They suggest it is time the govt chipped in as a sovereign oil hedger, perhaps by taking hedging as a Cabinet decision
Reports 10.12% deflation in fuel, power basket
The price hike will be absorbed by oil marketing companies against the fall in crude prices.
Silver on the hourly chart is trading in a symmetrical triangle pattern with a breakout above 43,300 and breakdown below 42,200
The $3 billion exchange-traded product, known as USO, revealed on Tuesday that it had an unrealized loss of $726 million at the end of March
Even as costs are lower, demand weakness likely to keep airlines in the red for most of FY21
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Global benchmark Brent crude also fell sharply in response to the collapse of demand following reduced economic activity
Brokers urge exchange and Sebi to work out an amicable price, as over 11,000 lots of open interest in the April contract were standing and couldn't be carried forward or squared off yesterday
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Equity investors took solace as the death toll from the coronavirus slowed across major European nations including France and Italy
While valuations are attractive, disruption will keep volumes muted
HPCL may benefit more from improvement in marketing margins
Aramco may need to raise cash this year as it confronts a historic rout in oil prices and a burgeoning list of spending obligations.
Petrol and diesel prices in India, however, remained on freeze for the 14th day in a row
The government control on pricing continues via tax tweaks
Global crude oil fell about 40% in March (to about $25 a barrel now) so far after talks of production cut between the OPEC and Russia failed.
Even if the daily price cut on petrol and diesel remains between 15 and 30 paisa till April 1, the marketing margin will remain high at Rs 8-10 per litre.
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell $1.75, or 6.1 per cent, to settle at $26.95 a barrel.
The coming flood of supply from Saudi Arabia and other producers could result in the largest surplus of crude in history, said global information provider IHS Markit