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China is one of the biggest consumers of metals. Be it copper, aluminum or steel.

nonfarm payrolls witnessed the smallest monthly gain in over two years as it increased by 209,000 jobs in June, below the expectations of 225,000. The unemployment rate also slipped to 3.6% from 3.7% in May, indicating a tight labour market. The report comes after the minutes of the US Federal Reserve’s June meeting reiterated that more rate hikes are coming.  “The US 10 year bond yield surged to 4.09% on hopes of aggressive Fed rate hikes especially after the US ADP private sector jobs data surged to the biggest monthly increase since July 2022.

As tech companies head into Q1 earnings season this week, experts will also be keeping a close watch on any management commentary on the revision of the growth outlook for FY24, the spread of demand deterioration beyond BFSI (banking, financial services and insurance), hi-tech, telecom and retail verticals, net hiring, project ramp downs and pricing pressures, as key monitorables.Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and HCL Tech are scheduled to declare their results on July 12, followed by Wipro's report card a day later (July 13). Infosys will announce its Q1 numbers on July 20, while LTIMindtree is slated to do so on July 17.

Some brokerages, in fact, have cautioned that pain will continue for the tech pack up ahead, as recovery is likely to be more gradual, only around Q4 FY24 or in FY25. As tech companies head into Q1 earnings season this week, experts will also be keeping a close watch on any management commentary on the revision of the growth outlook for FY24, the spread of demand deterioration beyond BFSI (banking, financial services and insurance), hi-tech, telecom and retail verticals, net hiring, project ramp downs and pricing pressures, as key monitorables.Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and HCL Tech are scheduled to declare their results on July 12, followed by Wipro's report card a day later (July 13).

equity market this week will be highly influenced by a host of important triggers, with quarterly earnings from IT majors TCS, Wipro, and domestic inflation and IIP data taking the centre stage in dictating the movement in equities, analysts said. Besides, global factors and trading activity of foreign investors will also drive markets. "We are approaching the first quarter earnings season, with HCL Tech, TCS and Wipro set to report their earnings this week.

US Federal Reserve would be more aggressive than expected in increasing interest rates this year. The local currency fell to the levels of 82.66 to a dollar, its lowest since May 30. It has weakened by nearly 0.84% against the American currency so far this week.

Twitter are shifting to third-party apps since the company has made verification necessary within 30 days for accessing TweetDeck, a move which industry watchers believe could give an edge to rival platforms. Since the removal of Teams feature from the Elon Musk-led app, reported outages and a number of changes announced, users have been taking to the platform to report issues of increased advertisements and appearances of blocked and muted accounts on their Twitter feed.

AMP could be on the hook for north of $100 million in damages after itlost a class action over its controversial financial adviser payout proposal, with the market expecting the issue could lower capital returns for years.

Meta's Threads could quickly become a major threat to Elon Musk-owned Twitter, thanks to its easy access to billions of Instagram users, a similar interface to that of its rival and the advertising heft of the social media giant, analysts and industry experts said. Dubbed as the «Twitter-Killer», Threads logged 10 million sign ups within the first seven hours after its launch, with celebrities from Kim Kardashian to Gordon Ramsay joining the app.

Meta Platforms released Threads, a platform similar to Twitter. Users' reactions to Threads have been mixed. Nonetheless, one bullish analyst has shown even more faith in the company's stock.

gold prices rose 91 rupees to ₹58,564 per 10 grams in futures trade as investors opened new positions in response to strong spot demand. Gold futures for August delivery traded at ₹58,564 per 10 grammes on the Multi Commodity Exchange, up ₹91, or 0.16 percent, in a transaction of 10,916 lots.  According to analysts, investors new positions is what caused gold prices to increase. Gold remained range-bound on Thursday as investors awaited the release of U.S.

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) launched Threads, a direct competitor to Twitter, on Wednesday. The new service attracted millions of users in a matter of hours. META CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the app attracted 10 million sign-ups in seven hours.

As the Nifty comes into an uncharted territory, market participation is once again increasing very sharply. As of now the underlying trend in all segments of the market is bullish, if this remains bullish as reflected by market breadth then it is very likely that more mid-cap will continue to get attention from markets.

Godrej Properties Ltd soared to a 52-week high of ₹1,616 on the National Stock Exchange on Thursday, driven by promising new land acquisitions. The real estate giant recently acquired approximately 15 acre of land in Gurugram, Haryana, and plans to develop for premium residential properties. Additionally, a 7.44 acre parcel in New Alipore, a high-end residential area in Kolkata, will soon be under Godrej's ownership, acquired from the West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corp.

Jio Bharat phones at an «attractive pricing» will enable Jio to gain market share at the lower end segment and signals a reduced probability of tariff hike in the near term, brokerages tracking the sector said. Jio on Monday launched internet-enabled Jio Bharat phones at Rs 999, packing in a cheaper monthly plan of Rs 123 for unlimited voice calls and 14 GB data. The new offering aims to accelerate the '2G Mukt Bharat' vision, as India still has 250 million mobile subscribers trapped in the 2G era with feature phones.

The agri solutions provider reported a revenue growth of 29.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) in the fourth quarter of 2022-23. However, both revenue and net profit were 5.7% and 27.7% lower, respectively, than the consensus estimates of analysts compiled by Reuters-Refinitiv.

Atomic Wallet service, cryptocurrency analytics firm Elliptic said Tuesday. In a blog post, Elliptic said that more than 5,500 digital wallets were hit by the hackers, who the firm said were part of the North Korean cybercrime gang often called Lazarus.North Korea's mission to the United Nations in New York did not immediately respond to a request for comment, although Pyongyang has in the past denied carrying out digital thefts. Atomic Wallet did not immediately return messages seeking comment. The company, which says it is based in Estonia, has previously said that it «received reports of wallets being compromised» and that it hired another cryptocurrency analytics firm, Chainalysis, to investigate the incident and track down stolen funds. Chainalysis declined comment.

Despite not having been named by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a crypto security in the agency’s double whammy of lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase announced earlier this week, the Litecoin (LTC) price is struggling. 

Bitcoin (BTC) fell into the May 30 Wall Street open as the return of United States equities failed to boost performance.

Kava recorded a massive value-reclaiming trend in May amid the fluctuations in the crypto market.