Gold and silver prices are hesitantly lower in midday US session on Tuesday. Hawkish signals on monetary policies from the US central bank as well as other major central banks cast greyish shades on the stock and financial markets at the present moment.The hawkish tone with expectations of aggressive tightening …
Read More »Oil prices retreat ahead of Fed’s rate hike
Oil prices dropped on Tuesday, following other risk assets’ downtrend, while the US dollar remains strong and investors anticipate more central bank interest-rate hikes designed to contain inflation.The US Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates by another 75 basis points on Wednesday in an additional step aiming at …
Read More »Gold is falling amid the dollar’s strength ahead of Fed
Gold prices fell on Tuesday, September 20, under pressure from the stability of the dollar and the rise in US bond yields, at a time when the US Federal Reserve is preparing to announce a major interest rate hike to curb inflation. And gold fell in spot transactions by 0.4% …
Read More »Oil rises as OPEC and its allies produce below quotas
Oil prices have advanced slightly amid higher volatile trading on Monday, as worries of tight supplies outweighed fears of global economic slowdown and likely large increases to interest rates.Brent crude for November rose 65 cents, or 0.7%, to $90.6 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for October was …
Read More »Oil advances as supply concerns surpass demand and rate hike woes
Oil prices have advanced slightly amid higher volatile trading on Monday, as worries of tight supplies outweighed fears of global economic slowdown and likely large increases to interest rates.Brent crude for November rose 65 cents, or 0.7%, to $90.6 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for October was …
Read More »European factories to go dark on higher gas prices
The impact of Russia’s sudden block of natural gas taps to Europe has saturated manufacturers and businesses in fresh risks. Energy prices climbed so fast that some factory owners had to rewrite business forecasts six times in two months. Recently, some manufacturers have put a third of their employees on …
Read More »Gold struggles ahead of Fed’s decision
The financial markets’ focus is still on major central banks as the US dollar and Treasury yields continue to dictate their saying. Gold prices encounter some pressure at the start of this week, earlier on the day, prices were sliding by 0.20% after falling from $1679 high to $1,659 low …
Read More »Saudi crude oil exports rise in July, surpassing a two-year peak
The International Energy Forum said on Monday, citing data from the Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI), that Saudi crude oil exports rose for the second month in a row to their highest level in more than two years. Saudi exports in July rose 2.5 percent to 7.38 million barrels per …
Read More »Oil drops more than 1% amid rising dollar, demand concerns
Oil prices fell more than 1% on Monday, weighed by expectations of sluggish global demand and a stronger dollar ahead of a possible significant interest rate hike. However, supply worries are limiting the price slide. The world’s central banks will almost certainly raise interest rates this week, and the Federal …
Read More »Gold falls as the dollar rises ahead of the Fed meeting
Gold fell on Monday under the weight of the dollar’s rally as investors braced for a significant rate hike expected from the US Federal Reserve and other central banks this week to bring down inflation. And gold fell in spot transactions 0.8 percent to $ 1661.65 an ounce at 0724 …
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