Share: Australian Dollar consolidates with a positive bias ahead of US Nonfarm Payrolls. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index rose to new record highs, following a tech-led rally on Wall Street overnight. Fed Chair Powell reiterated that the central bank could initiate rate cuts at some point this year. The Australian Dollar (AUD) attempts to continue its
S&P index extends to a new all-time high The S&P index is on pace to close at a new all-time high closing level. That level comes in at 5137.07. The current price is trading at 5148.30 up 43.5 points or 0.86%. The high price today reached 5155.37 reaching a new intraday high price. Drilling down
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Oil prices slipped on Thursday as expectations that U.S. interest rate cuts could be delayed capped gains, though upbeat Chinese trade data augured well for demand in the world’s top oil importer. Brent crude futures were down 58 cents or 0.7% to $82.38 a barrel by 1417 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures
Euro dips notably following ECB’s decision to maintain interest rates unchanged, coupled with downward revision in its inflation forecast. Specifically, ECB now anticipates that headline inflation will return to its target by 2025 and drop below 2% in 2026. However, the common currency found some footing during President Christine Lagarde’s press conference. Lagarde highlighted ECB’s
A workers stocks the shelves in a CVS pharmacy store on February 07, 2024 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Job growth in the U.S. likely decelerated in February while still a long way from stall speed as companies continue to keep up demand for workers. When the Labor Department releases the nonfarm
In this article GPS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A general view of an Old Navy store. Gap Inc. Gap’s largest banner Old Navy returned to growth for the first time in more than a year during its holiday quarter as the retailer delivered earnings on Thursday that came in well ahead of Wall
Share: EUR/JPY plummets to 161.00 as the ECB keeps lending rates unchanged at 4.5% as expected. The ECB has revised down inflation forecasts and near-term growth projections. Investors see the BoJ exiting dovish rate stance sooner. The EUR/JPY pair witnesses an intense sell-off, falling to 161.00 in Thursday’s early New York session. The asset drops
USD JPY The BoJ kept its monetary policy unchanged as expected at the last meeting with interest rates at -0.10% and the 10 year JGB yield target at 0% with 1% as a reference cap. The Japanese CPI beat expectations although all measures eased further from the prior readings. The latest Unemployment Rate remained unchanged
The ECB policy meeting decision later is going to be a dud. There’s almost no doubts about that really. The central bank is not in a position to cut rates just yet and so, they can’t really force such a communication in their policy statement in case inflation developments don’t go according to plan in
Gold has turned dearer by more than Rs 2,800 per 10 grams led by a six-session rally. The yellow metal hit a fresh 52-week high of Rs 65,525 on Thursday, surpassing a key resistance level of Rs 65,500 within hours of its opening. The recent surge in yellow metal in the domestic and international markets
Dollar fell sharply overnight and the broad-based decline extended into Asian session today. Some analysts attributed this selloff to Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s commentary during his Congressional testimony. Powell’s mention of needing “a little bit more data” before contemplating rate cuts has ignited a wave of speculation among investors and analysts alike, interpreting this statement
Yousef Gamal El-Din | CNBC Egypt’s pound hit a record low against the dollar on Wednesday after its central bank hiked interest rates by 600 points and devalued the currency. The steps were meant to facilitate an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, which is expected to confirm the extension of its current $3 billion
Shares of Teleperformance plunged 20% on Thursday, after the French call center and office services group missed its full-year revenue target and flagged a “volatile economic environment.” Investors have been spooked by the potential impact of artificial intelligence on its business model, as companies become more able to tap into the technology directly for their
Share: Australia’s trade surplus widened to 11,027M MoM in February versus 11,500M expected and 10,743M in the previous reading, according to the latest Aussie foreign trade data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Thursday. Further details reveal that Australia’s December Goods/Services Exports reprint 1.6% figures on a monthly basis versus 1.8% prior. The
The buyers have plowed into the AUDUSD today. The low to high trading range is around 90 pips which is near double the 22-day average (month of trading) of 47 pips. That range is the 4th largest for the year, and the largest since February 13. So it is something to shout about. The move
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Gold prices edged lower on Wednesday but held above the $2,100 an ounce level, after rising bets for a June U.S. interest rate cut propelled bullion to a record peak in the previous session, ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold edged down 0.2% at $2,124.46 per ounce, as of