UPCOMING EVENTS: Monday: China Caixin Services PMI, Eurozone PPI, Canada Services PMI, US ISM Services PMI. Tuesday: Japan Wage data, RBA Policy Decision, Eurozone Retail Sales, New Zealand Jobs data. Wednesday: Switzerland Unemployment Rate. Thursday: China Inflation data, US Jobless Claims. Friday: US Annual CPI revision, Canada Jobs data. Monday The US ISM Services PMI
Oil prices fell on Wednesday, pressured by lacklustre economic activity in leading crude importer China, but a first monthly gain since September remained in sight as flaring tensions in the Middle East heightened supply concerns. Brent crude futures for March, which expire today, fell 90 cents, or about 1.1%, to $81.97 a barrel by 1530
In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg attends the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2024. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Meta will report fourth-quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday. Here’s what analysts surveyed by LSEG,
Share: META swings to 20% gain after Q4 earnings beat on Friday. Meta Platforms raised its Q1 guidance range to as much as $37 billion. US Nonfarm Payrolls come in hot for January, reducing chance of March rate cut. Mark Zuckerberg introduces $50 billion buyback policy, $0.50 quarterly dividend. Meta Platforms (META) stock closed up 20.3%
The NZDUSD moved sharply lower on the USD buying after the better than expected jobs data. In doing so, the price of the pair has moved below it 200 day moving average or 0.6087, and the 50% midpoint of the move up from the October low the December high. That level comes in at 0.60716.
The banking worries in the US this week were triggered by: New York Community Bancorp cutting its dividend on higher capital rules and commercial strain A Japanese bank reporting unexpected losses on US commercial real estate Deutsche Bank highlighting losses on US commercial real estate Despite all the economic data this week, it was those
The value of Edelweiss Mutual Fund’s Gold and Silver Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Fund of Fund (FoF) unexpectedly plunged 6.93% on Thursday. The fund house said the drop in the Net Asset Value (NAV) of scheme, which invests 50% of its corpus each in Gold and Silver ETFs, following an erroneous trade in the Gold
In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks at the Bloomberg Technology Summit in San Francisco on June 8, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon is slated to report fourth-quarter earnings Thursday after the closing bell. Here’s what analysts are projecting: Earnings per share:
Share: The NZD/USD showed a strong downward swing, falling near the 0.6060 level. US Nonfarm Payrolls added 353K jobs in January surpassing by a wide margin the expectations. The bets of a rate cut in March sharply declined and markets pushed the start of the easing to May. In Friday’s trading session, the NZD/USD took
The price of crude oil isn’t selling at $72.28. That’s down $-1.54 or -2.09%. The low for the day was at $71.79. The high for the day was at $74.52. The price decline comes despite the stronger-than-expected US jobs report and other reports that Biden has decided on a counterattack plan in retaliation for the
It sucks to be Amazon and have to take a backseat when your stock soars by 7.67% on the day. However, it was Meta and Mark Zuckerberg’s day to roar, and roar they did. Share’s of Meta moved up $80.21 or 20.32% after beating expectations, announcing a first ever dividend, and announcing a $50B buyback
Despite gold prices reaching new highs in 2023, silver – which is often called the sister metal of gold ended flat in the international markets. It started well in the first quarter, but multiple catalysts affected its fundamental outlook and suppressed prices in a tight range throughout the previous year. But in the domestic market,
This past week in the financial markets has been nothing short of a rollercoaster, with Dollar clinching the title of the strongest currency amidst considerable volatility. The narrative that dominated was the dissipating likelihood of a March rate cut by Fed. But at the same time, investor sentiment took an unexpectedly optimistic turn, propelling stock
In this article CVX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Chevron gas station sign is shown on October 23, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Chevron said its fourth-quarter profits fell sharply from a year ago, weighed down by a number of impairment charges, but the second largest U.S. oil company
Share: The DXY rose by more than 0.80% to 103.90 on Friday US Nonfarm Payrolls came in higher than expected for January. US bond yields are sharply increasing as markets push to May the start of the easing cycle. The US Dollar (USD) rose to 103.90 on Friday’s Dollar Index (DXY) chart, mainly fueled by
For those who have seen my daily posts/videos on the GBPUSD (any of them), the pair has been trading in an up-and-down trading range going back to December 14. That range is between 1.2600 and 1.2800. Today, the price moved sharply lower after the stronger US jobs report, and the price move to a lower
The week ended with a bang as the US jobs data came much stronger than expectations. Non-farm payroll rose by 353K much higher than the 180K estimate (and the ADP rise of 107K released earlier this week). T Unemployment rate came in at 3.7% versus 3.8% expected Average yearly earnings rose by 0.6% versus 0.3%
Oil prices rose in early trade on Friday following a decision by OPEC+ to keep its oil output policy unchanged, clawing back some losses from the previous trading session triggered by unsubstantiated ceasefire reports between Israel and Hamas. Brent crude futures rose 50 cents, or 0.6%, to $79.20 a barrel at 0155 GMT, while U.S.