Gold Price Analysis: XAU/USD chopping either side of its 21DMA in mid-$1730s Spot gold (XAU/USD) prices have been choppy and recently fell back towards this week’s lows around $1730, with prices having been buffeted by the conflicting forces of falling US bond yields against a strengthening US dollar. Spot prices thus continue to trade well
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Silver takes offers around intraday low, drops for the second consecutive day. US dollar picks up bids as bond bears return, market turns cautious ahead of the key events. Silver stays depressed near the intraday low of $25.59, down 0.54% on a day, during early Tuesday. While Turkish action and strong equities weighed on the
AMC shares are up over 500% in 2021. The cinema leader has been boosted by sentiment not reality. The meme stock is trading at a lofty multiple for such an enormous debt pile. AMC shares have been one of the major trends of the US stock market so far this year, after experiencing stratospheric appreciation. AMC
GBP/USD Price Analysis: Sellers attack 1.3820 support confluence with eyes on early February low GBP/USD bounces off intraday low, stays depressed, while picking up the bids to 1.3842, down 0.23% on a day, amid an initial Asian session on Monday. In doing so, the cable extends last week’s pullback from the 1.4000 threshold amid bearish
What you need to know on Monday, March 22: The American dollar finished the week with modest gains against most major rivals, up on Friday amid persistent yields’ strength. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note settled at 1.73%, near the multi-month peak of 1.75% achieved earlier in the week. The EUR/USD pair hovers
Turkish lira looks set to depreciate after Erdogan fires the central bank chief. USD/TRY rose sharply last week after CBRT rate hikes that will probably be reversed now. The USD/TRY finished last week at 7.19, and now it looks likely to open with a sharp upside gap following Tukey’s President Erdogan decision to fire the
Inflation concerns are likely to keep investors’ focus for the week ahead. Equities stage a modest recovery on Friday after Thursday’s thrashing. Fed Chair Jerome Powell on the wires throughout next week. Equity markets are finishing out the week with mixed feelings after a solid thrashing on Thursday. This led to some profit-taking ahead of
Growth stocks outperformed value stocks on the final trading day of the week. The Nasdaq 100 gained and Dow dropped while the S&P 500 was caught in the middle and flat. The Fed hurt financials by announcing there will be no extension to SLR relief at the end of the month. It was a mixed
USD/RUB drops and rebounds from the 73.70 region. The CBR hiked the key interest rate by 25 bps to 4.50%. Focus is now on the press conference by Governor E.Nabiullina. The Russian ruble reclaims some ground lost in past sessions and drags USD/RUB to the 74.00 region on Friday. USD/RUB now looks to CBR After
AUD/USD refreshes intraday low, drops for consecutive second day. Australia’s preliminary Retail Sales dropped 1.1% in February. Market sentiment consolidates ahead of BOJ, US-China jitters probe the optimists. Treasury yields step back from 14-month top, S&P 500 Futures print mild gains. AUD/USD stands on a slippery ground while refreshing the intraday low with 0.7740, down