The yellow metal has also experienced a sharp rise in its price this year, but silver outpaced it and this lowered the gold-to-silver price ratio. On a year-to-date basis, gold climbed about 32% while silver surged about 42%. In comparison, stock market returns have been relatively muted, more so when the current round of correction … Read more
(Bloomberg) — European stocks declined for a third straight week due to geopolitical tensions and worries about higher-for-longer interest rates. L’Oreal SA rallied after better-than-expected quarterly sales. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index was little changed by the close, after earlier dropping as much as 0.9%. The index still fell more than 1% on the week. … Read more
Global crude oil prices rose sharply by 5.9 per cent over the past month crossing the $86 per barrel mark for the first time since November 2023 –responding to seasonal tightening in physical markets, supply cut extensions, and a pick-up in geopolitical tensions. According to a report by ICICI Bank Research, the upside bias is … Read more