Since the start of the current fiscal year, the central bank has been steadily boosting its gold reserves while gradually cutting back on its holdings of US Treasury securities
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Spot gold slipped to around $4,090 an ounce in early Asian trading on Thursday, reinforcing a technical reset
Prices are still up since the start of 2025. Gold sales often rise sharply amid wider economic uncertainty, as anxious investors seek a 'safe haven' for their money
MSCI’s Asia equity benchmark retreated further from its record close earlier this week, with Japanese shares leading the decline
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Spot gold fell as much as 6.3% to $4,082.03 an ounce, while spot silver fell as much as 8.7% to $47.89 an ounce
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The question of redemption of these bonds is crucial for TIL, because if the company fails to redeem, it could see interest rate on the instruments rise from 9.1 percent to 12.1 percent - a steep three-percentage-point markup - significantly raising its financing costs and straining cash flows.
India's festive season boosts economic activity, driven by investor psychology and behavioral biases like optimism, herd behavior, mental accounting, and FOMO, influencing consumer and investment decisions.
Indian investors are diversifying beyond residential real estate, exploring commercial properties, REITs, and alternative investment funds for liquidity, income, and growth, reducing dependence on traditional assets.
For money managers in emerging markets, gold’s surge is giving them another reason to stay bullish.
Gold is a valuable addition to portfolios, offering stability and protection against inflation and market volatility, with modern options like ETFs and FoFs providing easy and cost-effective investment.
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While short-term volatility is inevitable, the enduring fundamentals supporting gold suggest that its value will continue to grow
Spot gold was up 0.3% at $4,336.18 per ounce, as of 0233 GMT, after reaching a fresh high of $4,378.69 earlier in the session
Shares in Japan, Australia and South Korea all retreated at the open, echoing a lackluster mood in New York trading
Bullion has risen about 5% so far this week and touched a peak above $4,227 an ounce on Thursday, as a breakneck rally underway since mid-August extended
The surge in gold price provides a platform for a big push in gold loans. However, the risk of gold’s adverse price movement should engender caution
Gold financier stocks: The rising gold prices bodes well for gold financiers, as it increases the value of the collateral while issuing loans.
Since the beginning of the year, global uncertainties have increased, starting with tariff imposition by the US, India-Pakistan tensions, and the Iran-Israel unrest which led to a strong US military action.
With total debt - including perpetual instruments - estimated at over Rs 5,000 crore, any delay or rollover of these bonds could increase TIL’s interest outgo by nearly Rs 24 crore annually, further squeezing liquidity.