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Gold fell on Wednesday, August 25, as the dollar rose, while investors awaiting a speech by Jerome Powell, President of the US Federal Reserve, to obtain indications about the monetary strategy, but concerns about the global economy, which is hit by the Coronavirus pandemic, kept prices above the level of …

Brent crude prices rose on Wednesday, August 26th, supported by US producers halting most of the offshore production from the Gulf of Mexico before Hurricane Laura and optimism about Sino-US trade talks. Gains were limited by renewed fears about the Coronavirus pandemic, which reduced demand for fuel after reports of …

Data from the American Petroleum Institute showed that inventories of both crude oil and gasoline in the United States recorded a larger-than-expected decline last week, while distillate stocks rose. Crude inventories fell by 4.5 million barrels in the week to August 21 to about 507.5 million barrels, while analysts had …

The US Department of the Interior said that oil producers stopped pumping 1.56 million barrels per day, or 84% of daily production, from US offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of a hurricane expected to hit the region this week. Hurricane Laura is heading north in the central …

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has set the yuan reference rate at 6.9079 versus Tuesday’s fix at 6.9183.

According to the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude oil futures for October were traded at $43.35 a barrel, up 0.00%. It was previously traded lower at $43.23 a barrel. Crude oil may find support at $41.46 and resistance at $43.56. The dollar index, which measures the performance of the greenback …

CME Group’s preliminary readings for Natural Gas futures markets noted open interest shrunk by almost 4.5K contracts on Tuesday, reaching the second drop in a row at the same time. Volume, in the same direction, went down for the second consecutive session, now by nearly 44.8K contracts.

According to the COMEX, gold futures were traded for December at $ 1931.50 per ounce, down 0.44%. It previously traded at a session low$ 1929.70 an ounce. Gold may find points of support at $ 1916.60 and resistance at $ 1970.30. The dollar index, which measures the performance of the …

FX option expiries for Aug 26 NY cut at 10:00 Eastern Time, via DTCC, can be found below. – EUR/USD: EUR amounts 1.1775 792m1.1830 689m – GBP/USD: GBP amounts         1.3150 385m  – USD/JPY: USD amounts          105.00 3.2bn105.40 839m105.50 383m105.75 1.1bn106.00 1.1bn106.15 420m106.50 399m106.60 570m107.03 1.3bn107.10 394m – AUD/USD: AUD amounts 0.7250 732m …

Estimates by the American Petroleum Institute (API) showed on Tuesday that crude oil inventories in the United States decreased by 4.5 million barrels last week. This would be the fifth consecutive weekly decline in US crude oil stockpiles, amid output disruptions in the Gulf of Mexico due to Hurricane Laura.