According to a report released by the Statistics Canada on Tuesday, Canadian Retail Sales rose 1.6% MoM in October, more than the expected 1.0% rise and a sharp acceleration from September’s 0.6% MoM decline. To be updated…
Read More »The Turkish Lira Rises 25% Against The Dollar, But Then Fell Slightly
The Turkish lira jumped from very low levels, which it started trading yesterday, but quickly rebounded after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan introduced measures to protect savings in the local currency from such fluctuations. Under Erdogan’s plan, his government promised to guarantee deposits in lira, sending the currency up by …
Read More »Gold is Trapped in a Narrow Range
Gold prices remained in a narrow range during trading today, Tuesday, as the weak dollar faced a slight improvement in risk sentiment, while the high incidence of infection due to the Coronavirus “Omicron” remains a source of concern for investors. Spot gold rose 0.1% to $1,791.73 an ounce, while US …
Read More »Market Drivers – Asian Session 21-12-2021
This morning, the People’s Bank of China set the yuan’s exchange rate against the US dollar at 6.3729 yuan per dollar. At the same time, expectations were for the Chinese yuan to stabilize against the dollar at 6.3711 yuan per dollar, and it closed yesterday at 6.3933. Gold fell in …
Read More »European Shares Rise After Heavy Selling in The Previous Session
European stock prices rose on Tuesday after a massive sell-off in the previous session, with a jump in shares of commodity-related companies offsetting concerns about the spread of the coronavirus mutated omicron. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.9 percent by 0821 GMT, with mining and oil stocks leading the …
Read More »Consumer Confidence in Turkey Fell to a Record Low in December
Turkish consumer confidence fell 3.1 percent to 68.9 points in December, official data showed on Tuesday, hitting its lowest level since records began in 2004. Confidence fell to its lowest level last year due to the Coronavirus pandemic, before the rally that began in October of this year. A confidence …
Read More »Turkish Lira Rises 7%
The Turkish lira rose 7 percent on Tuesday after a historic rebound of 25 percent on Monday from record lows, after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unveiled a plan he said would protect local currency deposits from market volatility. The currency fell and then rose in turbulent trading to record 12.21 …
Read More »Dollar Settled And High-Risk Currencies Decline Due to Omicron’s Fears
Currencies including the Australian dollar and the British pound fell on Monday amid fears that further restrictions may be imposed in Europe to contain the mutated Omicron from the coronavirus. Investors shifted their focus to the potential impact of the rapid spread of the new mutation after the Netherlands imposed …
Read More »OPEC + Compliance to Cut Production Rose to 117% in November
A report indicated that the compliance of “OPEC+” with the agreement to cut production in November amounted to 117%, which is a level higher than the 116% recorded in the previous October. These data indicate that the Group’s production levels are still below the agreed targets. The sources also told …
Read More »The Turkish Lira Fell to a New Low
The price of the US dollar rose against the Turkish lira by about 6% in today’s transactions, to record the Turkish currency’s new low at 17.41 lira to the dollar. The prices of the Turkish currency are affected as a result of the inflation that Turkey is currently witnessing, which …
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