Oil prices rise on Middle East Worries

Oil prices rose on Friday, as tumult in the Middle East underpinned the market. The WTI for November delivery on Friday reportedly increased USD 0.85 to settle at USD 51.45 a barrel on the New York Exchange, while Brent crude for December delivery rose USD 0.92 to close at USD 57.17 per barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange.

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he had decided to decertify Iran’s compliance with the landmark deal reached in 2015.

Analysts are of view that disorder in the Middle East and possible US action on the Iran nuclear deal heightened the oil prices, since traders are under geopolitical worries. On the data front, the number of rigs operating in U.S oil fields fell by 5 to a total of 743 rigs this week.

Sensex closed at 29,943 levels, Nifty above 9300 for first time ever, RIL rise 3.4%

The benchmark indices NSE Nifty-50 index closed at 9,306, higher by 88.65 points or 0.96%, whereas the Sensex closed at 29,943.24, higher by 287.40 points Nifty closed above 9,300 for the first time since April 12, 2017. Nifty bank, Sensex and  Nifty Midcap closed at their ever high levels today. The BSE Mid-cap Index closed up by 0.9% at 14,625 whereas the BSE Smallcap Index closed up by 0.8% at 15,291.
Bharti  Infratel  Ltd was the top Nifty gainer while, Tata Power was the top Nifty loser. Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) climbed nearly 3.4% to its highest since May 2008, keeping it the biggest gainer on the NSE index, after the company on Monday posted a 12.8% rise in Q4 profit, beating expectations.
Bank stocks finished recorded  a strong note with  share price of Bank of India and Axis Bank leading the gains. There were 884 advancing shares , 777 declining stocks and 297 unchanged stocks on NSE.  A bullish undertone floated in the market.
The Indian rupee strengthened to as much as 64.2750 per dollar. Oil prices were trading at USD 49.34.

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 The COMEX Gold futures edged up above $1360 per ounce in the middle of this month but flipped back as quick gains in US dollar hurt the sentiments for precious metals. Dollar edged up from its six week low of 1.1370 against the Euro after the Conference Board released a report showing that its index of leading US economic indicators rose for the second consecutive month in July. The Conference Board said its leading economic index climbed by 0.4% in July following a 0.3% increase in June. This pulled COMEX Gold down to almost $1340 per ounce mark. MCX Gold futures for October moved mostly in a sideways range, with highs above Rs 31500 per 10 gram levels constantly triggering selling pressure. The US Federal Reserve officials believed last month that near-term risks to the U.S. economy had subsided and that an interest rate increase could soon be warranted. But they did not indicate when they would likely raise rates. The minutes of their July 26-27 meeting showed that officials were encouraged by a rebound in job growth. They also took note of a stabilization of financial markets after a bout of turbulence triggered by Britain's June 23 vote to leave the European Union. The Fed officials believed those developments had lessened the risks for the economy in the short run. The minutes show that as a result, the officials thought a rate increase "was or would soon be warranted. But a key factor holding the Fed officials back was the stubbornly slow rate of inflation, which has been running below the central bank's 2% target for more than four years.

Indian Gold demand witnessed a lackluster performance over last few months. An extended strike by Jewelers and elevated price saw consumer demand for gold in India drop 18% year-on-year to 131 tons in the second quarter of calendar year 2016 (Q2CY16), according to the latest World Gold Council (WGC) report on gold demand trends for the second quarter of 2016. The five year average for local Gold demand is 219 tons. In dollar terms, the demand stood at $5304 Million, down 13% on year.