COMMODITY UPDATES 7 AUG

August 7, 2012
News Highlights:
 The U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly ticked up to 8.3 per cent, from 8.2 per cent in the preceding month, fuelling expectations for another round of quantitative easing from the Federal Reserve and in turn boosted gold prices.
 A weaker U.S. dollar also sent the gold, copper and crude oil prices higher as it makes the commodities cheaper for the holders in other currency.
 The European Central Bank’s bond buying program lifted hopes for a debt crisis solution which improved demand prospects for copper, crude oil and gold.
 China's central bank's pledged to intensify fine-tuning of monetary policy in the second half of this year and to improve credit policy to bolster the real economy. The encouraging comments from China, world’s top consumer of metals boosted expectations of a recovery in demand outlook of cooper.
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COMMODITY UPDATES 8TH AUG

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FII AND INDIAN STOCK MARKET

In fact, Foreign Institutional Investor ( FII) is allowed to enter into INDIA only through stock markets either in the form of equity of debt. Thus it makes an impact on the rise or fall of Sensex or nifty, since FII is allowed to be purchased or sold daily. The daily transaction of FII is the reason behind the volatility in the stock markets and has strong impact on the various macro-economic variables and the economy as a whole. The impact of variation in inward or outward flow of FII can be simply exhibited in NIFTY LIVE behavior pattern. The impact of FII can be best interpreted by explaining the recent behavior of market. The second half of NIFTY FUTURE February series showed a well deserved consolidation after a long BULL-MARKET. However, NIFTY FUTURE March series ended up with SENSEX slipping below psychological mark of 18000. These all epitomizes the immense impact of FII flow in the Indian Stock Market. Intraday traders do take care of FII activity meticulously.

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