West Texas Intermediate crude dipped on Tuesday amid profit-taking though has recovered from session lows near $89.00 back above the $90.00 level.Analysts cited chatter about a potential US-Iran nuclear programme deal and President Macron’s Moscow visit as weighing on prices.Front-month WTI futures pulled back from close to seven-year highs on …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 7 February
Contrary to the positive surprise provided by the last week’s US NFP and jobs data, the US inflation profile expectations depict a downbeat scenario ahead of the key US Consumer Price Index data for January. Last week’s NFP data continued to support the USD on Monday.Economic DataThe economic docket for …
Read More »US Inflation Expectations Grind Lower
Contrary to the positive surprise provided by the last week’s US NFP and jobs data, the US inflation profile expectations depict a downbeat scenario ahead of the key US Consumer Price Index data for January.The US inflation gauge, as measured by the 10-year breakeven inflation rate per the St. Louis …
Read More »Bitcoin Strengthens Amid Improved Market Sentiment
Bitcoin gained 6% in the past 24 hours, although trading volume remained low. Bitcoin rallied above $43,000 on Monday, retracing about 30% of the sell-off since November. It is expected the short squeeze rally could continue, with less momentum compared with previous price surges.Trading volume across major Bitcoin exchanges ticked …
Read More »AUD/USD Higher Amid Sluggish Markets, Light Data Calendar
The AUD/USD pair’s prices seesaw around 0.7125-20 during early Tuesday morning in Asia, having reversed most of Friday’s losses the previous day.The risk barometer cheered multiple upbeat catalysts from home to post notable gains at the week’s start. However, a light calendar and the market’s wait for the US Consumer …
Read More »US-Japan Deal To Roll Back Trump-Era Steel Tariffs
The Trump administration imposed metal tariffs on dozens of countries in 2018, saying that a excess of foreign steel and aluminum threaten US manufacturers out of business and pose a national security threat.The Nippon Steel Corp. plant in Kashima, Japan, in 2018. The Biden administration is expected to announce on …
Read More »Markets Waiting For Next Catalysts
This week started in slow motion, and the US dollar ended the day mixed across the board. The American currency managed to add some ground against its European rival currencies, although EUR/USD held above 1.1400, while GBP/USD settled at around 1.3530.European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde poured cold water on …
Read More »WTI Drops From Multi-Year Highs With $88.80 In Focus
West Texas Intermediate crude oil is now down by 0.8% on the day so far, it is now traded at $91.22 after falling from a high of 92.70 to a low of 90.76. The black gold is retreating from its highest levels in seven years as supply risk sentiment takes …
Read More »USD/CAD Bulls Seeking A Break
Bulls are firming up at a critical support area, the bulls came out in force and took the price higher, but as illustrated below, the bears are putting up a fight. The pair’s price rallied but was met with supply at the start of the new week, despite a dip …
Read More »GBP/USD Bears Back Regardless of Hawkish BoE
The GBP/USD has fallen onto the back foot in recent trade and is pressuring back below 1.3515 following a significant correction to 1.3535 as of the early New York session from the 1.3490 territory as traders digest the importance of last week’s main events in the central bank meetings as …
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