Sankaran Naren, Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer of ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund, has cautioned investors against treating silver as a long-term asset class, saying the white metal behaves more like a small-cap stock and carries significantly higher risk. Speaking at the MFD Galaxy 16th Knowledge Summit 2026, Naren said that while silver can deliver…
India’s market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has introduced a significant change in how mutual funds value physical gold and silver held in exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The new framework aims to make pricing more aligned with domestic market conditions, improve transparency, and standardize valuation practices across fund houses. The revised norms…
In a consultation paper that’s open for comments until 6 March, the regulator suggested shifting the base price calculation for ETFs from a two-day-old value to the previous day’s data. mint explains the proposed changes and what they mean for investors. What are the proposed changes? Sebi suggested that instead of using the net asset…
India’s markets regulator has proposed replacing the T-2 day closing net asset value (NAV) used as the base price for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with a more current T-1 NAV to remove the one-day lag that can misalign price bands with prevailing market conditions, particularly during periods of volatility. In a consultation paper issued on Friday,…
Gold and silver exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are now among the top five picks financed by brokers under the margin trade funding (MTF) facility on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). The trend reflects investors’ growing appetite for portfolio diversification amid rangebound markets and external headwinds. While the popular SilverBees, or Nippon India Silver ETF, held the…
Gold and silver exchange traded funds (ETFs) staged a strong rebound on February 9, mirroring the sharp recovery in precious metal prices after a period of intense volatility that rattled investors. The bounce followed last week’s steep correction, which was driven by speculative excess, margin-related liquidations and a stronger US dollar. Monday’s recovery was led…
Mumbai: To work around the tricky problem of computing circuits of silver exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Sunday changed its computation to trade minus one day (T-1) from T-2. The change followed confusion after it emerged that the closing price of silver ETFs on Friday was higher than the lower circuit…
Silver exchange-traded funds (ETFs) rallied sharply on Wednesday, tracking a strong surge in silver prices that jumped over 7% to fresh lifetime highs on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), driven by robust buying momentum. MCX silver price for March futures surged as much as 7.52% to hit a record high of ₹Rs 3,83,100 per kg….
Silver exchange-traded funds (ETFs) staged a sharp rebound on Friday, January 23, with several funds surging as much as 17% amid a rebound in silver prices after a brief but intense correction. The rally in silver ETFs came just a day after heavy selling triggered steep declines, highlighting the extreme volatility in silver-linked investment products….
Silver rate today: Silver futures eased on the Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCX) on Thursday, January 22, amid ease in geopolitical tensions, which dampened safe-haven demand and strength in the US dollar. Global tensions declined as US President Donald Trump backed down from new tariff threats and proposals to annex Greenland by force, pushing MCX silver prices…
