NBFC loans against gold jewellery reached Rs. 3.42 lakh crore in June, up 69.3% in a year, & Aditya Birla Capital now wants a thousand branches of it. Automotive lighting climbed fastest up the industry momentum rankings this month. & July core-sector growth of 5.4% was actually a slowdown from June, once the revision is read properly.
| Item | Level | Move | One-line note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold (futures) | $4,582/oz | +0.27% | Two-month high, heading for a third straight weekly gain |
| Silver (futures) | $68.45/oz | +0.53% | Riding the same weak-dollar bid as gold |
| Brent crude (Oct) | $93.84/bbl | +0.64% | Up about 4% this week on the US-Iran impasse |
| WTI crude | $86.16/bbl | +2.09% | Same story, US grade |
| US 10-year Treasury | ~4.70% | +5 bp | Buyback relief faded within a day |
| US 30-year Treasury | ~5.25% | +4 bp | Crossed 5.3% this week, highest since 2007 |
| India 10-year G-sec | 6.86% | +4 bp | Eight-week high after hawkish central-bank minutes |
| Core sector, July | +5.4% | vs +6.0% June | Iron ore, cement & electricity led; June was revised up |
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