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Sam Bankman-Fried and his co-conspirators made more than 300 illegal political donations in the United States, according to a new indictment against the FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder unsealed on Thursday in Manhattan federal court. The donations, totaling tens of millions of dollars, were unlawful because they were attributed to a “straw donor” or made using

Swiss Franc is trading broadly lower today while Yen and Aussie are also turning weaker. The theme for now is interesting will stay higher for longer due to resilience in major economies. Monetary policy in Japan and Swiss will be lagging behind. Dollar is staying generally firm and looks set to extend recent rally. Rising

Gold prices ticked lower on Thursday after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting indicated that the U.S. central bank would likely keep interest rates higher for longer to check high inflation. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold was down 0.1% at $1,823.69 per ounce, as of 0039 GMT. U.S. gold futures slipped 0.5% to $1,833.10.

Reaction to FOMC minutes overnight was relatively muted with major US indexes closing mixed, while 10-year yield dipped slightly. Dollar, however, is making some progress by breaking to the upside against Euro. But momentum of the greenback is so far rather weak. At the same time, Yen is trying to recover against Europeans and commodity

Gold price rose Rs 90 to Rs 56,350 per 10 gram in the national capital on Wednesday amid gains in prices of the precious metal overseas, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the yellow metal had ended at Rs 56,260 per 10 gram. Silver also jumped Rs 113 to Rs 66,083 per kg.

Risk sentiment appears to have stabilized as markets enter into US session. There have been increasing speculation that Fed would revert to a 50bps rate hike in March. Traders might try to scrutinize FOMC minutes to get more hints on the chance. But overall, that’s not the majority’s opinion for now. In the currency markets,

Oil prices were steady on Wednesday as investors await the U.S. Federal Reserve’s comments after recent data pointed to the possibility of more interest rates hikes, which may lower economic growth and limit global fuel demand. Brent crude futures for April delivery were up 2 cents to $83.07 a barrel by 0242 GMT after falling

Markets are generally staying in consolidation mode in Asian session today. The retreat in Dollar this week is so far shallow, suggesting more upside is in favor. But the next move will still be dependent on overall risk sentiment. As for today, focuses will be on PMIs from Eurozone and UK, as well as Germany

Brent oil slipped in a volatile session on Tuesday as persistent concerns about global economic growth outweighed supply curbs and prompted investors to take profits on the previous day’s gains. The focus in the wider financial market is firmly on the release on Wednesday of the minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest meeting, after

Sterling rises broadly today as stronger than expected PMI data indicate that near-term recession odds have fallen considerably. European majors are also trading higher after positive Eurozone PMI and Germany ZEW. Nevertheless, Dollar is following the Pound as the second strongest, with some help from risk aversion. Australian Dollar is the worst performing one, followed

The Brent crude benchmark opened slightly lower on Tuesday as the U.S. dollar strengthened and traders waited for cues from the U.S. Federal Reserve meeting minutes, after optimism over demand amid tightening supplies drove prices higher on Monday. Brent crude was down 59 cents, or 0.5%, at $83.57 a barrel on Tuesday. U.S. West Texas