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₹59,340 per 10 grams around 10:15 am. Experts expect gold prices to remain volatile for today and tomorrow ahead of the US retail inflation print on Thursday. Ravindra Rao, CMT, EPAT, VP – Head Commodity Research, Kotak Securities expects gold prices to trade with a positive bias for the day amid safe-haven bids.

rupee appreciated by 10 paise to 82.81 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday gaining ground from the 8-month low level amid weakening American currency against major rivals overseas. However, weak equity markets, outflow of foreign funds and crude prices breaching USD 85 per barrel weighed on the local unit, said analysts. Participants were trading cautiously awaiting the US inflation data, the UK's GDP number and RBI's monetary policy decision to be announced on Thursday.

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White House on Wednesday will detail its plans to prohibit some USA investments in sensitive technology in China, and require that the government be notified of other investments, a senior government source told Reuters. The plans are aimed at preventing USA capital and expertise from helping develop technologies that could support China's military modernization and threaten USA national security. Reuters reported on Friday that President Joe Biden was expected to issue a long-awaited executive order to screen outbound investments in sensitive technologies to China this week. The senior government source said that the order is expected Wednesday. The White House declined to comment on Tuesday. Biden administration officials have stressed for months any restrictions on USA investment in China will be narrowly targeted.

PLA) and government have made clear. Although Chairman Xi Jinping has not given any explanation, the replacement of the top two generals of the PLA Rocket Force (PLARF) and the disappearance of Foreign Minister Qin Gang follow a well-worn pattern of corruption charges in China. Qin's last public appearance was on 25 June, and Xi officially removed him from office by a decree signed on 25 July.

₹711.34 crore, while Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs) net purchased shares to the tune of ₹537.31 crore, as per provisional data available on the exchanges.

real estate as a concern, Reuters reported. The banking stocks downgraded by Moody's declined between 1.7% and 2.1%.

After a five-month rally pushed the benchmark S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite within 5% of their lifetime highs, August has now recorded five losing sessions out of six. The S&P is down 2% this month, with the Nasdaq dropping 3.2%. Tuesday's decline was triggered after the agency cut ratings on 10 small- to mid-sized lenders by one notch and placed six banking giants, including Bank of New York Mellon, U.S.

Asian shares were on the defensive on Wednesday after China inflation data confirmed the recovery in the world's second-biggest economy is losing steam, while resurfacing concerns about U.S. bank stability also capped sentiment. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.1% after a 1.2% tumble a day earlier.

Also Read: Buy or sell: Vaishali Parekh recommends buying in 3 stocks today - 9 August Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.24%, while the Topix declined 0.3%. South Korea’s Kospi rallied 0.88%, while the Kosdaq gained 1%. In Australia, S&P/ASX 200 was trading flat.

RBI policy outcome. As we move towards the end of first quarter results season, action will likely shift to macro factors, with economic data due for release during the week. «We expect the market to consolidate, while interest sensitive sectors are likely to be in focus,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Option data suggests a broader trading range in between 19000 to 20000 zones while an immediate trading range in between 19300 to 19700 zones. Here's breaking down the pre-market actions:STATE OF THE MARKETSGIFT Nifty (Earlier SGX Nifty) signals a positive startGIFT Nifty on the NSE IX traded 45 points, or 0.23 per cent, higher at 19,605.50, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for positive start on Wednesday.

Adani Group is in early stages of exploring a stake sale in its fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) joint venture Adani Wilmar Ltd, said sources aware of the development. The move is in line with the conglomerate's recent efforts to focus on core business areas and derisk its balance sheets by way of stake sales and accelerated loan repayments. The 50:50 joint venture (JV) between Adani and Wilmar was set up in 1999.

Vaibhav Taneja, American electric vehicle maker Tesla's new chief financial officer, is the latest India-born executive to take up a key leadership role at a marquee global corporation. On Monday, Tesla named Taneja, an alumnus of Delhi University, after Zachery Kirkhorn, who was famously described as 'Master of Coin' by founder Elon Musk, stepped down following a 13-year stint at the company. The 45-year-old's appointment comes at a time when Tesla is reviving its plans to enter India, where Musk in June said the company was looking to invest «as soon as humanly possible». Taneja joined Tesla in 2017 as an assistant corporate controller, and was promoted to its corporate controller and, in March 2019, to chief accounting officer. He will continue to be the company's chief accounting officer, along with holding the new role of the CFO.

The XRP trial ruling may reportedly negatively impact South Korean prosecutors’ bid to convict Do Kwon and Terraform Labs of fraud and securities violations, but officials claim otherwise.

Once a successful American startup, WeWork is now struggling to keep the business going. The New York-based company is bleeding cash, and customers of its office rentals are canceling their memberships in droves, the company has claimed. The business of the co-working space firm is gradually crashing due to which the stock fell about 24% in extended trading on Tuesday.

US bank stocks declined after Moody’s Investors Service lowered its ratings for 10 small and midsize lenders and said it may downgrade major firms including US Bancorp, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, State Street Corp and Truist Financial Corp.

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Also Read: US Defense chief visits Iraq for talks on troop presence US officials say the arrangement, with Iraqi forces in the lead, since December 2021, has proven successful. US estimates show IS ranks have been cut to fewer than 1,000 fighters in Iraq while the group's leadership in Iraq has likewise been continually degraded by Iraqi forces.

A US plan to restrict investment in China is likely to apply only to Chinese companies that get at least half of their revenue from cutting-edge sectors such as quantum computing and artificial intelligence, people familiar with the matter said. The revenue provision would limit the scope of an executive order the Biden administration is expected to unveil in the coming days as part of a push to limit Chinese access to sensitive technology. The rule would allow US private equity and venture capital firms to put their money in larger Chinese conglomerates that may have artificial-intelligence divisions but get most of their revenue from other sources.

Nifty and Sensex ended in red on Tuesday's session as investors continued to stay on caution in light of two significant events, the RBI's monetary policy and the US inflation data due out this week. The domestic markets' sentiment was also dented due to ongoing foreign fund outflows and a negative trend in Asian and European markets. On Tuesday, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) continued to offload shares of Indian companies worth ₹711.34 crores for the nineth straight session.

The United States Federal Reserve is broadening the scope of its supervision program which oversees U.S. banks that engage with the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry.