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 Nifty Continue To Consolidate, Bullion Market Up

Stock market opened marginally higher today but lost its profit in early trade. Equity benchmarks remained under pressure tracking weakness in Asian indices. BSE Sensex hikes 12 points to 27848 and Nifty hikes just 1.80 points to 8594. Rupee is trading with the strength of 3 paise at 67.02 against US Dollar. Asian market indices are trading lower. Nikkei lost 123 points to 16432, Hang Seng gains 124 points to 22939 and Shanghai composite with minor gains trading at 3085. Commodity market started on a good positive note. Gold hikes 51 points to 30979 while Silver has gained 194 points to 43853 till yet. Maximum sectors are trading in the negative zone. BSE Auto sector is leading of all the sectors with 93 points hike at 21197. Midcap sectors are trading lower in the negative zone. NCDEX market is showing negative movements. Rmseed dropped 26 points to 4622, Soyabean dropped 5 points to 3370, Dhaniya hikes 36 points to 7764 and Barleyjpr trading at 1529 with hike of 4 points.