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The rise since April is mostly wiped out There is an opportunity in Colombia as negotiations continue with protestors. The temperature in the situation looks to be falling as road blocks diminish. There was even a large counter protest in Bogota this week. USD/COP jumped at the outset of the unrest but it’s now threatening
MUMBAI: The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) on Saturday said it has posted an over three-fold jump in its Average Daily Turnover Value (ADTV) at Rs 2,139 crore in May, compared to the same month last year. In May 2020, NCDEX had posted an ADTV of Rs 588 crore after a complete pan-India lockdown
Major pairs and crosses are still bounded inside last week’s range as markets failed to take a decisive direction. While oil price continues to strengthen its rally, there is little reaction from Canadian Dollar so far. Stocks are also range bound while 10-year yield hover around 1.6 handle. Nevertheless, volatility might start to come back
Big week for oil WTI settled up 81-cents to $69.62 today. That’s the highest settlement since 2018 and the intraday high of $69.76 was also the highest since then. On the week, oil gained nearly 5% despite continued concerns about coronavirus and OPEC+ offering no surprises. The tailwind appeared to be Iran with nuclear talks
By Navneet Damani Gold prices rose nearly 7 per cent in May, marking the second green candle for the year so far. The yellow metal traded with high volatility in the range of $1,765 to $1,913, and marked the highest level in four and half months. Similarly, silver also traded with high volatility and ranged
Dollar was in a pole position to end as the strong one but was the unfortunately knocked down by solid, but disappointing non-farm payroll report. The data did nothing to alter the base position of Fed officials that, it’s only time to talk about talking about tapering for now. Some more time is still needed
Yields drop today US 10-year yields are down 6.6 bps to 1.56% today to the lows of the day and the week. A fractionally lower dip would be the lowest close since April 22. Clearly the market is growing less worried about a taper and runaway inflation, but the mood of this market can shift
Gold rebounded from a more than two-week low on Friday after U.S. nonfarm payrolls did not rise as much as expected, although bullion was still on course to register its biggest weekly decline since March. Spot gold jumped 1% to $1,889.27 per ounce by 1:46 p.m. EDT (1746 GMT), having earlier in the day hit
The report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that total crude oil and petroleum products (ex. SPR) stocks added +1.92 mmb to 1277.85 mmb in the week ended May 28. Crude oil inventory sank -5.08 mmb (consensus: -2.44 mmb) to 479.27 mmb. Stockpile decreased in 3 out of 5 PADDs. PADD 3 (Gulf
Forex news for North American trading on June 4, 2021 The US employment report showed a gain of 559K (with revisions of +27K) but that was not enough to satisfy those looking for tapering sooner rather than later. The expectations was for 675K (with the whisper levels likely higher than that given the tepid 266K – revised to 278K – last
NEW DELHI: Gold in the national capital declined by Rs 388 to Rs 47,917 per 10 gram on Friday amid muted global trends, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 48,305 per 10 gram. Silver also tumbled Rs 920 to Rs 69,369 per kilogram from Rs 70,289
Dollar drops notably in early US session after another NFP miss. It has now reversed all of yesterday’s late gains. Canadian Dollar also turns softer after weaker than expectation job data. On the other hand, other commodity currencies strengthen mildly. In other markets, US future turn up on expectation Fed is not closer to tapering.
Latest data released by Markit/CIPS – 4 June 2021 There are plenty of positives in this report, with new orders increasing at its quickest pace on record while output growth accelerates to its strongest since September 2014. New business volumes also surged and employment conditions have improved markedly, bolstered by a surge in optimism with
NEW DELHI: Gold prices weakened to near two-week lows on Friday and looked set for their worst week in three months. Robust US economic numbers boosted dollar and bond yields. Yellow metal edged lower in domestic markets, falling from five-month highs. All focus shifts to much awaited May non-farm payroll numbers. The number of Americans
Dollar rose broadly overnight, following solid job and services data, and remains firm in Asian session. Nevertheless, the real test lies in today’s non-farm payroll report. As of now, Yen is the second strongest for the week, following the green back. Canadian Dollar is the third strongest, and will face the test of its own
Forex news for North American traders on June 3, 2021 The US dollar moved sharply higher after better data and on expectations for a strong US jobs report tomorrow at 8:30 AM ET (1230 PM GMT). Looking at the rankings of the strongest of the weakest today, the US dollar was the runaway strongest, while the NZD
Gold slid as much as 2.3% on Thursday as better-than-expected U.S. employment and service sector data propelled the dollar higher and boosted expectations that the strong economic readings may reignite taper talk from the Federal Reserve. Bullion’s retreat also spilled into other precious metals, with silver slipping as much as 4.3% and platinum shedding 3.7%.