At $1,871.10, the gold price is firmer on Tuesday, rising from a low of $1,850.47 to a high of $1,878.14 so far. The price has upheld the bid in synch with a slight retreat in US Treasury yields and the US dollar ahead of this week’s Federal Reserve went.The US …
Read More »Oil prices fall amid fears of falling demand in China and the European Union is considering banning Russian oil
Oil prices fell on Tuesday under pressure from China’s COVID-19 shutdown that could affect demand, but prices found support from a possible European oil embargo on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Beijing, which records dozens of new infections with the Coronavirus daily, is conducting mass examinations of the population …
Read More »Slovakia will request an exemption from any EU embargo on Russian oil
Slovakia will seek an exemption from any Russian oil embargo agreed by the European Union as part of its next set of sanctions against Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, the Slovak Economy Ministry said on Tuesday. “If there is an agreement to ban Russian oil as part of another …
Read More »WTI trades around $107.00s amid energy trade tensions
WTI crude oil hit fresh weekly highs in the $107.00s on Friday and is eyeing last week’s highs above $109.00. tensions over Russia’s gas supplies to EU and the growing risk of an EU embargo on Russian oil imports has supported prices this week.China demand concerns as the country continues …
Read More »Gold above $1900, but falls from earlier highs on US data
Gold Prices continue to trade higher on Friday amid month-end US dollar weakness, with prices still above $1900. But XAU/USD has pulled back from earlier highs with US yields rallying in wake of the latest US data dump. Traders’ focus now has switched to next week’s Fed policy meeting, with …
Read More »Oil extends gains as supply worries outweigh lockdown measures in China
Oil prices rose for a fourth day on Friday as fears of Russian supply disruptions outweighed the impact of anti-Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in China, the world’s largest crude importer, casting a shadow on demand. By 0639 GMT, Brent crude futures rose 88 cents, or 0.8 percent, to $108.47 a barrel, …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 28 April
The Dollar Index (DXY), a trade-weighted basket of major USD currency pairs, surpassed its 2017 highs to come within a whisker of hitting 104.00, its highest level since December 2002. This was primarily a result of a steep sell-off in the yen that launched USD/JPY to fresh multi-decade highs of …
Read More »WTI Rallies Into $105.00s As Germany Approves EU’s Russia Oil Embargo
WTI crude oil has rallied to its highest level since last Tuesday above $105.00 and is now eyeing a retest of recent near $110 highs. Traders cited a report alleging that the EU nations are nearing agreement on a Russian oil import embargo as supporting prices.At current levels in the …
Read More »America’s Q1 GDP much stronger than what data suggests
The US economy contracted at an annualized rate of 1.4% during the first quarter, data showed on Thursday. According to analysts from TD Securities, GDP growth was impacted by large setbacks in net exports and inventories. They point out that the details of the report were actually much stronger than …
Read More »Germany no longer opposes embargo of Russian oil imports
Germany has dropped its opposition to an embargo on Russian oil imports, government officials reportedly said according to the WSJ. According to the WSJ, this “clears the way” for a wider EU ban on oil imports from Russia, given that Berlin had been one of the main opponents on an …
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