Gold, silver bounce back on low-level buying

Snapping a two day losing trend, both the precious metals, gold and silver, today bounced back on buying by retailers at existing low levels for the ongoing wedding season amid a firm global trend. While gold rebounded by Rs 175 to Rs 32,175 per 10 grams, silver gained Rs 100 to Rs 61,100 per kg. Traders said emergence of buying at existing lower levels to meet the wedding season demand amid a firm global trend, mainly pushed up the precious metals prices. They said the gold in overseas markets rose following an escalating conflict in the Middle East spurred demand for a investment haven. Gold in New York, which normally sets the price trend on the domestic front, rose by 0.1 per cent to USD 1,714.70 an ounce. On the domestic front, gold of 99.9 and 99.5 per cent purity staged a sharp recovery of Rs 175 each at Rs 32,175 and Rs 31,975 per 10 grams, respectively. The metal had lost Rs 485 in last two sessions. Sovereigns remained steady at Rs 25,500 per piece of eight grams. Silver ready also recovered by Rs 100 to Rs 61,100 per kg while weekly-based delivery shed Rs 55 to Rs 60,900 per kg. The metal had lost Rs 1,100 in last two days.

Gold futures rise on global cues

Gold prices rose by Rs 49 to Rs 31,689 per 10 gm in futures trade today as speculators created fresh positions, taking positive cues from overseas markets. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold for delivery in December rose by Rs 49, or 0.15 per cent, to Rs 31,689 per 10 gm, with a business turnover of 403 lots. Similarly, the metal for delivery in February moved up by Rs 53, or 0.17 per cent, to Rs 32,100 per 10 gm, with a business turnover of 36 lots. Marketmen said fresh buying by speculators in tandem with a firm global trend as the weakening dollar boosted appeal for the metal, mainly led to a rise in gold futures. Globally, the gold in Singapore climbed 0.6 per cent to USD 1,723.70 an ounce.

Sensex remains lacklustre.....

The BSE Sensex stayed lacklustre since morning trade, but the broader markets were under pressure with the BSE Midcap losing 0.6 percent. The 30-share BSE benchmark was up just 0.38 point to 18,309.75 and the 50-share NSE benchmark went up 7.5 points to 5,566.55.

Low risk, high reward: The secret at the world's most expensive bank HDFC !!!

When reports surfaced in July that Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd was struggling for survival, several of its creditors were caught off-guard. Not HDFC Bank Ltd Even as Deccan, which also owned a glitzy cricket team, sought to reassure markets that it held enough assets to stave off a crisis, HDFC Bank was busy getting rid of the loans extended to the group, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. That agility paid off: Deccan has since lost its cricket franchise and its lenders, including heavyweight ICICI Bank Ltd , Axis Bank Ltd and a dozen others, have been left with bad loans totaling $750 million. "Alertness and the ability to pick early signs of problems have helped," Paresh Sukthankar, executive director at HDFC Bank, told Reuters in an interview, pointing to the bank's low bad loans of 0.9 per cent of its book compared with 4.2 per cent expected for the industry by March.

SILVER TREND

The Silver is in perfect uptrend .The open interest is not increasing with trend.Cautious point is buying at higer levels seems decreasing.Positionally Support for the Silver is 60700-60594-60340-59700.Immediate resistance for Silver is 61824.