US-Iran conflict buzz: Following a 12-day air conflict in June 2025, Israel attacked Iran on Saturday, and a United States (US) assault is underway, plunging the Middle East right into a renewed navy confrontation and additional dimming hopes for a diplomatic answer to Tehran’s nuclear dispute with the West.
According to Reuters, the U.S. navy initiated a sequence of strikes towards targets in Iran, two U.S. officers instructed Reuters, talking on situation of anonymity. The scope of the air and sea operations was not instantly clear. Iran was getting ready a crushing retaliation, an Iranian official instructed Reuters. Iran’s supreme chief, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was not in Tehran and had been transferred to a safe location.
This fallout within the Middle East is predicted to escalate geopolitical tensions and uncertainty amongst buyers, and varied property, particularly equities, gold, and silver, are anticipated to react when buying and selling resumes on Monday.
US-Iran conflict: How could the Indian inventory market react?
According to stock market specialists, the escalation within the US-Iran war buzz would have a unfavourable affect on the worldwide markets, together with India’s Dalal Street. However, they maintained that the Indian inventory market has already witnessed sturdy promoting on the Friday session, and therefore, promoting on Monday might not be deep. They anticipated weak tendencies within the Indian inventory market as a substitute of sharp promoting or a giant gap-down opening.
On how the Indian inventory market could open on Monday after the escalation within the US-Iran conflict buzz, Avinash Gorakshkar, a SEBI-registered elementary fairness analyst, mentioned, “The reports of Israel’s air strikes in Iran and the US planning for further escalation in this are expected to boost bears’ sentiment. I am expecting weak trends on Dalal Street on Monday.”
Avinash Gorakshkar mentioned there might not be a giant gap-down opening, because the Indian inventory market has already witnessed sharp promoting on Friday. He anticipated sideways-to-negative tendencies as markets would await the subsequent set off, particularly an announcement concerning the subsequent spherical of US-Iran talks.
Outlook for Nifty 50 right now
Sumeet Bagadia, Executive Director at Choice Broking, believes the Indian inventory market is weak because the Nifty 50 index has closed beneath the 200-day EMA. The Choice Broking knowledgeable mentioned the Nifty 50 index has fashioned its fourth consecutive purple candle and closed beneath the 200-day EMA, indicating a weakening medium-term development and a shift within the total market construction towards bearishness.
Speaking on the outlook of the Nifty 50 index, Sumeet Bagadia mentioned, “From a technical perspective, immediate resistance for the Nifty 50 index is seen in the 25,300–25,350 zone, while a strong support base is positioned around 25,000–25,050.”
Israel attacks Iran: How will gold and silver rates react?
Asked about the kind of opening gold and silver prices may have on Monday after the escalation in US-Iran tension, Anuj Gupta, a SEBI-registered market expert, said, “The escalation in the US-Iran war buzz is expected to fuel uncertainty, and investors are expected to look at gold and silver as a safe-haven asset. We expect a gap-up opening for precious metals.”
Anuj Gupta said the COMEX gold rate today is facing a hurdle at $5,300/oz. Breaking above this resistance, gold rates in India may touch ₹1,68,000 to ₹1,70,000 per 10 gm.
Silver price may hit $100/oz
The COMEX silver rate finished above $93/oz on Friday, and the precious metal is facing a hurdle at the $95/oz level, said Anuj Gupta. He said COMEX gold prices may regain the $100/oz mark if it breaks and sustains above the $95/oz resistance.
“If the COMEX silver rate breaks and sustains above $95/oz, we can expect the spot silver price to regain $100 per ounce mark, and the silver rate in India may touch ₹3,00,000 per kg,” Anuj Gupta concluded.
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