Week ago today, the month of April ended with the NASDAQ index down over 13%. The market rallied on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday getting the month of May off to a good start. However yesterday’s sharp declines, and follow through selling today push the major indices lower on week. In other words the markets snatched
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Oil prices edged higher on Thursday, extending gains from the previous session, as a European Union proposal for new sanctions against Russia, including an embargo on crude in six months, offset concerns over Chinese demand. Brent crude futures had climbed 35 cents, or 0.3%, to $110.49 a barrel by 0209 GMT, while U.S. West Texas
The ongoing saga of the attempt to restart talks to revive Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers in … still ongoing. A couple of weekend updates. The Financial Times reported the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told the news outlet that he was seeking a “middle way” to end the impasse Aljazeera have
It was a week that belonged to central banks and amid increased volatility in financial markets, the US dollar emerged as the clear winner. Continuing investor flow towards the US dollar pressurized not just gold but commodities at large. The US dollar index slumped immediately post the US Fed decision but witnessed a sharp rebound
Shanghai officials today said the covid outbreak was under ‘effective control’ on Friday and that cases have been on a ‘continuous downward trend’ since April 22. The city has been under lockdown since April 1 and there’s no visibility to when that will end. About 2.3m people are in sealed-off areas while 16.7m are in
While RBA, Fed and BoE announced rate hikes last week, the impacts and reactions were rather delivered. RBA’s larger than expected hike was well received and helped Aussie secured the first place, even though it pared back much gains on risk-aversion. On the other hand, BoE’s announcement was considered dovish, with warning of recession, and
Oil prices climbed for a third straight session on Friday, shrugging off concerns about global economic growth as worries about tightening supplies underpinned prices ahead of an impending European Union embargo on Russian oil. This week, we saw crude oil prices jump by almost around 10% from Monday’s low in both international as well as
Markets: Gold up $7 to $1883 WTI crude up $2.34 to $110.60 US 10-year yields up 5 bps to 3.12% EUR leads, CAD lags S&P 500 down 23 points to 4123 — first streak of 5 weekly losses since 2011 The non-farm payrolls report was right down the fairway. Jobs were a bit high but
May 6: Gold prices edged lower on Friday and looked set to fall for a third straight week, weighed down by a robust dollar and rising yields, while investors await the U.S. jobs report to assess its impact on monetary policy. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold fell 0.4% to $1,869.26 per ounce, as of 0137 GMT,
Dollar is back in control as markets turned back into risk-off mode, just a day after the rallies triggered by Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s comments. Investors are apparently not too convinced by the ruling out of 75bps hike after a second thought. Focuses will turn to non-farm payroll report today, which should prompt even more
Today we learned that the US labor market remains as hot as it’s ever been and wage growth is strong. On its own, that would point to a strong consumer but markets aren’t acting that way. Higher interest rates, angst about the Ukraine war and recession talk are dominating the airwaves. At times, that kind
Just as they have every month since this past summer, officials from OPEC and its allies met via teleconference Thursday and decided to continue their program of modest additions to the market. The producers group, which has 23 members including Saudi Arabia and Russia, issued a statement saying it would add 432,000 barrels a day
Dollar turns slightly softer in early US session even though non-farm payroll report came in slightly better than expected. Yen is also weak on rising benchmark global yields. On the other hand, Euro jumps broadly as supported by hawkish comments from ECB officials. As for the week, Aussie and Euro are now the strongest ones
There was blood on the streets in US trading yesterday as we saw the S&P 500 fall by 3.6%, the Nasdaq down 5.0%, and the Dow fall by 3.1%. It was rather ugly, especially more so as stocks puked right after having rallied the previous day after the FOMC meeting. For now, US futures are
NEW DELHI: Gold prices bucked global trends and were trading higher in the Indian market. However, the yellow metal was set for another weekly loss, third in a row. In the global markets, firm US dollar and Treasury yields rallied on a hawkish US Federal Reserve stance, with investors awaiting jobs data due later in
Dollar dropped notably overnight after Fed Chair Jerome Powell surprised the markets by ruling out a 75bps rate hike. The comment also boosted US stocks sharply higher. Risk-on sentiment helped commodity currencies rebound. But European majors are lagging behind. Yen is so far mixed, with slight retreat in US 10-year yield. BoE rate decision would
Hungary’s Prime Minister Victor Orban has become Russia’s chief supporter in the EU and that support is threatening a break in EU unity. Orban sent a letter to European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen this week saying his country couldn’t support the latest sanctions plan “in its current form.” Orban said the current timeline
New Delhi: Gold in the national capital on Thursday rallied by Rs 559 to Rs 51,081 per 10 grams reflecting gains in international precious metal prices, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal settled at Rs 50,522 per 10 grams. Silver also jumped Rs 1,179 to Rs 63,427 per kg from