likely address through new proposals, Powell said. He did not provide details, but other Fed officials have said banks should be required to hold more capital in reserve to guard against loan losses. Such proposals are likely to face resistance from the banking industry and some congressional Republicans, who argue that the Fed had the necessary tools to