Gold trades flat at Rs 82,000 per 10gm; silver slides Rs 500 on weak demand

Gold trades flat at Rs 82,000 per 10gm; silver slides Rs 500 on weak demand

Gold prices remained flat at Rs 82,000 per 10 grams in the national capital on Monday, according to the All India Sarafa Association. Traders waited for US President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural address later on Monday before placing any directional bets, marketmen said. On Friday, the precious metal surged Rs 700 to settle near a record … Read more

Speculation rife about milk price, as KMF seeks hike

Speculation rife about milk price, as KMF seeks hike

While the Karnataka Milk Federation has been under pressure from farmers to seek price rise for sometime now, discussion to increase the price by ₹5 per litre is under way. | Photo Credit: File photo Speculation is rife over a possible rise in the price of Nandini milk marketed by Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF). While the … Read more

SME market like a casino? Sebi should talk it down & regulate only in case of fraud: Sunil Subramaniam

SME market like a casino? Sebi should talk it down & regulate only in case of fraud: Sunil Subramaniam

Sunil Subramaniam, Market Expert, says that speculation is part of a healthy capital market. It is only when you have these speculative entities like these people come in, that there is liquidity in the market. But if you regulate them and take them out, overall as a market, the liquidity is going to shrink. Should … Read more

Ajit’s ‘absence’ from poll campaign sparks speculation of turmoil in NCP faction

Ajit’s ‘absence’ from poll campaign sparks speculation of turmoil in NCP faction

NCP leader Ajit Pawar. | Photo Credit: ANI With Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar skipping campaigning during the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election, speculation is rife about the rebel NCP faction being in turmoil. Mr. Ajit, who canvassed vigorously in the third phase and went through … Read more

After Vaishnaw’s election to Rajya Sabha, speculation grows about BJD-BJP camaraderie

After Vaishnaw’s election to Rajya Sabha, speculation grows about BJD-BJP camaraderie

Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw files his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections, at the Odisha Assembly, in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. File | Photo Credit: ANI Amid growing signals of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) coordinating their future activities, the regional party has announced elaborate celebrations on the occasion … Read more

K.C. Venugopal in Jaipur amid speculation that Congress high command may be pushing for resolution of Rajasthan factionalism

K.C. Venugopal in Jaipur amid speculation that Congress high command may be pushing for resolution of Rajasthan factionalism

Congress leader K.C. Venugopal. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Amid reports that the Congress leadership is in the final stages of working out a compromise formula between Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot, party general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal on June 22 evening reached Jaipur. Mr. Venugopal is said … Read more

Dismissing speculation, Ajit Pawar reiterates that he will remain in NCP till his last breath

Dismissing speculation, Ajit Pawar reiterates that he will remain in NCP till his last breath

With the buzz around him joining the ruling Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dispensation refusing to abate, senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar on Tuesday again reiterated he would “remain in the NCP till his last breath.” Addressing a meeting of his party workers and constituents in the Pawar clan … Read more

Wild stock market reversals put dip-buyers on pace for historic year

Wild stock market reversals put dip-buyers on pace for historic year

In the 2023 stock market, when one group of companies falls out of favor, another has usually been ready to take its place. The latest winner is firms with the riskiest credit, poised for their best week since January versus their sturdier-balance-sheet counterparts. The outperformance is happening as credit-market stress eases, helping push the S&P … Read more

Traders brace for more market shocks after week of wild swings

Traders brace for more market shocks after week of wild swings

Bank runs. Stiffening Federal Reserve resolve against inflation. Credit risk, and the risk of recession. Investors absorbed a lot of shocks the last few days. Shaking them off all at once may be impossible. For harried traders, the problem is that as one threat recedes, another takes its place. The economy is too hot — … Read more