Commodities

The precious metal was able to extend its gains during the American trading session, and the price of gold headed higher, touching a high of $1,842.55 immediately after the announcement of the US non-farm payroll data on the daily chart, after the release of the US jobs report for February, …

With the focus on the forthcoming employment data and the struggling banking sector, U.S. equities are expected to begin neutral Friday, recovering following the previous session’s selloff. At 12:00 GMT, the Dow Futures contract was down 100 points or 0.3%, the S&P 500 Futures contract was down 4 points or …

Oil fell for the fourth session on Friday, heading to record its largest weekly loss in five weeks, due to fears of further US interest rate hikes, which would hurt fuel demand. By 0852 GMT, Brent crude futures were down 41 cents, or 0.5 percent, at $81.18 a barrel. West …

Gold prices rose on Friday as investors awaited the US non-farm payrolls data, which is expected to be released on Friday, to assess the possible path of interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve (US central bank). By 0716 GMT, spot gold rose 0.1% to $1832.24 an ounce, and US …

During the American session, US yields decreased even more. US 2-year yields decreased to 4.95% and 10-year yields to 3.92%. The US Dollar suffered from the falling rates. The DXY dropped to 105.20 for the second day in a row. The retreat of the Greenback is still a correction from …

Both Friday’s Nonfarm Payrolls report and next week’s the US Consumer Price Index are in the focus of exceptional attention for traders and investors. Gold price is up about 0.9% from a low of $1,812.02, and it has since risen strongly to challenge $1,835.64 as the US dollar lost additional …

WTI bears are active in the market as the NFP data release is approaching. The third day of losses for WTI saw a decrease of almost 1.53%. In late Wall Street activity, West Texas Intermediate is down almost 1% for the day. Notwithstanding a weaker US Dollar before Friday’s US …

Oil fell for the third day in a row on Thursday, as concerns about the economic repercussions of higher interest rates offset the impact of an unexpected drop in US crude inventories and hopes for a recovery in Chinese demand. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s comments this week about the …

Spot gold rose on Thursday as the dollar fell, but Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s hawkish comments about raising interest capped the precious metal’s gains. And by 0046 GMT, spot gold rose 0.1 percent to $ 1815.58 an ounce, after reaching its lowest level in a week on Wednesday. There …

The EU is purchasing Russian LNG at the highest level in three years. Though the bloc has sanctioned Russian oil and fuel oil, LNG imports are still free-flowing.The EU snapped up 19.2 billion cubic meters of Russian LNG last year, a 35% increase from 2021. Despite efforts to keep distant …