Oil prices strongly rebounded on Thursday, with front-month WTI futures surging nearly USD 8.0 to the USD 102s. While prices are still USD 27 below last week’s highs, Thursday’s rally may signal an end to the recent bear run.Oil prices have seen a strong rebound on Thursday, with front-month WTI …
Read More »Gold Shines as Dollar Declines And Bond Yields Rise
Gold prices rose on Thursday as the dollar fell after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates, which makes the precious metal less expensive for holders of other currencies, but the rise in Treasury yields limited the gains. And spot gold contracts rose 0.4 percent to $ 1936.26 an ounce, after …
Read More »Oil jumps 3% after the International Energy Agency warns of a lack of supply
Oil prices rose about 3 percent on Thursday after the International Energy Agency said markets could lose 3 million barrels per day of crude and refined products from Russia starting in April. The agency stated that the lost supplies would be much larger than the expected drop in demand of …
Read More »Gold Stabilizes After The US Federal Reserve Rate Hike
Gold prices stabilized on Wednesday as the dollar weakened after the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point in a widely expected move. And the price of gold in spot transactions rose 0.1 percent to $ 1920.45 an ounce (an ounce) at 1920 GMT, …
Read More »Gold Ignores Fed’s Seven Rate Hikes Announcement
The XAU/USD Index has climbed near $1,930.00 after the announcement of the Fed’s monetary policy. An aggressive hawkish stance from the Fed has failed to deter gold bulls. The DXY has slipped near 98.40 in absence of an aggressive interest rate hike by the Fed. Gold prices have rebounded sharply …
Read More »Gold Index Touches Fresh Lows After Fed’s Decision
The Gold Index is eroding support at $1,900 on a 9% reversal from $2,065 highs. Gold’s spikes down to $1,894 lows after Fed’s rate hike. Muted reaction after the Federal Reserve confirms market expectations. Gold futures have spiked down to fresh two-week lows at $1,894 per troy ounce on Wednesday …
Read More »IEA says 3 mln bpd of Russian oil could be shut in next month
The International Energy Agency said on Wednesday that three million barrels per day of Russian oil and its products may not reach the market by the beginning of April, in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Of the cutback, we see a reduction in total exports of 2.5 million …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 15 March
The US dollar started the day on the back foot but managed to recover the ground lost during US trading hours. The EUR/USD pair is trading at around 1.0940, while GBP/USD changes hands at 1.3035.Economic DataCanada’s benchmark index extended losses for a third straight session on Tuesday, as weakness in …
Read More »Will FOMC Meeting Be A Tough Call?
The FOMC has an unenviable task of trying to guide monetary policy through a period of turbulence. The March 15-16 meeting will be essential to communicate its present action and set the monetary policy path and tone for the future.Leaning the stance of individual policymakers will matter more than usual …
Read More »Markets Optimistically Await Wednesday’s Ukraine, Russian Talks
Mykhailo Podoliyak, one of the representatives of Ukraine at Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, has said, ”We’ll continue tomorrow. A very difficult and vicious negotiation process. There are fundamental contradictions. But there is certainly room for compromise. During the break, work in subgroups will be continued”.Russia lobbed more missiles into Kyiv, amid heightened …
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