Gold price is advancing towards $1,800.00 after a healthy correction. The precious metal trades at 1,792 at the time of writing amid a risk-on market sentiment that has infused fresh blood into the gold bulls.Cooler than expected US CPI has trimmed extremely hawkish Fed bets. Gold price has picked bids …
Read More »Sweden, Not France, Biggest Exporter Of Power In Europe
o On Wednesday, Sweden reportedly overtook France as Europe’s largest net power exporter in the first half of 2022, as deep-rooted problems reduced French nuclear availability to historic lows. France has lost its position as Europe’s biggest exporter of electricity as the nation struggles with extended outages at its nuclear …
Read More »Indian companies swapping dollar for Asian currencies to buy Russian coal
Indian companies are moving towards several Asian currencies more often to be able to pay for Russian coal imports, according to customs documents and industry sources. Most companies do avoid the US dollar and cut the risk of breaching Western sanctions against Moscow.One large Indian coal deal involves the Chinese …
Read More »US annual CPI inflation declines to 8.5% in July vs. 8.7% expected
Inflation in the United States, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), declined to 8.5% on a yearly basis in July from 9.1% in June, the data published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed on Wednesday. This reading came in lower than the market expectation of 8.7%. …
Read More »Oil falls on Druzhba pipeline news, US inflation expectations
Oil prices fell on Wednesday, amid expectations that flows will resume through the Druzhba pipeline soon, and concerns about demand ahead of the release of major indicators regarding it. Brent crude futures were down 73 cents, or 0.76 percent, at $95.58 a barrel by 0928 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate …
Read More »Oil ends lower amid EU-Russia tensions
Oil futures ended session lower on Tuesday after attempts to make gains due to the energy related row between Moscow and Brussels. The row referred to above was to give a push to oil, but US futures settled down at the end of today’s session because of inflation fears a …
Read More »Gold rises as US dollar rattled by inflation fears
Gold futures ended session higher on Tuesday buoyed by dollar weakness ahead of US inflation readings due to be released next Wednesday amid forcastes inclined to lower inflation in July. Gold settled at 1793 USD per ounce versus last Monday close at 1788 USD per ounce. The low of the …
Read More »Oil edges higher as supply constraint fears renewed
Oil edged up on Tuesday, reversing an early decline as worries about tightening supply were revived after Russia said oil exports to Europe on the southern leg of the Druzhba pipeline had been suspended since early August.Russian pipeline monopoly Transneft said Ukraine had suspended oil flows via the pipeline leg …
Read More »EIA: Global oil demand to rise by 2.08 million bpd in 2022
The global oil demand is expected to rise by 2.08 million barrels per day (bpd), down from 2.23 million in the previous forecast, to 99.43 million bpd in 2022, the US Energy Information Administration said in its latest monthly report, as reported by Reuters.Crude oil prices continue to push lower …
Read More »Oil prices rise after supply stops via Russian pipeline
Oil prices rose by more than $1 on Tuesday, after falling earlier, after Russia said that oil exports to Europe through the southern part of the Druzhba pipeline had been suspended since early August, reviving concerns about a supply shortage. Russia’s pipeline monopoly Transneft said Ukraine had suspended the flow …
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