Shares of Whirlpool rose 2% after the home appliance company beat on profit estimates in its second quarter. Whirlpool reported earnings of $5.97 per share, beating consensus estimates of $5.24 per share.The company’s net loss margin of (7.3)% and GAAP loss per diluted share of $(6.62) was a result of …
Read More »Embracing Google Pay Means Faster Payments In Crypto Space
Crypto.com announced that Google Pay is eventually been added as a payment method on its application for faster and more secure payments. Since the announcement of suspension of Netflix and Spotify benefits on its Visa card, the platform was criticized on social media. Users can now make faster, more efficient …
Read More »S&P 500 ends US session flat as investors eye FOMC, earnings
The S&P 500 seesawed on Monday and ended close to unchanged as investors girded for an expected rate hike at Fed’s meeting, this week and earnings from several large-cap growth companies.The Nasdaq ended lower, and S&P 500 technology and consumer discretionary led declines among major S&P sectors. The energy sector …
Read More »EUR/USD consolidates ahead of Fed’s decision
The EUR/USD pair holds within the familiar ranges ahead of the most awaited event this week, namely the FOMC meeting whereas the IFO German business sentiment is at its lowest level in more than two years.At 1.0223, the EUR/USD pair is alternating with the beginning of the week ahead of …
Read More »WTI advances towards $96.50 ahead of API-report, Fed meeting
WTI crude oil snaps three successive days of losses and rises despite US data showing the US economy is slowing down.A US recession-linked concerns and subsequent China’s Covid-19 lockdowns do sharply weigh on WTI price direction. WTI crude rose 1.40% on Monday as US equities gain, portraying an upbeat market …
Read More »US equities surge in a big earnings week
The Dow Jones Index surged on Monday as investors braced for a Fed meeting during the week and earnings from some of the biggest companies to measure the impact of the stronger dollar and soaring inflation, while the Nasdaq slipped as technology firms fell.The Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) was …
Read More »OPEC+ 2.84 Million Bpd Below Oil Output Target
The OPEC+ group had a huge deficit of 2.84 million barrels per day (bpd) in June between actual output and the target oil output level as part of the deal, so, the gap between nameplate output per the agreement and actual output continues to widen. OPEC+ pumped more than 2.5 …
Read More »AUD/USD climbs on soft US data
The AUD/USD advances towards solid resistance around the 0.6970-90 area. Weak US economic activity and manufacturing data reported on Monday increase the chances of a US recession.The AUD/USD climbs during the North American session but faces solid resistance around the 50-day EMA around 0.6971, amidst an upbeat market mood, with …
Read More »Gold drops toward $1710 as market sentiment deteriorates
Gold turns negative as market sentiment deteriorates. The Gold Index slides below $1720, rejected again from above $1730. Meanwhile, the US Dollar recovers momentum, erases losses.Gold prices failed to hold to gains on Monday, hit after Gazprom’s announcement that will slow flows on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, triggering a …
Read More »Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index plunges below expectations
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index sharply fell again in July. The US Dollar Index received the news by trimming daily losses, and rises to 106.50. The headline General Business Activity Index of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’s Manufacturing Survey plunged to -22.6 in July from -17.7 in June. This reading …
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