The Indian markets presently seem to be in a consolidation mode, and the correction has been accentuated by various macro challenges like elevated crude oil prices, rupee depreciation versus the dollar and the recent credit and liquidity crunch due to default by a major infrastructure lender.

Kotak AMC’s Shah said he was anti-gold and whole of India has bought more gold than what it’s needed.

Trend from global equities, macroeconomic data as well as movement of the rupee and crude oil prices will set the tone for the stock markets in the holiday-shortened week ahead, say experts.

The iShares China ETF (NYSEARCA: FXI) may be bottoming and should offer good risk/reward for traders here.

Synchrony Financial (SYF) traded on unusually high volume on Nov. 02, as the stock lost 9.58% to close at $26.43. On the day, Synchrony Financial saw 18.84 million shares trade hands on 81,305 trades. Considering that the stock averages only a daily volume of 5.3 million shares a day over the last month, this represents a pretty significant bump in volume over the norm.

Gartner Inc. (IT) traded on unusually high volume on Nov. 02, as the stock gained 0.11% to close at $142.03. On the day, Gartner Inc. saw 1.24 million shares trade hands on 13,403 trades. Considering that the stock averages only a daily volume of 825,112 shares a day over the last month, this represents a pretty significant bump in volume over the norm.

Kellogg Company (K) traded on unusually high volume on Nov. 02, as the stock lost 1.56% to close at $63.00. On the day, Kellogg Company saw 4.8 million shares trade hands on 35,358 trades. Considering that the stock averages only a daily volume of 2.3 million shares a day over the last month, this represents a pretty significant bump in volume over the norm.

An anemic Wall Street remains gold’s best hopes for a rally toward $1,300, although heightened trade war rhetoric and a potential Democratic victory in the U.S. midterm elections could also be drivers for the yellow metal, which on Friday posted a fifth-straight week of gains.

NEW YORK – Robust corporate results helped world stock markets surge on Wednesday, bringing some relief to jittery investors after a brutal October sank equities with one of their worst drops since the financial crisis 10 years ago.

Trecora Resources (TREC) had a rough trading day for Thursday November 01 as shares tumbled 9.54%, or a loss of $-1.03 per share, to close at $9.77. After opening the day at $10.68, shares of Trecora Resources traded as high as $10.68 and as low as $9.74. Volume was 70,571 shares over 567 trades, against an average daily volume of 31,313 shares and a total float of 24.49 million.