Gold April futures contracts on MCX witnessed a surge this week amid safe-haven buying due to heightened US tariff concerns, striking a new all-time high of Rs 82,357/10 gram on Friday, opening higher by 0.37% or Rs 306. Meanwhile, silver March futures contracts were trading at Rs 93,686/kg, up by 0.26% or Rs 240, trading
FOMC rate decision and press conference yesterday proved to be a non-event. Dollar remained firm following the decision to keep interest rates unchanged at 4.25–4.50%. Fed Chair Jerome Powell reinforced a patient approach to policy adjustments, stating, “we do not need to be in a hurry to adjust our policy stance.” He also emphasized the
The Frankfurt skyline at dusk on a November day. Helmut Fricke | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The German economy shrank by 0.2% quarter-on-quarter in the three months ending in December, according to preliminary data released by Germany’s statistics office Destatis on Thursday. The figure is adjusted for price, calendar and seasonal variations. Analysts polled
Apple defied the doom and gloom that had been building for weeks. Shares rose roughly 3% Thursday evening after the tech giant reported a slightly better-than-expected quarter. More importantly, guidance for revenue growth in the March quarter was much better feared. Revenue in Apple’s fiscal 2025 first quarter, which ended in December, grew 10% year-over-year
FX option expiries for Jan 31 NY cut at 10:00 Eastern Time via DTCC can be found below. EUR/USD: EUR amounts 1.0200 1.7b 1.0250 837m 1.0300 3.1b 1.0350 1b 1.0375 973m 1.0400 2.8b 1.0450 3.1b 1.0500 1.9b GBP/USD: GBP amounts 1.2475 597m USD/JPY: USD amounts 154.00 795m 154.75 850m 155.00 1.4b 155.35 665m USD/CHF: USD
The AUD/USD has been choppy and non-trending over the past few days, but the overall control remains with the sellers. The bearish bias stems from the pair breaking below the 200-hour moving average earlier this week and consistently staying below it on both Tuesday and Wednesday (see green line on the chart). Recent Price Action:
US GDP numbers today showed an expansion of 2.3% q/q annualized in Q4, below consensus expectations of 2.6% and last quarter’s 3.1% increase. That puts annual growth at 2.5%, which is solid and matches the Fed’s expectations but it’s not blockbuster. The real takeaway is the consumer with spending up 4.2% q/q annualized, beating expectations
– Oil prices were little changed in early trading on Thursday, as markets watched for tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump on Mexico and Canada, the two largest suppliers of crude oil to United States. Brent crude futures rose 7 cents, or 0.1%, at $76.71 a barrel by 0122 GMT. U.S. crude futures climbed 17
Euro is trading slightly higher following the ECB’s widely expected 25bps rate cut, though the move lacks strong momentum. In her post-meeting press conference, President Christine Lagarde reinforced the bank’s “gradual easing path”. She stated that a larger 50bps cut was not even considered today, making it clear that an aggressive rate-cutting cycle is off
U.S. economic growth slowed a bit more than expected in the final three months of 2024, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. Gross domestic product, a measure of all the goods and services produced across the sprawling U.S. economy during the period, showed that the economy accelerated at a 2.3% annualized inflation-adjusted pace in the fourth
Shares of Club name Dover jumped Thursday, as a strong profitability outlook for the year ahead outshined some blemishes in the industrial conglomerate’s fourth-quarter results. The report solidified Dover’s place in our portfolio. Revenue in the fourth quarter rose 1.3% year over year, to $1.93 billion, short versus the $1.95 billion the Street was looking
IBM stock rose as much as 13% on Thursday, its best intraday price action in more than a decade. IBM reported Q4 adjusted EPS of $3.92, 14 cents ahead of expectations. AI bookings rose $2 billion QoQ in the fourth quarter. Multiple analysts raised their price targets on IBM, impressed by guidance for 2025 FCF. International
The AUDUSD felt lower yesterday and for the most part stay below the 200 hour moving average (green line currently at 0.62597). In the early Asian session, the price sniffed that moving average, but still remained below. The Austrian CPI came lower than expectations: Headline CPI: +2.4% y/y (expected 2.5%, prior 2.8%). Headline CPI: +0.2%
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Gold April futures contracts at MCX surged above the Rs 81k mark, making a new all-time high of Rs 81,1128/10 grams in Thursday’s intraday trade, gaining 0.31% or Rs 254. On Wednesday, the contracts for April delivery climbed Rs 199, or 0.2%, to hit a fresh peak of Rs 81,098 per 10 grams for the
Forex markets are trading with a mild risk-off tone in a relatively quiet day so far, with many Asian markets closed for Lunar New Year holiday. Safe-haven currencies, including Yen, Swiss Franc, and Dollar, are holding firm, while commodity-linked currencies are on the weaker side. However, there is little follow-through momentum, with traders hesitant to
Economy and Climate Action Minister and Greens Party chancellor candidate Robert Habeck arrives for the weekly federal government cabinet meeting on January 29, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images The German government on Wednesday slashed its gross domestic product forecast to just 0.3% growth in 2025. “The diagnosis
A Shell logo is displayed on May 03, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images British oil giant Shell on Thursday reported a significant drop in annual profit following a year of lower crude prices. Shell posted adjusted earnings of $23.72 billion for the full-year 2024, compared to annual
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