Precious Metal:
At the MCX Gold futures
for
April 2015 contract is trading at Rs 26,178 per 10 gram, down by
0.14 per cent after opening at
Rs 26,240, against the previous
closing price of Rs 26,216. It touched the intra-day low of Rs
26,151 till the closing.
Base Metals
Natural Gas futures
plunged in the domestic market on Thursday as investors and
speculators
exited positions in the energy commodity tracking a weak
trend in the overseas market as US
gas supplies fell less than
expected last week signaling weak demand for the heating fuel
despite
frigid weather. US gas stockpiles fell 219 billion cubic
feet to 1.938 trillion cubic feet in the week
ended February 20,
compared to analysts’ estimates for a drop of 241 billion cubic
feet.
At the
MCX, Natural Gas
futures for March 2015 contract closed at Rs 169.10 per 1 kg, down by
4.73
per cent after opening at Rs 179.30, against the previous
closing price of Rs 177.50. It touched the intra-day low of Rs
168.10 till the closing.
Copper futures rose in
the domestic market on Friday as a rebound in US durable goods
orders
last month signaled a pickup in the world’s biggest
economy, lifting the demand outlook for the
base metal.Bookings for
US goods meant to last at least three years rose for the first time
in
three months, up 2.8 per cent in January from December when they
fell a revised 3.7 per
cent. Further, speculation that policymakers
in China may boost stimulus to stem a slowdown in
the world’s
biggest copper consumer lifted demand outlook for copper.Chinese
Premier Li
Keqiang urged the need for a more active fiscal policy,
while a central bank publication called
for additional monetary
easing to boost demand and economic growth.
At the MCX Copper
futures for February 2015 contract closed at Rs 369.45 per 1 kg, up
by 0.16 per cent after
opening at Rs 367, against the previous
closing price of Rs 368.85. It touched the intra-day high
of Rs
369.95 till the closing.
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