Chennai, Jan. 5 -- The US strike in Venezuela and arresting the latter's President Nicolas Maduro, and his wife, will trigger a short-term volatility in crude oil and gold, and for Indian equities, the impact remains largely neutral beyond indirect effects from oil price movements, experts said.
"For the Investor perspective, this will trigger short-term volatility in crude oil and gold that masks a far more profound medium-term structural shift. In the short term, a "fear premium" is causing extreme volatility in heavy-sour oil spreads due to the naval blockade of Venezuelan tankers, creating immediate shortages for Gulf Coast refineries," said Aamir Makda, Commodity & Currency Analyst, Choice Broking.
According to Makda, the medium-term...