The US dollar slipped on Tuesday from a one-week high against a basket of major counterparts, as sentiment improved in financial markets ahead of the Federal Reserve and Bank of England meetings scheduled for this week. The Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise its key interest rate by 75 …
Read More »Oil rises more than 1% thanks to weak dollar, despite concerns about Covid in China
Oil prices rose more than 1% on Tuesday, paring losses incurred in the previous session, while the dollar slipped to reduce the impact of sweeping restrictions to combat Covid-19 in China, stoking fears of slowing fuel demand in the second-largest crude consumer in the world. the scientist. Brent crude futures …
Read More »Dollar falls as risk appetite improves ahead of Fed meeting
The US dollar slipped again on Tuesday from a one-week high against a basket of its major peers, with traders awaiting the message Federal Reserve officials will deliver at Wednesday’s monetary policy meeting. The dollar index, which measures the US currency against six rival currencies, including the euro, the pound …
Read More »Japan shares close higher thanks to positive corporate profits and Toyota declines
Japanese stocks closed higher on Tuesday, as investors reacted to expectations of some companies for a strong performance, even as Toyota Motor shares fell after the company reported worse-than-expected earnings. The Nikkei average rose 0.33 percent to 27,678.92 points, while the broader Topix gained 0.47 percent to 1,938.50 points. Toyota …
Read More »Gold rises in light of the decline in the dollar and bond yields Ahead of FED meeting
Gold prices rose on Tuesday as the US dollar and bond yields declined, although investors were cautious as markets awaited policy expectations from the Federal Reserve’s two-day meeting starting later Tuesday. And gold rose in immediate trading 0.5% to $ 1641.43 an ounce by 0548 GMT, after earlier touching its …
Read More »Biden calls on oil companies to “stop profiting from war” and threatens them with taxes
US President Joe Biden on Monday called on oil and gas companies to use their record profits to cut costs for Americans and increase production, or pay a higher tax rate, as he struggled to rein in gasoline prices a week before the midterm congressional elections. In remarks at the …
Read More »European natural gas prices fall more than 8% as supply shortage fears subside
European natural gas prices fell during Monday’s trading after two consecutive days of gains, as unusually warm weather curbed demand and eased concerns about a winter supply shortage. Higher temperatures above normal delayed the build-up of gas demand in the European region, allowing storage sites that were already more full …
Read More »OPEC raises its forecast for long-term demand for oil and calls for investments in the sector
An annual forecast report released on Monday showed that OPEC raised its forecast for global oil demand in the medium and longer term, and said that $12.1 trillion in investment is needed until 2045 to meet this demand, despite efforts to shift to clean energy sources. In the report, OPEC …
Read More »Turkish Defense Minister: Suspending the grain agreement will not benefit any party
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Monday that suspending the agreement to export grain from the Black Sea will not benefit any of the parties involved, after Moscow suspended its participation in the initiative. Akar stated that he will hold a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu …
Read More »Eurozone Preliminary Inflation soars 10.7% YoY in October
The annualized Eurozone Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) jumped by 10.7% in October vs. September’s 9.9%, the latest data published by Eurostat showed on Monday. The market forecast was for a 9.8% print. The core figures climbed to 5.0% YoY in October when compared to 4.9% expectations and 4.8% …
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