Most economists expect the Fed to hike rates by 75 bps once again. Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s message on accepting pain to pin down inflation is expected to give a push to the US dollar. The American central bank is set to hike interest rates by 75 basis points for …
Read More »US Pending Home Sales decline in June
Pending Home Sales in the US sharply fell in June. The monthly data published by the National Association of Realtors showed on Wednesday that Pending Home Sales declined by 8.6% on a monthly basis in June following May’s growth of 0.4%. This reading came in much worse than the market …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – Tuesday, July 26
a large amount of speculative interest was paying attention to US bond yields. The yield curve is the most inverted since 2000. 2-year Treasuries are yielding 3.03%, while the 10-year note yields 2.76%. An inverted curve is usually a sign of an upcoming recession. Economic Data Home purchases, in the …
Read More »WTI Unable To Penetrate $100 Level
WTI crude oil lost about 0.83% on Tuesday. The market’s sentiment shifted sour, augmenting appetite for safe-haven assets to the detriment of commodity prices as the US crude oil slides for the first time in this week. WTI traded at $95.51 per barrel following the report after settling down $1.72 …
Read More »Gold turns below $1,720 ahead of Fed’s policy decision
The Gold Index is displaying back and forth moves in a narrow range of $1,713.92-1,721.97 as investors are awaiting the announcement of the fourth consecutive interest rate decision by the Fed. The precious metal has displayed a complete volatility contraction, which indicates that now the monetary policy announcement is the …
Read More »Cryptocurrencies witness more declines
The short-lived crypto rally, according to some analysts, might have been a clever trap to tempt traders in. Bitcoin price is now redirected to the negative territory.Bitcoin price has broken the ascending trend channel, prompting a 25% profit rally since July 13. A breaking news coverage was issued on July …
Read More »Microsoft profits miss expectations
Microsoft shares fell 1% in extended trading on Tuesday after the software maker reported fiscal fourth-quarter results that failed to reach Wall Street consensus.Microsoft’s revenue and income fell short, as did the company’s revenue from Azure and other cloud services. Changing exchange rates and challenges in advertising and the PC …
Read More »Alphabet Earnings Below Expectations
Shares of Alphabet were higher in late trading Tuesday after the Google parent reported earnings that were only slightly worse than expectations and Alphabet shares have lost about a quarter of their value this year.Advertising revenue increased just 12% to $56.3 billion, as marketers reeled in their spending to manage …
Read More »Nasdaq Retreats 2%, Indexes Drop After Walmart Profit Warning
US stocks were sharply lower on Tuesday afternoon, with Nasdaq down more than 2%, as a profit warning by Walmart dragged down retail shares and fueled fears about consumer spending.Walmart shares had fallen 8% after the retailer cut its full-year profit forecast late on Monday. Walmart blamed surging prices for …
Read More »ECB’s de Cos: Eurozone inflation outlook intensified
The European Central Bank’s Pablo Hernández de Cos said that there are risks to the Eurozone inflation outlook that remain on the upside and have intensified, ‘particularly in short term’.de Cos has stated that the risks include lasting deterioration of the economy in the Eurozone, and persistently high energy and …
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