Daily news letter                                                                                                                            January 06, 2005

Gold closes below US$428

Gold in the Comex division at New York lowered further on Wednesday amid spectacular dollar gains. February delivery gold closed down $1.90 at $427.30 an ounce, after trading from $429.30 to $425.90 and staying atop Tuesday's low at $424.80, the cheapest level since Nov. 3. Gold was on the defensive due to the firm dollar, anticipating the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates above those in the Eurozone and uncertainty ahead of Friday's U.S. jobs report for December as per the news agencies. James Moore at TheBullionDesk.com commented that Spot gold for the moment is trading actively between $425-427.50 as traders closely watch the dollar ahead of Friday's non-farm payroll figures. "Short-term direction continues to come largely from the dollar but good support has been seen ahead of the 100-day moving average at $424.05, so far," he added. Longer-term outlook on gold is bullish with the scale of the U.S. deficits, geopolitical tensions and lots of recent investment in the market supporting the argument for holding the metal, he said.

At the domestic market Gold for February delivery at MCX opened at 6171, lost Rs21 during the day touching Rs6150 but in the second session gained some momentum and ended flat at Rs6169.

Maize and Gur futures at NCDEX

National Commodities and Derivatives Exchange on Tuesday launched maize and gur futures trading that adds up 2 more products to its agri-commodities basket. According to news resources, Mr A. Venkateshulu, General Manager of Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Marketing Federation (Hyderabad), and Mr Amrutlal of Amrutlal & Company (Nizamabad) kicked off the futures trading in maize. The contracts in maize trading are available for February, March and April. The quality available for trading in maize would be yellow/red maize and the unit of trading and delivery unit both would be 50 metric tonnes. The exchange has assigned six warehouses for physical delivery. Nizamabad will be the major delivery centre, while Davangere, Karimnagar, Nimbheda, Ratlam and Bahraich will be additional centres.

In the case of gur, contracts have been made available for February, March and April. The unit of trading and delivery unit would be 10 metric tonnes. The quality of gur available for trading is dry golden gur of Chaku type. The exchange has assigned four warehouses for physical delivery. Muzaffarnagar would be the major delivery centre and Hapur, Kolhapur and Jehangirabad additional delivery centres, as per the news agencies.

Rubber eases on inactive buying

Putting a brake to the domestic rubber prices, it slipped on Wedneday as manufacturers, covering groups and major stockists put a halt to their procurement. At the physical domestic market, RSS 4 slipped to Rs 54.25 from Rs 54.75 a kg previous day. According to news bureau, traders preferred to reduce their stocks to be on the safer side but ungraded rubber closed steady on moderate demand from the general rubber goods sector and north Indian buyers. ISNR 20 was also static but inactive, while the other grades lost during a rather dull trading session.

The rubber futures continued to stay in the bearish orbit while the January delivery was quoted at Rs 53.80 against Rs 54.10 a kg on Wednesday. The near month February delivery was quoted at Rs 54.85 (Rs 55.16), March delivery at Rs 56.05 (Rs 56.31), and April delivery at Rs 57.44 (Rs 57.56) per kg for RSS 4. The transactions were not impressive.

Comm Daily 05th Jan

MCX

Open

High

Low

Close

%ge Change

Volume Traded

Open Interest

Gold Feb

6171

6182

6150

6169

-0.03

3152

4897

Gold April

6188

6205

6162

6198

0.16

52

158

Silver March

9950

10078

9882

10035

0.85

463050

303570

Silver May

10020

10088

9975

10035

0.15

600

3810

Ref Soy Oil Jan

391

392.5

389.3

392.3

0.33

15830

8350

Ref Soy Oil Feb

384.8

386

382.1

385.3

0.13

6670

9080

Kapas April

331.4

332.5

331

332.1

0.21

288

8088

NCDEX

Open

High

Low

Close

%ge Change

Volume Traded

Open Interest

Castor Jan

307.40

312.00

307.40

309.20

0.59

1540

4400

Castor Feb

304.10

308.00

304.00

305.90

0.59

2180

3900

Soya Bean Jan

1283.00

1283.00

1274.15

1279.35

-0.28

14190

47370

Soya Bean Feb

1281.30

1282.90

1271.05

1278.25

-0.24

17900

103380

Guar Gum Jan

3747.00

3764.00

3721.00

3743.00

-0.11

1325

8970

Guar Gum Feb

3824.00

3835.00

3800.00

3816.00

-0.21

1405

8445

Guar Seed Jan

1453.00

1467.00

1447.00

1460.00

0.48

33800

62310

Guar Seed Feb

1480.00

1490.00

1469.00

1482.00

0.14

51870

65570

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