Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were for the most part firmer during morning trading on Wednesday October 3.
The exceptions were tin where prices were down by 0.5% and nickel where prices were little changed. The rest were up between 0.2% for copper at $6,267 per tonne and 0.6% for zinc at $2,674 per tonne.
Spot gold edged 0.3 percent higher to $1,191.41 per ounce, having fallen to a more than six-week low of $1,180.34 on Sept. 28. U.S. gold futures rose 0.2 percent to $1,194.10.
Spot gold jumped 1.3 per cent to $US1,202.81 per ounce overnight, and was on track to post its biggest one-day percentage gain since August 24.
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) — GOLD PRICES rose against all major currencies but leapt versus the Euro on Tuesday as the coalition government in Italy refused to cut its 2019 budget deficit plans in defiance of senior European Union figures.
Leading bourse BSE Monday became the first stock exchange in the country to launch the commodity derivative contracts in gold and silver.
MCX Gold futures were trading 0.61 per cent higher at Rs 30510 per 10 gram at around 10.50 am (IST), while MCX Silver futures were up 2.66 per cent up at Rs 38,600 per 1 kg at around teh same time.
बीएसई को सेबी से सोने और चांदी के डिलिवरी आधारित वायदा कॉन्ट्रैक्ट को भी शुरू करने की इजाजत मिल गई है। सोने में 1 किलो और चांदी में 30 किलो के कॉन्ट्रैक्ट के साथ शुरुआत होगी। शुरुआती दौर में सोने-चांदी के लिए डिलिवरी सेंटर अहमदाबाद में होगा।
Gold inched higher but was on track for its longest monthly losing streak since January 1997 as the U.S. dollar firmed against the euro after Italy’s budget jitters threatened the European currency.
The two-day FOMC meeting begins Tuesday morning and ends Wednesday afternoon with a statement. The FOMC is expected to slightly raise U.S. interest rates at this meeting. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will also hold a press conference after the meeting. As usual, the marketplace will parse the Fed’s wording for clues on the pace of future Fed rate hikes and the Fed’s inflation expectations.
Meanwhile, physical gold buying waned in major Asian centres last week as bullion prices rebounded from recent lows, with dealers in India offering the metal at a discount for the first time in over a month as an uptick in local rates moderated demand.