A Reuters Tankan survey of business confidence on Tuesday showed that Japanese manufacturers were less pessimistic in August than they had been in at least four months, but indicated only a slow recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. This highlights the mammoth task that policymakers face to pull the economy out …

Gold prices rose 1% to surpass the $ 2,000 mark on Tuesday, August 18, in light of the decline of the US currency to its lowest level in more than two years, and dealers ’focus on the minutes of the latest meeting of the US Federal Reserve scheduled for release …

The US dollar fell against a basket of major currencies for the fifth consecutive trading session Tuesday, August 18th, approaching its lowest level in two years under pressure from low bond yields and gloomy economic data in the US. The dollar has registered gains over the years, but the Coronavirus …

Oil prices maintained most of last night’s gains, Tuesday, August 18, after the OPEC + group said that members had almost fully committed to the agreed production cuts to support prices amid a decline in fuel demand due to the Coronavirus pandemic. By 07:02 GMT, Brent crude was down 18 …

European stocks fell on Tuesday, August 18, as investors feared the escalation of US-Chinese tensions and the return of Coronavirus cases, which affected shares of companies sensitive to the economic cycle. The European Stoxx600 index fell 0.5% at 07:13 GMT, as banking, energy, insurance and auto stocks fell between 0.8 …

The Nikkei benchmark closed lower on Tuesday, August 18th, pulling away from the six-month peak it touched last week, as global political uncertainty led to risk aversion among investors. Nikkei lost 0.2% to 23,051.08 points, away from Friday’s 23,338 peak, the highest level since late February. The broader TOPIX index …

Traders increased their open interest positions in Gold futures markets by almost 3.5K contracts at the beginning of the week, according to flash data from CME Group. Volume, in the same line, reversed three consecutive pullbacks and went up by around 57.4K contracts. Gold now targets the 2020 topsPrices of …

Ahead of the OPEC and its allies (OPEC+) JMMC meeting scheduled on Wednesday, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak was tested positive for coronavirus. However, the Russian media suggested that the minister will participate in the OPEC+ meeting online, via a video link.

CME Group’s advanced prints for Natural Gas futures markets saw open interest shrinking by around 6.3K contracts at the beginning of the week after two builds in a row. In addition, volume extended the erratic performance and went down by around 288.3K contracts. Natural Gas met resistance around $2.40/MMBtuPrices of …

The dollar fell while commodity currencies rose Monday (August 17th) as investors welcomed the delay in reviewing the US-China trade agreement without compromising it. Early transactions in London witnessed limited movements in light of a state of caution following weak data and uncertainty at the beginning of a week that …