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Currency watch: Rupee slips 25 paise to 88.53 against US dollar; Trump tariffs & H-1B visa fee hike weigh on sentiment

Rupee slips 25 paise to an all-time intraday low of 88.53 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday, as concerns over enhanced US tariffs on Indian goods and the new $100,000 H-1B visa fee weighed on investor sentiment.Forex traders said that global risk aversion and trade policy uncertainty further exacerbated the rupee’s decline.At…

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Asian stocks cautious after Trump visa squeeze: Oil, gold edge higher; dollar held steady

Asian markets opened cautiously higher on Monday, while the dollar held steady as investors assessed the US monetary policy outlook after last week’s Federal Reserve rate cut. Adding to the unease, President Donald Trump’s crackdown on worker visas kept sentiment in check, particularly for India’s tech sector.MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose…

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Gold rate today: October futures cross Rs 1.10 lakh per 10 gm; Fed rate-cut hopes and weak dollar fuel demand

Gold rate today: Gold futures soared to fresh peaks on Tuesday, with expectations of an imminent US Federal Reserve rate cut and a weaker dollar driving safe-haven buying across global and domestic markets. On the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), October contracts jumped Rs 384, or 0.34 per cent, to a record Rs 1,10,563 per 10…

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China gold licences: Yellow metal’s largest buyer to ease rules; continues to diversify away from dollar reserves

China, the world’s largest consumer of gold, is planning to relax licensing norms for the export and import of the yellow metal, as the nation continues to steer away its reserves from the US dollar.According to a draft proposal from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the country plans to expand the use of “multi-use…

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