Canada’s currency slides to 2-month low on risk aversion, so, the Canadian dollar weakens 0.4% against its American counterpart. The current level touches its weakest since July 14 at 1.3214. The decline comes on Thursday as oil prices fell and the prospect of aggressive tightening by the Fed’s next meeting …
Read More »Solo intervention cannot stop Yen’s sharp declines
Japan has got a long history of interventions to stop the yen from falling. Efforts to stop the yen’s sharp falls through unilateral market intervention could only have a limited impact according to a senior member of the country’s ruling party as data showed the Yen’s latest drop is blowing …
Read More »Bitcoin, Ethereum prices drop after monumental Merge
Uncertainty prevails Bitcoin price action as Ethereum trends downward despite the successful Merge as Bitcoin price trades below $20K, while Ethereum price drops 8%. The most famous cryptocurrency in the world is spending a second day threatening $20,000 support on September 15 as markets celebrate the Ethereum’s Merge.The largest cryptocurrency …
Read More »Happy Merge Fails to trigger Ethereum Rally to $2,000.
As of Thursday, September 15, Ethereum has finally become a “proof-of-stake protocol” following the much-awaited Merge.Ethereum price may reverse the trend to the upside if support at $1,500 stays intact. Ethereum price is fighting to find footing after slipping below $1,600. The last few days have seen the newest proof-of-stake …
Read More »EUR/USD restores parity despite dovish remarks by ECB officials
The EUR/USD pair is seesawing around parity after mixed ECB official signals. The positive US Retail Sales confirms the case of the Fed’s going for a 75 bps interest hike.ECB official Mario Centeno expressed that the central bank should take “as small steps as possible.” The EUR/USD is positive in …
Read More »Soaring US Treasury Drag Wall Street Lower
The New York Stock Exchange started trading Thursday in a bearish trend, generally impacted by soaring US Treasury bond yields at the beginning of the current session’s trading.The US stock exchange indices fell to lower levels compared to the positive closing achieved last Wednesday, which came as a result of …
Read More »EUR/USD faces danger of dipping further towards 0.95
The EUR/USD continues to move sideways around the parity level ahead of next week’s FOMC meeting. The risks on the EUR/USD are tilted to the downside and they warn it could drop to 0.95.The insecurely position of growth in the Eurozone in the coming months may mean that higher short-term …
Read More »Gold Deteriorates To Two Year Lows Below $1670
Gold and silver prices were lower in early U.S. trading Thursday, with gold falling to a seven-week low hitting $1667 per ounce versus Wednesday’s closing price at $1696.79. The soaring US dollar index along with rising Treasury yields and some hotter US inflation data, have all combined to keep gold …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 14/09/2022
The US dollar that fell to the 109.257 low, but did not stay down for long on Wednesday, the Dollar Index rallied back to test the 109.70s in New York. Technically, the index is on course for the 109.90s again ahead of what is expected to be a hawkish Fed’s …
Read More »Oil Gains on US PPI, EIA data
Crude oil market is busy digesting latest signals on the level of growth demand. Volatility has brought about oil prices gain of 1% on Wednesday. The latest signals include US crude inventory data, inflation indicatiors and the impact of China’s COVID lockdowns. As of 3:33 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Brent …
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