Commodities

Gold price is posting strong gains in midday U.S. trading Wednesday, hitting 4 week highs. Buy stop orders were hit in the futures markets after key technical resistance levels were penetrated on the upside.A selloff in the U.S. dollar index today also worked in favor of the precious metal market …

Consumer Price Index data from the U. S. Labor Department and FOMC minutes represented the key market drivers on Wednesday. Inflation is still steering the both the U. S. economy and fiscal policy as prices continued their ascent in September. Social Security benefits will rise 5.9% in 2022, the highest …

China’s yuan inched higher against the dollar on Wednesday, as investors digested upbeat exports data and shifted focus to whether the central bank would overturn maturing loans later this week.In the spot market, the onshore yuan opened at 6.4509 per dollar and touched 6.4449, before ending at 6.4452, 20 pips …

Western Texas Intermediate crude oil benchmark hardly progresses by 0.05%, it is trading at $79.94 during the New York session.The market sentiment improved through the U.S. session, as depicted by U. S. equity indexes rising between 0.01% and 0.65%. The U.S. dollar Index, which influences the price of crude oil, …

The U. S. Fed released its minutes of the September monetary policy meeting. Participants generally assessed that, provided that the economic recovery remained broadly on track, a gradual tapering process that concluded around the middle of next year would likely be appropriate.Various participants stressed that economic conditions were likely to …

Gold price is posting strong gains in midday U.S. trading Wednesday, hitting 4 week highs. Buy stop orders were hit in the futures markets after key technical resistance levels were penetrated on the upside.A selloff in the U.S. dollar index today also worked in favor of the precious metal market …

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia was ready to provide more gas to Europe if requested, rejecting accusations that Moscow squeezes supplies for political motives.“If they ask us to increase further, we are ready to increase further. We will increase by as much as our partners ask …

U.S. households using natural gas are expected to pay a 30% hike in heating bills. The U.S. consumers will face sharp increases in energy costs this winter no matter what type of fuel they use to heat their homes, according to a report from the Energy Information Administration released Wednesday.The …

The European Union said its new plan for Northern Ireland will cut customs paperwork by 50% and mean most food products will not need to be checked when arriving from Great Britain.Northern Ireland has a special Brexit deal which keeps it in the EU’s single market for goods and allows …

U.K. disposable incomes are set for their biggest drop in a decade next year as rising inflation, tax hikes and tighter monetary and fiscal policy put the squeeze on consumers, according to Credit Suisse.The bank predicts a 1.5% drop in real disposable incomes in 2022, the biggest fall since the …