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Gold, silver seen range-bound as focus shifts to US job numbers, Fed cues: Analysts
New Delhi, Aug 2 (PTI) Gold and silver are likely to trade in a narrow range this week as traders await a raft of economic data, including the US non-farm payrolls report, for fresh clues on the Federal Reserve’s interest rate outlook, analysts said. Investors will monitor purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data from the US, the UK, the Eurozone and Japan. Focus will remain on July employment data from the US, comprising non-farm payrolls and the unemployment rate. Globally, developments surrounding the US-Iran conflict and the stability of crude oil supplies through key shipping routes will remain important drivers of
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CAIRO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Saturday evening social media post he will order American forces to hold off on new strikes against Iran, claiming Mideast allies had reached the parameters of a deal to end the five-month old war. The emerging deal “would include the Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran’s nuclear threat,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Based on this request, I have agreed, for the future benefit of the WORLD and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran, to cancel the attack, subject
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Mumbai, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he wanted to forgive students who hurled expletives at him during protests last month, saying that punishing them and forcing them to appear repeatedly in court would not help resolve the situation. The biggest political crisis of Modi’s third term peaked in July after the leak of national exam papers forced a retest for 2 million students, fuelling anger over the lack of opportunities for young Indians. Authorities filed cases against hundreds of demonstrators after some clashed with security forces and shouted abusive slogans at the prime minister. “These
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