The EUR/USD pair dropped further and printed a fresh three-day low during the American session at 1.1026 as the US dollar gained momentum. The bias remains to the downside with the pair set to keep trimming weekly gains.The US dollar strengthened after the beginning of the American session as market …

The euro tumbled on Thursday as investors fretted about rising EU-Russia economic tensions after Russian President Vladimir Putin doubled down on a demand that European nations pay for Russian gas in roubles, exacerbating fears that Russia might block energy exports to the EU bloc. This, coupled with a generalized paring …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday said ”the situation in the south and the Donbas region remained extremely difficult and reiterated that Russia was building up forces near the besieged city of Mariupol.”“There will be battles ahead. We still need to go down a very difficult path to get everything …

May contracts concluded for the prompt month for New York Mercantile Exchange natural gas futures opened with a bang Wednesday, rising 27.5 cents day/day and settling at $5.605/MMBtu while June futures gained 27.7 cents to $5.658.After slumping to start the week, natural gas futures regained momentum similar to last week’s …

Gold has been on the front foot since the European morning, bouncing from the $1920 level into the $1940s. A ramping up of energy-related tensions between EU nations and Russia plus risk-off flows have benefitted the precious metal.The gold price is currently in a phase of consolidation ahead of the …

Friday’s awaited report will be the final NFP data immediately before the next Fed meeting in early May, where traders are currently split between expecting a 25bps and a 50bps rate hike.It is like a problematic monetary policy riddle; how can a central bank raise interest rates, but be further …

February marked the seventh straight month in which inflation outpaced income, raising doubts about consumer spending stamina, explained analysts at Wells Fargo commenting personal income and spending data released on Thursday. Even with inflation at a 40-year high, the 0.4% drop in real spending in February might be overstating the …

Risk-off flows in European equities coupled with downside in Eurozone yields weighed heavily on EUR/JPY on Thursday. The pair was last trading down 1.0% in the 154.50 area, a sharp reversal from intra-day highs closer to 157.00.A sharp drop in Eurozone yields coupled with downside in major European equity bourses …

US equities are recording losses in the North American session as Wall Street is about to finish March on a lower note. The S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite are falling between 0.30% and 0.43%, each one sitting at 4,576.32, 35075.94, and 15,014.01 respectivelyObviously, a …

Global stocks fell on Thursday as recession concerns and the Russian-Ukranian war curbed demand for risky assets, while oil prices plunged over $5 on news that the United States may release some of its emergency oil reserves.With Thursday’s drop, US and European stocks are set for their worst quarterly performance …