Kedia Commodities: The Bullion Report
Kedia Commodities: The Bullion Report
INDIA’S PREMIUM RESEARCH HOUSE
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BULLION UDPATE
¾ The World Gold Council (WGC) said that the increase in gold
import duty in the Union Budget may lead to additional
smuggling of gold, especially during periods of high demand
such as the festival season.
¾ India gold futures traded steady as pressure from lower crude
was offset by a weak rupee back home, with investors eyeing
Group of Eight summit for direction.
¾ Rupee tumbled to its lowest in two weeks as Asian stocks were
lower, indicating that local shares would start down Inr look to
touch 49 level once again.
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BULLION UPDATE
¾ Silver ETF saw inflows of more than 570,000 ounces, bringing
its total holdings to 49.371 million ounces from 48.780
million.
¾ Import tax has raised, Gold bars are being raised to 200
rupees ($4.1) per 10 grams from 100 rupees earlier. The
minister said import duty on silver is being raised to 1,000
rupees ($20.7) per kg from 500 rupees earlier.
¾ Silver remains weak at current 13$. The metal is tracking a
one month bear channel that shows parameters 12.25 and
13.51.
¾ Gold Silver ratio currently is at 70.28.
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Gold import duty hike not to hit India bullion market.
India to the increased import duty on gold was on expected lines. This
will help the prices shoot up and cause rise in smuggling. On big
budget day Finance minister has announced to doubled the import
duty on gold from Rs 10 to Rs 20/gm. previously, in an attempt to
clamp down smuggling and illegal gold transactions, the govt. had
reduced the import duty on gold.
Though there was a reduction of 2% excise duty is announced but this
will only applicable to branded jewellery and, therefore, no benefit
will reach the ordinary jewelers. The branded jewellery manufacturers
are only few in numbers in the country compared to traditional
jewelers. However, the hike is fully justified simply because open
market price of the Gold has nearly tripled in the last 5yrs.
An additional burden of Rs 100 on purchase of 10 grams gold will be
just marginal. Consumers are unlikely to protest at this small increase.
Any apprehension that an additional Rs 100/10 grams fiscal impost
will hurt their business is unwarranted given the income elasticity of
demand for gold. What may hurt India’s gold business is not the hike
in customs duty, but high open market prices, suspect quality of gold
jewellery and rampant speculation in the bourses and outside. India is
world’s largest importer of gold, a commodity that doubles as
currency too and is known as a safe‐haven asset for investment and as
a hedge against inflation.
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GOLD CHART
Gold finished higher after oscillating much of the day in an inverse reaction to dollar
movements. But while the dollar was stronger late in the gold pit session, the greenback
pared its gains, and this prompted some late buying. Gold opened at 14495 and climbed
marginally on the back of stronger oil prices, peaking at 14620. This move quickly reversed
as the dollar went on the offensive and oil gave up all its gains. Gold stayed well offered
throughout most of the session, slowly ticked lower. Good buying as the day unwound
carried it higher to finally settle at 14604. Whereas Silver finished marginally softer in
reaction to a stronger U.S. dollar, although the metal pared its decline as the dollar gave
back some of its strength just ahead of silver's pit close. Silver opened at 21850 and light
buying carried it to a high of 21974. However the metal could not sustain this level as oil and
base metal prices tumbled. The selling was persistent as the dollar strengthened and equity
markets slumped, falling to an intraday low of 21700. It traded near its lows until the tail
end of the session when it became well bid, closing at 21817.
Now support for the gold MCX is seen at 14526 and below could see a test of 14448.
Resistance is now likely to be seen at 14651, a move above could see prices testing 14698.
And similarly support for the silver is seen at 21687 and below could see a test of 21556.
Resistance is now likely to be seen at 21961, a move above could see prices testing 22104.
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SPOT BULLION UPDATE:
International Gold is still under pressure, as technically trading below the key
resistance level of 934$ & 937$ as below this chart has formed a consecutive bearish
candlestick so we expect the pressure to mount continuously below this level.
Whereas Silver is moving steadily downwards, resuming the previous channel which
was indicating the selling zone to finished till 12.48$ level Hence, we will keep our
intraday outlook to the downside as bears still control the movements only the treat
comes if the silver manages to cross the resistance at 13.56$ otherwise below 12.984
we can find the support at 12.74$, 12.56$ & 12.42$ level soon.
GOLD SILVER
COMMODITIES GOLD $ SILVER $
AUG SEP
Close 14604 21817 923.80 13.10
14865 22344 944.80 13.74
14728 22210 938.41 13.56
Resistance
14688 22056 933.75 13.37
14645 21960 931.20 13.26
14565 21728 921.60 13.02
ACTION FOR THE DAY
1. SELL GOLD AUG ON JUMP @ 14640-660 SL 14702 TGT 14626-14602-14565.MCX CAN SELL BELOW
14580 FOR SAME TGT 14565-14522-14470. MCX.
2. SELL SILVER SEPT ON JUMP @ 22000-22060 SL 22175 TGT 21945-21888-21820-21765. MCX ADD
SELL SILVER SEP BELOW 21800 SL 21920 TGT 21765-21710-21640.MCX
3. SELL GOLD$ @ 925-928$ SL 936$ TGT 918$-912$-904$. A BREAK BELOW 902$ CAN DIP TILL
882$ LEVEL OR BELOW.
4. THE ONLY TREAT IS ONLY ABOVE 938$ ELSE OVERALL TREND IS WEAK. SILVER CAN TGT 12.45$
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Bank of Korea Likely to Buy Gold for 1st Time in 11 Years
The Bank of Korea has not purchased gold for 11 years,
but is expected to go on a gold buying spree, as the
world’s central banks have bought the commodity since
the global economic erupted in September last year.
A Bank of Korea official said yesterday, “The bank has
begun to set up a plan to manage foreign exchange
reserves for next year. It has also closely watched central
banks in other nations and trends in the global gold
market. Given the changing global financial environment,
the bank`s management plan is critical.”
According to experts, the comment implies that the bank
plans to buy gold soon. Korea has the world’s sixth most
foreign exchange reserves but ranks just 56th in gold
holdings.
China, which has the world’s largest foreign exchange
reserves, has secretly bought 454 tons of gold over the
past six years. This has intensified global competition to
obtain more gold.
The amount of gold bought by China over the period is 32
times larger than the Bank of Korea`s gold reserves. The
world’s central banks have rushed to buy gold since they
believe the metal will replace the greenback when the
dollar’s status as the world’s leading currency weakens.
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