Yen’s selloff resumes as another week starts on rising treasury yields while Asian stocks are mixed. European majors are also under some selling pressure, with Euro, Sterling and Swiss Franc steady among themselves. Meanwhile, Australian Dollar is performing well together with Dollar, trailed by Canadian and New Zealander. Gold dips notably on Dollar strength and
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Oil futures extended gains on Thursday morning, after sharply rising in the first portion of the week, as traders weighed additional supply disruptions following reports of storm damage at a major export terminal system on the Black Sea. Brent futures were up about $1.06, or 0.9%, to $122.66 a barrel and U.S. West Texas Intermediate
Putin put a squeeze on ruble shorts this week by demanding that payments for Russian oil and gas from ‘unfriendly countries’ be settled in rubles. That led to a 10% rally in the ruble on Wednesday and its held on to two-thirds of those gains. The question now is whether it happens (not likely) and
New Delhi: Markets watchdog Sebi on Thursday said that recognised stock exchanges having a commodity derivative segment will be permitted to introduce options on commodity indices. The move is part of efforts to have more products in the commodity derivatives market. “The recognised stock exchanges with a commodity derivative segment, willing to introduce trading in
Next week’s US economic calendar starts like but ends with some sizzle. The most important thing to note is that it’s the end of the month and the quarter. We’ve seen some huge moves in bonds and that will spark some associated flows. It’s also fiscal year end in Japan. Here’s what’s coming for US
Gold on Friday was on course for a third weekly gain in four, as the Russia-Ukraine conflict escalated while the spike in oil prices this week increased demand for bullion as a safe-haven asset and an inflation hedge. FUNDAMENTALS Spot gold was up 0.2% at $1,960.84 per ounce, as of 0119 GMT. U.S. gold futures
Yen was once again the runaway loser last week as global benchmark treasury yields, except JGB, surged. BoJ has clearly put a cap in 10-year JGB yield and the result is widening spread and persistent Yen selloff. Euro showing some renewed weakness but it’s so far still range bound against Dollar. Nevertheless, extended decline in
The fuel pinch continues. Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 80 paise a litre each today, the fourth such hike in five days as oil firms continued to buckle to global crude pain. Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 98.61 per litre as against Rs 97.81 previously while diesel rates have gone up
Not all calendars are listing this expected data release. Due at 0130 GMT on Sunday 27 March 2022 Which is 21.30 US ET (9.30pm) on Saturday 26 March 2022 China Industrial Profits for February 2022 prior +4.20% y/y prior +34.3% YTD Of more interest next week will be PMIs from China for March. These will
Markets: Gold down $3 to $1954 US 10-year yields up 14 bps to 2.48% WTI crude oil up 69-cents to $112.97 S&P 500 up 20 points to 4540 CHF and CAD lead, JPY lags Europe and Asia handed off a relatively quiet day to North American trading but it wouldn’t stay that way for long.
Euro turns slightly softer after poor German business climate reading, in particular against Swiss Franc, Aussie and Loonie. Dollar is also weak except versus Yen. Yen is trying to recover but there is no clear follow through buying. It’s the the runaway loser of the week. Overall, Aussie is set to end as the week
MELBOURNE – Oil prices fell about a $1 on Friday as the United States and allies considered releasing more oil from storage to cool markets and as traders faced higher costs for trading benchmark Brent futures. Brent crude futures fell $1.07, or 0.9%, to $117.96 a barrel at 0053 GMT, after sliding 2.1% in the
USD/JPY remains the key pair to watch in my view and that is down 0.7% to 121.50 currently. For me, this is just a bit of a shave off the top after the recent run of gains as it is still hard to invalidate the upside momentum. The high touched 122.43 so we’re not that
Overall markets are mixed in Asia today. While stocks in Hong Kong are suffering renewed selling, Japan and Singapore are steady. Gold is lifted by general weakness in Dollar. Yen’s selling looks more and more exhausted even though it’s still the worst performing one for the week, followed by Euro and the greenback. On the
NEW DELHI: Gold prices edged lower while silver advanced in Friday’s trade. Gold futures on MCX for April delivery were trading at Rs 52,078 per 10 gram, down Rs 18 or 0.03 per cent. Holdings of the world’s largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, SPDR Gold Trust, stood at 1,087.66 tonnes. Silver futures for May delivery were
The USDJPY (and other JPY cross currency pairs) traded to the highest level since December 2015. The move today took the price above the 121.00 and 122.00 level to a high of 122.399. Technically, the January 2016 high at 121.68 was also broken with other swing high and swing low levels going back to 2014
Gold prices were unchanged on Thursday as the dollar gained and yields hovered near multi-year peaks, offsetting support from an escalation in the Ukraine crisis. FUNDAMENTALS Spot gold was little changed at $1,943.75 per ounce by 0131 GMT. U.S. gold futures were up 0.4% to $1,944.40. The dollar index gained on Wednesday, making gold less
Yen’s selloff resumes in early US session as selloff in bonds resume. Dollar picks up some buying after strong job data. But Swiss Franc is stronger with help from selloff in Euro. On the other hand. commodity currencies are turning weaker together with Euro, but pressure on them is still far from that on Yen.