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Read More »Gold Touches The Extended Bearish Target
Prices of the yellow metal declined significantly during the previous trading session, touching the second official target required to be achieved in the last technical report, at 1761, recording its lowest level at 1761.00. On the technical side today, and by looking at the 4-hour chart, we notice that gold …
Read More »Euro Maintains Bearish Trend
The technical outlook is unchanged, maintaining the negative stability against the dollar, witnessing intraday movements stable below 1.1330. On the technical side, the daily moves of the euro against the US dollar are stable below the resistance level of 1.1380. We notice the negative signs that started appearing on the …
Read More »Wall Street Banks Ponder Crypto-Backed Loans
A number of US banks including Goldman Sachs are considering how to use bitcoin as security for cash loans to institutions.Banks such as Goldman will not touch cryptocurrency spot markets but still tend to synthetic crypto products such as futures. Emulating tri-party repo type arrangements, banks are searching for ways …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 2 Dec. 2021
The outlook for the US economy is still clouded by the emergence of Omicron strain, this may see the US’s renewed lockdown which would benefit the Swiss franc and other safe havens. Optimism is struggling to find its way through uncertainty ahead to global financial markets until Thursday’s session closing. …
Read More »Pre-NFP Support Helps USD/CHF Maintains Calm
USD/CHF found good support at its 200-day moving average for a third consecutive day on Thursday. The pair has been hovering just to the north at close to 0.9180 since Tuesday, during which time it has rolled within a fairly tight 0.9180-0.9220 range. The pair has been going sideways despite …
Read More »CAD Steadies Low Due To Omicron Risks
The Canadian dollar strengthened slightly against its US counterpart on Thursday but held near its lowest level in over two months, as investors assessed the global economic impact of the Omicron coronavirus variant and looked ahead to domestic data.The Canadian dollar was trading 0.1% higher at 1.2807 to the USD, …
Read More »S&P 500 Recovers Amid Unpredictable Market
US equity market conditions remained for the most part uneven and unpredictable on Thursday and the S&P 500, which sold off sharply into the Wednesday closing the session under the 21-day moving average in the 4510s, bounced in early Thursday trade and now trades nearly 1.7% higher on the day …
Read More »US Shares Rise After Omicron-Driven Selloff
Stocks jumped Thursday, continuing a unrestrained week for markets driven by uncertainty about the potential impact of the Omicron strain on public health and the economic recovery.Shares rose, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones more than recouping Wednesday’s losses as of late afternoon. All 11 sectors of the S&P …
Read More »Jobs Data, Fed Speakers Push T-Yields Higher
US Treasury yields jumped higher on Thursday as investors returned to attractive riskier assets and Federal Reserve officials talked up a quicker end to the central bank’s bond purchases.The benchmark 10-year yield , which had fallen to as low as 1.409% earlier in the session, was last 2 basis points …
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