European stock markets opened higher on Monday, supported by signs of recovery from China, along with the continued corporate earnings season. However, it gave up some of those gains with negative news about COVID-19 cases and tensions between the United States and China. At 06:05 GMT, DAX futures in Germany …
Read More »Dollar Drops Against Most Currencies
The US dollar fell on Monday after investors shunned the US dollar after doubts about the pace of economic recovery and betting that the Federal Reserve may signal another shift in its forecast this week. The US currency fell to a four-month low against the Japanese yen, a 22-month low …
Read More »Gold Hits Record High, Stocks Mixed
The yellow metal rose to all-time high on Monday as relations between the United States and China deteriorated, sparking demand for the safe metal while market sentiment was mixed ahead of more earnings reports. Gold rose 1.6% to a record $ 1.943 an ounce, exceeding its peak in September 2011 …
Read More »China Reports 61 New Covid-19 Cases
The National Health Commission of China said on Monday that it had recorded 61 new infections with the COVID 19 up from 46 the previous day, adding that it had detected the most significant number of local infections with the virus since early March. The commission said the new number …
Read More »Weekly Recap 20-24 July
Tensions between the world’s two largest economies, the United States, and China continues to increase next to increase in the number of new cases of Covid-19, particularly in the United States, all this cast a shadow over the markets as President Trump took some decisions related to China with accusations …
Read More »Daily Recap: Friday, July 24, 2020
The world economy is showing strong signs of recovery, according to recent PMI data from Europe and the US, however, the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the US and escalating political tensions between Washington and Beijing left a toll on stock markets and increased the demand for safe havens. …
Read More »Wall Street Record Weekly Losses
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) settled lower on Friday, recording weekly losses, impacted by the rising tensions between the US and China and the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in many states across the US. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 182.44 points or 0.7% and closed at 26,469.9, …
Read More »WTO: Global Trade Was Hit by COVID-19
A recent report by the World Trade Organization (WTO) showed that global trade was negatively impacted by the restrictions imposed against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The WTO previously estimated an 18% drop in trade around the world during the second quarter (Q2) of 2020. “Although the full impact of the …
Read More »USD Maintains Losses with Rising Safe Haven Demand
The US Dollar (USD) is trading lower against major currencies on Friday, with the market seeing rising demand for safe havens, in light of the escalating tensions between the US and China and the rising number of COVID-19 cases across many countries. The demand for safe haven, evident by gold …
Read More »Oil Resumes Gains Despite Uncertainties
Oil prices closed higher on Friday, ending a week of fluctuations due to a collection of upward and downward factors. From one side, demand seems to be in the recovery phase, hence, the recent OPEC+ agreement to raise output by 2 million barrels per day, in addition to other positive …
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