Oil prices have risen owing to supply concerns worldwide
The rupee recovered from its all-time low to close 3 paise higher at 79.30 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday after a sharp fall in crude oil and foreign fund inflows.
Despite a 0.8 per cent fall in heavyweight Reliance, Bajaj twins, HUL, Asian Paints, Maruti, Titan, Kotak Bank and Nestle led the upmove on the Sensex, moving up to 4.8 per cent higher.
Oil India was down 8 per cent at Rs 176, while ONGC shed 6 per cent in traes on Wednesday.
Brent crude futures rose as much as $3.08, or 2.9%, to $105.85 a barrel in early trade after plunging 9.5% on Tuesday, the biggest daily drop since March
The MCX Crude Oil has near support at Rs 7,740, below which it can slide towards the 200-DMA at Rs 7,100. Natural Gas may test Rs 410-odd level, while a bounce to Rs 500-odd level cannot be ruled out.
Stock market LIVE updates: As of 7:28 AM, the SGX Nifty Futures quoted 15,881 levels, hinting an upside of 46-odd points on the Nifty50.
The review is based on the premise that if crude prices fall, then windfall gains will cease and new taxes would be rollback
The rupee paired its early losses to close almost flat at 78.95 against the US dollar on Monday due to weakness in the greenback, lower crude oil prices and gains in the local stock markets. At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened lower at 78.97 against the greenback and fell to an intra-day low of 79.06. It finally settled at 78.95, down by 1 paisa from its previous close of 78.94. "Forex markets witnessed relatively less movement than usual as US markets remained closed on account of Independence Day. Nevertheless, the rupee outperformed regional currencies today after last week's worst performance on the back of capital outflows and worry over the twin deficit," said Dilip Parmar, Research Analyst, HDFC Securities. Gaurang Somaiya, Forex & Bullion Analyst, Motilal Oswal Financial Services said that the rupee consolidated in a narrow range and market participants remained on the sidelines as the US market was shut on account of the Independence day holiday. "Euro ...
Global stocks have risen banking on a US holiday mood, with oil prices recover based on tight supply balancing US recession fears
Brokerage firm Motilal Oswal reiterates its BUY rating with revised target prices of Rs 171 and Rs 364 for ONGC and Oil India, respectively.
Sri Lanka needs to pay USD 587 million to several foreign oil companies for planned fuel imports until mid-August, said Sri Lankan Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera on Sunday."Sri Lanka has to make the payments of USD 587 million to several foreign oil companies from Monday for different shipments of fuel," Wijesekera said.As of now, the state-owned fuel importer and distributor Ceylon Petroleum Corporation is left with 12,774 metric tons of diesel, 1,414 metric tons of 92 octane petrol, 2,647 metric tons of 95 octane petrol, 233 metric tons of super diesel, 500 metric tons of jet fuel and 29,000 metric tons of furnace oil in its stock, Xinhua reported.Notably, three ships containing petrol and diesel are expected to reach the country this month and another in August the Chairman of Lanka IOC, the subsidiary of Indian Oil Corporation, said on Saturday as it will give relief to the people facing fuel shortages.One ship is expected to arrive between July 13 and 15 and ...
The government has levied Rs 6 per litre tax on ATF and petrol exports and imposed Rs 13 per litre tax on diesel exports
Dealers say magnitude of RBI interventions slowed down over past couple of days
Oil prices have fallen over recession feads and OPEC output, driving investors into frenzy
Stock market LIVE updates: The broader markets suffered more losses than the frontline indices. The BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices shed 0.5 and 0.7 per cent, respectively.
Among sectors, the largest decline was seen in metal & information technology (IT) stocks, while relative outperformance was seen in auto counters
Oil prices are increasing for the fourth consecutive day amid supply crisis amongst US inventories and fear on market recession
The key support levels for the MCX Crude Oil and Natural Gas futures for the remainder of the week are Rs 8,545 and Rs 502.30, respectively.
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