Market Talk – April 10, 2025
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 2,894.97 points or 9.13% to 34,609.00 • Shanghai increased 36.83 points or 1.16% to 3,223.64 [...]
India surprised everyone. They did not remove the tax on gold and in fact increased it. India is the number-one consumer of gold jewelry. Sales have declined recently because many expected the tax to be lifted. A near 10% tax on gold has been rather high. Nevertheless, the government sees this as a capital outflow.