Commodities

Oil prices continued declining in Thursday’s trading, with the rise of the dollar and increasing concerns about demand, in addition to the reduction of the joint technical committee of OPEC + its forecast for the excess oil supply during this year. In China, closures will be imposed in the city …

The fall of the safe haven gold continued to head towards $1700 despite the lull in the dollar’s rallies that are still hovering near the 109 levels, but the crazy hikes in the two-year bond yields continue to raise concerns about recession fears. On the other hand, US bonds did …

Gold is lacking momentum at the moment as prices trend lower towards $1,700 an ounce, but some analysts still believe that chances for further downside are limited.Gold prices are modestly down on Wednesday but off lows. During the US session, gold briefly rebounded from the one-month low at $1,709 and …

Gold is lacking momentum at the moment as prices trend lower towards $1,700 an ounce, but some analysts still believe that chances for further downside are limited.Gold prices are modestly down on Wednesday but off lows. During the US session, gold briefly rebounded from the one-month low at $1,709 and …

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that a failure to place a price cap on Russian oil would hurt the global economy. “Without a price cap, we face the threat of a global energy price spike if the majority of Russian energy production gets shut in,” Yellen said, on Wednesday.The …

On the ninth of August, US President Biden signed the CHIPS Act that analysts fear could be the starting point of wider weaponization of the global IT supply chains.The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 includes a $52 billion package to boost semiconductor manufacturing in the US, however, the underlying …

Gold prices modestly retreated on Wednesday. During the US session, the Gold Index rebounded from the one-month low at $1,709 and rose to $1,723. The precious metal is hovering around $1,720 and trades at $1718.40 per ounce at the time of writingUS treasury yields fell on Wednesday. Following the August …

WTI crude oil price is down for the second successive day. At the time of writing, the American crude is trading between $90.35 and $90.45 per barrel.Earlier on the day, crude price probed below $90 per barrel. Observers and economists cite pressures by accelerating concerns about the global economy’s slowdown, …

Oil prices continued their decline on Wednesday as investors worried about the weakness of the global economy and the possibility that central banks will raise interest rates and increase restrictions to curb the outbreak of COVID-19 in China. US West Texas Intermediate crude contracts fell $2.58, or 2.82 percent, to …

Gold prices fell on Wednesday for the fifth consecutive month as strong US economic data and comments from the Federal Reserve about monetary tightening indicated further interest rate hikes, reducing the attractiveness of the non-yielding yellow metal. Spot gold prices fell 0.1 percent to $1,721.59 an ounce by 0735 GMT, …