The pair traded in a tight range to start the week, attempting to keep the short-term uptrend intact. Technical outlook SMAs/structure: Price holds above the simple moving averages, reinforcing a constructive bias. Momentum: Intraday RSI shows positive divergence, hinting at building upside momentum. Base case (bullish, confirmation needed) Above 1.1580 …

Canada’s annual inflation cooled to 2.2% in October, helped by cheaper gasoline, slower grocery inflation and the first sub-3% reading for mortgage interest costs in more than three years, Statistics Canada said Monday. On a month-over-month basis, CPI rose 0.2%, matching forecasts. Economists had looked for 2.1% year over year …

Crude prices eased Monday, giving back part of Friday’s surge after tanker-tracking data showed Russia’s Novorossiysk port had resumed crude loadings, tempering immediate fears of a supply shock. Brent (Jan) down 0.7% to $63.97/bbl WTI down 0.7% to $59.52/bbl (04:35 ET) Supply scare fades—but risk linger remains Friday’s 2%+ rally …

Bitcoin trimmed part of its slide on Monday but stayed under pressure, with fading expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut next month and nerves ahead of long-delayed U.S. data keeping buyers cautious. The world’s largest cryptocurrency last traded 0.7% lower at $95,101, after touching $93,043 in the past 24 …

European equities drifted lower at the open on Monday, with investors uneasy about global growth and bracing for a pivotal earnings update from AI bellwether Nvidia later this week. At 03:02 ET (08:02 GMT), Germany’s DAX was little changed, France’s CAC 40 slipped 0.1%, and the U.K.’s FTSE 100 fell …

Gold fell in Asian trading Monday, extending last week’s pullback as traders further priced out the likelihood of a Federal Reserve rate cut next month and the U.S. dollar nudged higher. Spot gold: $4,053.84/oz (-0.6%) by 00:33 ET Dec futures: $4,055.91/oz (-0.9%) Policy repricing pressures bullion A swift reset in …

Asian equities edged lower Monday, with Japanese shares under pressure after data showed the economy shrank sharply in the third quarter, while caution ahead of Nvidia’s results kept a lid on risk appetite. U.S. equity futures firmed, hinting at a potential rebound on Wall Street after a choppy start to …

U.S. equity futures edged lower Friday, extending the prior session’s sharp selloff as investors reassessed the likelihood of a December Federal Reserve rate cut and continued to rotate out of high-valuation technology names. At 10:30 GMT, Dow Jones futures fell about 0.1% (-60 pts), S&P 500 futures slipped 0.2% (-12 …

Gold advanced in Asian trading on Friday, drawing support from haven demand as investors weighed a murkier U.S. economic outlook, even as fading bets on a Federal Reserve cut in December capped the rally. Spot prices rose 0.4% to $4,187.43/oz by 05:24 GMT, while December futures eased slightly to $4,190.75/oz. …

Bitcoin fell below the six-figure mark on Friday, mirroring a broader risk-off move as traders sharply reduced bets on a Federal Reserve rate cut in December and institutional inflows stayed sparse. By 05:00 GMT, Bitcoin (BTC) was down 4.2% at $97,795, after touching an intraday low of $96,866—its weakest level …