NEW DELHI: Gold edged higher on Friday and was set for its third straight weekly gain, as concerns over the fast-spreading Delta variant of Covid-19 and a drop in US Treasury yields lifted the safe-haven metal’s demand. The yellow metal posted mild gains in domestic markets. Sentiment in wider equity markets remained fragile as Delta
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US stocks surged to new record overnight, shrugging off FOMC minutes. But Asian markets are walking another path, as led by the free fall in Hong Kong stocks. Yen surges broadly on risk aversion, followed by Swiss Franc. Commodity currencies are generally pressured, with Aussie weighed down by dovish RBA comments too. Euro, Sterling and
USD/JPY down 84 pips to 109.81 today Societe Generale Research discusses the ongoing move lower in USD/JPY. “The yen is, after a period of ignoring the fall in US real yields, coming home to them with a bang. The chart shows 10yr TIPS and USD/JPY, which has been very hard to understand since mid-April. Q3
NEW DELHI: Gold in the national capital on Thursday was marginally up by Rs 9 to Rs 46,981 per 10 gram with firm global trends and rupee depreciation, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 46,972 per 10 grams. Silver, however, declined Rs 902 to Rs 67,758
Risk aversion generally dominates the global markets today. Following selloff in Asia, major European indexes open lower and are trading down around -2%. DOW future is also losing around -500pts. Swiss Franc and Yen are overwhelmingly the strongest ones for the day, as followed by Euro and Dollar. Commodity currencies are the worst performing, Focus
Forex news for Asia trading on Thursday 8 July 2021 The US dollar strengthened against most other major currencies although ranges were not large. USD/JPY was a bot of an exception, after an early fall is more or less flat on the session as I update. Little change also for USD/CHF while GBP, AUD, NZD,
NEW DELHI: Gold held steady on Thursday as lower US Treasury yields countered a stronger dollar after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s last meeting showed that the central bank is moving towards tapering its asset purchases as soon as this year. The yellow metal traded marginally lower in the domestic market. Fed officials last month
The FOMC minutes for the June meeting confirmed more optimism over the economic outlook. Unwinding of stimulative monetary policy would likely begin earlier than previously anticipated. As the members would begin tapering discussions in coming months, we expect an announcement would be made by end of the year. Meanwhile, the first rate hike could come
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New Delhi: Gold in the national capital on Wednesday dipped marginally by Rs 29 to Rs 46,903 per 10 gram reflecting an overnight fall in global precious metal prices, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 46,932 per 10 grams. Silver also tumbled Rs 762 to Rs
The forex markets are generally range bound as traders await FOMC minutes. The main focus will be on discussions on the timing of tapering, which wasn’t clearly indicated in the statement and economic projections. Dollar’s rise appears to be losing steam as global sentiments stabilized today. DOW futures point to a recovery while S&P 500
The club of AUD/NZD bears is getting crowded indeed, and little wonder after yesterday. NZD developments: And more from NZ today: Meanwhile, in Sydney the RBA tiptoes towards easing with a small change to the QE program: SG comments: no wonder that AUD bulls continued to migrate to the NZD. Not such an enticing balance
NEW DELHI: Gold prices rose on Wednesday, going towards a three-week high scaled in the previous session, helped by a drop in US Treasury yields as investors awaited the minutes of the US Fed‘s June meeting for clues on policy outlook. The yellow metals posted mild gains in domestic markets. All eyes are set on
As widely anticipated, the RBA announced some changes in the monetary policy. The overall tone of the meeting and the policy statement is upbeat about the economic recovery while cautious over the uncertainty and subdued inflation. Policymakers remain optimistic over economic developments. As noted in the meeting, “the outlook for investment has improved and household
Surprise move The US Defense department is cancelling a $10B JEDI contract awarded to Microsoft. The Pentagon says that they seek a new multi-cloud , multi vendor contract. The Pentagon will seek proposals from both Amazon and Microsoft. They added that The JEDI contract now longer meets the requirements of the Dept of Defense capability
By Serene Cheong, Sharon Cho and Anthony Di Paola Saudi Arabia raised oil prices for buyers from Asia to the U.S. for August after OPEC+ talks broke down just as the market was clamoring for more supply. The Saudis, along with Russia, sought over the past week to rally other members around a plan to
Euro drops broadly today following sharp decline in Germany ZEW economic sentiment. Swiss Franc is following down closely too. On the other hand, New Zealand Dollar remains the strongest on RBNZ rate speculations while Australian Dollar follows as support by RBA tapering. Yen and Dollar are mixed, together with Sterling. European stocks are trading mildly
RBA to announce its latest policy decision at 0430 GMT No change is expected to the cash rate so that isn’t going to offer much surprises to the market but keep an eye on the language – especially that on inflation/wages in case. The RBA is to deliberate whether to retain April 2024 bonds as