Dollar opened the week broadly higher, following last week’s late recovery. Swiss Franc also picks up some buying, especially against Euro and Sterling. Commodity currencies are mixed for now, with Canadian Dollar having an upper hand. Yen is also mixed as corrective trading continues. The week is relatively light with holidays. But there are still
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The major US stock indices are trading higher in early US trading on this Friday, but the indices are off their pre-market futures levels as well. The early US pre-market levels had the major indices showing: Dow industrial average up 210 points after yesterdays -7.51 point decline S&P index up 34.44 points after yesterdays -12.23
Although prices cooled down from their 14-year high hit in March, crude oil prices remain extremely volatile on uncertain macroeconomic conditions. A cut in global oil demand forecast by agencies like Energy Information Administration (EIA) and OPEC, easing tensions between Russia and Ukraine, concerns over China’s demand, and a G7-proposed price cap on Russian oil
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Gold was headed for a weekly fall on Friday as the recent rally fizzled after several U.S. Federal Reserve officials suggested that interest rates would continue to rise, pouring cold water on market expectations that the U.S. central bank would pivot. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold was steady at $1,761.29 per ounce, as of 0017 GMT.
The US indices are closing higher on the day. The Dow was near unchanged for the week. The S&P and Nasdaq fell. The near closing levels are showing: Dow rose 200.07 points or +0.60% at 33745.90 S&P rose 18.94 points or 0.48% at 3965.43 Nasdaq rose 1.11 points or 0.01% at 11146.07 Russell 2000 rose
gross domestic product (GDP) and employment. Thus it’s a key factor for the lifeline of our Indian population and economy’s overall productivity. The agriculture sector has experienced buoyant growth in the past two years. The sector, which is the largest employer of workforce, accounted for a sizeable 18.8 per cent (2021- 22) in Gross Value
The post-CPI selloff in Dollar and rally in US stocks faded last week, after Fed officials talked down the significance of just one data point. While the greenback still lacked momentum for sustainable recovery, selloff has at least slowed. The greenback ended the week mixed together with Euro. On the one hand New Zealand Dollar
The NZD was the strongest and the CAD was the weakest of the major currencies to end the trading week. The USD was mostly higher with declines only vs the GBP and the NZD. The greenback moved the most vs the CAD at 0.47%. The dollar rose 0.43% vs the EUR. Of note late in
London copper prices were on course for a drop this week, amid concerns over the outlook for global demand and as hawkish remarks from US Federal Reserve officials sent the dollar higher. The dollar was set for a weekly gain, after comments from Fed officials dashed investors’ hopes for less aggressive monetary policy and weighed
Brent crude today touched as low as $85.80 but has since bounced to $87.17. It’s near the September low and that’s a big level with the OPEC meeting now three weeks away. The weakness in crude today is curious but likely reflects worries about covid lockdowns and some technical selling. The big question is what
New Delhi: Gold prices climbed to Rs 53,000 per 10 grams this week before retreating marginally. The yellow metal has been in demand lately, rising from Rs 50,000 per 10 grams in the last four weeks. After a Rs 3,000/10 gms rally, the yellow metal is marching towards its record highs of around Rs 56,200
Positive market sentiment boosts Kiwi, Aussie higher but Canadian is lagging far behind as dragged down by falling oil prices. Sterling is also firm after mixed retail sales data. On the other hand, Swiss Franc and Dollar are following Loonie as the next worst performer for the data. But after all, the greenback are still
After the dollar selling that took the pair below 140.00, we haven’t seen an extended drop just yet even as price continues to keep below its 100-day moving average (red line): The lack of drive to the downside is helped by the fact that the dollar is starting to put up more of a fight
Oil prices rose on Friday as the dollar slipped but were headed for hefty weekly losses on expectations there will be no let-up in sharp U.S. interest rate hikes and the prospect of weaker demand from top oil importer China amid rising COVID-19 cases. Brent crude futures clawed back 67 cents, up 0.8% to $90.45
The forex markets continue to stay in consolidative mode in Asian session. Dollar’s recovery attempt overnight was rather short-lived. Sterling also regains some ground after initial reaction to the UK government’s new budget. Yen is also soft despite strong CPI data from Japan. Overall, New Zealand Dollar is the strongest for the week so far,
ING Research discusses GBP outlook and maintains a cautious bias into year-end. “The only thing going for sterling is buy-side positioning. Being short the pound had been one of the most popular buy-side trades going into October. We have seen what positioning has done to crowded long dollar trades over the last week. It is
Among precious metals, silver staged a quick recovery in the last two and a half months as the white metal has surged Rs 10,000 per kilogram (kg) from Rs 52,000 to Rs 62,000 during the given period. Compared to its peak for the year, silver topped Rs 73,000/ kg mark during March on the back