The shares of gold-financiers Manappuram Finance, Muthoot Finance and IIFL Finance rallied up to 11% on Wednesday as gold prices jumped following the government’s move to hike import duty on the precious metal to 15%.
The government introduced the import duty hike in order to stop the rupee’s free fall and moderate non-essential imports during a period of heightened global uncertainty linked to the Iran-US conflict, which continues to keep oil prices elevated above the $100 per barrel mark.
