Asian markets closed today’s trading up across the board, with the exception of Hong Kong’s Hang Seng, which edged down 0.24% while Japan’s Nikkei rose 0.19%, China’s Shanghai Composite gained 0.32%, India’s Sensex advanced 0.70%, and South Korea’s KOSPI finished trading up 0.84%. Taiwan’s equity markets are closed today to …
Read More »US Shares Await Further Gains Despite Geopolitical Concerns
Geopolitical tensions between Russia and the West, including the Ukrainian crisis, have greatly escalated during last week. Although the current crisis will likely mark the inauguration of a new security formula for Europe and the United States, economists at Citibank still have confidence in the financial markets. Economists believe that …
Read More »Weekly Recap – 21-25 February
Unless Moscow rolls back Russian troops shortly, which still seems doubtful, risk-on appetite in markets is believed not to continue for longer.Speculations tend to support the view that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will slow the planned pace of US Fed’s quantitative tightening which is awaited mid-March.Investors and consumers are monitoring …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 25 February
Markets stayed relatively quiet early Friday and the DXY extends its corrective slide as investors braced for another turbulent day. Economic Data Wall Street stocks were positively driven by economic data, which highlighted the rise of durable goods orders in the United States to double the level of market expectations. …
Read More »China abstains instead of veto at UN Security Council
Russia vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution on Friday that would have deplored Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, while China abstained from the vote; a move western countries view as a win for showing Russia’s international isolation.The United Arab Emirates and India also abstained from the vote on the US …
Read More »Brent, WTI Back To Pre-Invasion Levels
Both Brent and WTI crude oil benchmarks slipped back to pre-invasion levels on Friday afternoon, dashing the predictions of some that the oil markets would see apocalyptic pricing.As Russia moved into Ukraine on Thursday by land, air, and sea, crude oil prices shot up in an already volatile oil market. …
Read More »What US Consumer Spending Tells About Economy Status
US consumer spending Rose by 2.1% in January and Inflation accelerated amid Omicron wave. Commerce Department’s inflation gauge rose 6.1% from a year earlier. As Russia’s attack on Ukraine helps push the price of oil to over $100 a barrel for the first time since 2014. Here’s how rising oil …
Read More »AUD/USD Surges Back As Risk Appetite Rebounds
The AUD/USD pair saw an ultra-impressive rebound on Friday, with the pair rallying back into the mid-0.7200s despite ongoing uncertainty about the European geopolitical landscape and the global economy as fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces in Ukraine intensified. The pair currently trades in the 0.7330s, up roughly 1.0% on …
Read More »Gold Retreats Amid Risk-on Market Mood
the Gold Index (XAU/USD} is set to end the week with losses after reaching a daily high at $1974.48 on Thursday. Breaking news that Russia would be open to sit down and talk with the Ukrainian Government, increased appetite for riskier assets.The news about potential talks was the detriment of …
Read More »China Urges Talks, Supports Respect of Ukraine’s Territory, Sovereignty
In a statement on the Russo-Ukraine was released on Friday, China said that Ukraine’s territory and sovereignty should be respected and urged talks between Ukraine and Russia as soon as possible. China also called for a diplomatic resolution to the crisis as soon as possible. Shortly after, senior Chinese diplomat …
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