Gold, silver rate live updates today: Global cues, Fed outlook and geopolitics set to steer gold, silver prices

Gold, silver rate live updates today: Global cues, Fed outlook and geopolitics set to steer gold, silver prices

Gold, silver rate today: US Fed announcement set to drive precious metals Investors continued to monitor the US Federal Reserve’s policy outlook for fresh clues on the future direction of interest rates. According to a Reuters poll, economists expect the central bank to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged for the remainder of 2026 as…

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Crude continues rally: Brent tops $92, WTI above $85 as Strait of Hormuz tensions threaten global supplies

Crude continues rally: Brent tops $92, WTI above $85 as Strait of Hormuz tensions threaten global supplies

Crude oil prices extended their rally on Wednesday, with Brent crude holding above the $90-a-barrel mark as escalating tensions in the Middle East kept investors focused on the risk of further disruptions to global energy supplies.Brent crude was trading at $92.40 a barrel, up 1.53% or $1.39, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude gained…

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Trump announces 0% tariff on generic medicines for two years; 200% thereafter

Trump announces 0% tariff on generic medicines for two years; 200% thereafter

Trump said the move was intended to encourage companies to manufacture generic medicines domestically US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a phased tariff regime on imported generic medicines, saying they will continue to enter the United States duty-free for two years and then steep tariff hikes aimed at bringing pharmaceutical manufacturing back to the…

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India Trade Policy Reforms: India's growth remains strong, but trade barriers threaten 2047 goal: WTO

India Trade Policy Reforms: India’s growth remains strong, but trade barriers threaten 2047 goal: WTO

India will need to address structural challenges such as high trade costs, regulatory complexity, infrastructure gaps and barriers to deeper global integration if it is to achieve its ambition of becoming a developed nation by 2047, according to the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) latest Trade Policy Review (TPR) report.The report said India remained the fastest-growing…

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Hormuz disruptions: India’s crude oil imports from Russia remain near all-time high in July despite no sanctions waiver from US

Russia, Latin American suppliers to rescue: India’s Middle East oil imports dip in April-June on Hormuz disruptions

Crude imports from the Middle East fell about 27% to 1.55 million barrels per day during the April-June period. (PTI photo of oil tanker) India increased its crude oil purchases from Russia and Latin America during the April-June quarter, while imports from the Middle East declined as supplies through the Strait of Hormuz were constrained…

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