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Assaying centres issue unique id for over 3.8 lakh jewellery pieces; ‘rumours’, ‘fears’ attract attention

Gold demand up 19% as Covid curbs ease

Demand in the first half of this year plunged to a multi-year low of 216 tonnes, says WGC

Gold demand has yet to recover fully from Covid-19, says WGC

Gold use over the first six months of 2021was lower than in any first half since 2008, according to the Council

Despite dipping 15%, silver may continue to get support from ...

Fall is only short-term, long-term prospects good, say analysts

Gold loans, best option amid the Covid pandemic

When traditional funding gets clogged, such loans are convenient to secure quick credit

GST levy only on difference between purchase and selling ...

Experts feel this ruling will bring a lot of clarity on taxation and also help buyers

Aarti Industries (₹948.1): Buy

The stock of Aarti Industries, which declined in January this year after facing a hurdle at ₹680, found support ...

Vedanta (₹288.6): Buy

Investors with a short-term view can buy the stock of Vedanta at current levels. Witnessing bullish momentum, ...

Prism Johnson (₹144.9): Buy

The stock of Prism Johnson gained 3.5 per cent with good volume on Wednesday, reversing higher from the key ...

Fortis Healthcare (₹254.8): Buy

Investors with a short-term horizon can buy the stock of Fortis Healthcare at current levels. The stock has ...

Phillips Carbon Black (₹245.7): Buy

The stock of Phillips Carbon Black was on limelight on Monday as it witnessed extraordinary volume along with ...

Bharat Dynamics (₹406.2): Buy

The stock of Bharat Dynamics has jumped 5.7 per cent with above average volume on Thursday, breaking above a ...

Stocks with Japanese link sink

The stocks of Indian companies, which have Japanese connections, took a hit on the bourses as news of the tsunami hit the markets. However, market ...

Sugar plunges on selling by mills

Sugar prices at Vashi market continued to decline on the fifth consecutive day on absence of fresh demand; and mills started selling at lower rates.

Cotton wilts as mills cut offtake

Cotton price declined Rs 300 a candy (of 356 kg), as demand from mills dropped. Raw cotton price also came down, as most of the ginning units in ...

Trade enquiries keep non-basmati steady

Rice market witnessed a steady trend in sluggish trading. Prices of aromatic and non-basmati rice ruled firm with little movement, on Friday. Despite ...

Onion tumbles on heavy inflow

Onion prices continued their southward journey as heavy arrivals offset the Centre's decision to lower the minimum price for export to $350 a tonne ...

Slack demand drags chana; tur gains

After ruling high for the past two-three days, both masoor and chana witnessed a decline on sluggish demand. Chana declined to Rs 2,400, while chana ...

Bumper arrivals, limited buying grind turmeric

Turmeric prices plunged Rs 1,000 a quintal on arrivals of more than 20,000 bags on Friday. “Heavy arrvals for the second straight day pulled down ...

Panic selling saps spot rubber

Rubber prices crashed on Friday. On the spot, the market moved down sharply in tune with domestic futures that retreated on panic selling. There were ...

Orthodox tea offerings rise at Kolkata sale

This week at Sale 10, the total offerings (packages) at three North Indian India auction centres at Kolkata, Guwahati and Siliguri were 1,55,306 as ...

Poppy seeds price seen rising on lower output

A drop in poppy seeds production in the country and other origins this year is likely to squeeze supply, pushing up prices in the domestic and ...

Bearish trend pulls down pepper

Pepper futures dropped on bearish activities despite additional buying on the exchange platform on Friday. Market witnessed high volatility. It opened ...

Japanese tremors, tsunami rattle world stock markets

World markets went into a tailspin on Friday as tremors from the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan shook investors’ sentiment already bogged ...

Unrest in Libya slashes oil output by 1.4 million barrels: Total

Unrest in Libya has almost wiped out the production in its key oil sector, slashing output by 1.4 million barrels a day to under 300,000, the head of ...

Sensex falls 154 points on slower IIP growth

The BSE benchmark Sensex declined by 154 points on selling by funds after slower factory output growth raised concerns of RBI raising interest rates, ...

SEBI norms soon for direct FII investment into MFs

Market regulator, SEBI, will soon come out with guidelines for foreign investors undertaking direct investments in mutual funds, a senior official ...

Stocks swing twice as much, intra-day!

It may have given investors a few heart-stopping moments, but was probably a great opportunity for day-traders. From the start of this year, stock ...

Wall Street down

US stocks fell more than 1 per cent as an unexpectedly large increase in claims for unemployment benefits in the United States and a much ...

Sugar futures decline on supply pressure

Sugar prices in futures trade fell by 1.25 per cent to Rs 2,928 a quintal today, as speculators reduced their positions amid supply pressure in the ...

Pepper turns hot on spot demand

Pepper prices surged by Rs 458 to Rs 23,835 a quintal in futures trading today as speculators enlarged their positions, driven by a firming trend in ...

Jeera futures down on profit-booking

Jeera futures prices declined by Rs 118 to Rs 16,586 per quintal today on profit-booking by speculators and a weak export demand. At the National ...

Refined soya oil up on buying support

Refined soya oil futures prices rose by Rs 5.90 to Rs 624.80 per 10 kg today on fresh buying by traders, on hopes of pick up in demand in the spot ...

Silver futures up on global cues

Silver futures prices shot up by 0.46 per cent to Rs 54,877 a kg today, as traders enlarged their positions on the back of a firming trend in Asian ...

Crude palm oil futures up on spot demand

Crude palm oil prices recovered by Rs 4.60 to Rs 535 per 10 kg at the futures trade today, as speculators created fresh positions largely on the back ...

Cardamom futures down on profit-taking

Cardamom prices fell by Rs 25.90 to Rs 1,173 a kg in futures trade today on profit—booking amid sluggish demand at the spot market. At the Multi ...

Gold futures recover on firm global cues

Gold futures prices rose by 0.41 per cent to Rs 21,510 per 10 grams today taking positive cues from the global market. Covering up of short positions ...

Thoor dal up, other commodities remain firm

Prices of thoor dal recovered, while other commodities remained unchanged at the wholesale foodgrains market here today. Thoor dal prices moved up by ...

Sudar Garments debuts with 4% premium on NSE

Apparel-maker Sudar Garments made a strong debut on the National Stock Exchange today, opening at a premium of nearly 4 per cent vis-a-vis its issue ...

Fineotex Chem lists at 14% premium on BSE

Speciality chemicals and enzymes manufacturer Fineotex Chemical made a smart debut on the Bombay Stock Exchange today, opening at a premium of over 14 ...

Insider trading case: Former McKinsey director testifies against Rajaratnam

Former McKinsey director Anil Kumar has testified against his ex-Wharton classmate and Sri Lankan-born billionaire Raj Rajaratnam in the biggest ...

Asian markets remain weak

Asian stocks were trading lower on Friday as investors around the globe were worried over the economic and geopolitical fears. Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell ...