Commodities

Crude oil prices have been choppier on Wednesday than the previous two days. WTI crude futures have dumped within a USD 71.00 – 72.70 range over the past few hours, swinging between gains and losses. WTI slump back under the USD 72.00 to around USD 71.75, where it trades broadly …

Gold prices rose to their highest in a week on Wednesday as the dollar and US bond yields fell and the precious metal received a boost as a safe haven due to tensions related to Ukraine with US consumer price data due later this week. The price of gold in …

President Joe Biden told Russian Counterpart Vladimir Putin that the United States is prepared to launch strong economic measures in case Russia decides to invade Ukraine. The Bank of Canada is expected to keep the major part of focused spotlight on inflation at its policy decision, as the country’s central …

Iraq’s oil minister said, Tuesday, that his country policy in OPEC is based on reservations about the unjustified increase in production.Minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar added that the contract signed with France’s Total would generate more than USD 85 billion in profits for Baghdad over 20 years. Total will build four giant …

Although gold markets firstly fell during trading on Tuesday, the precious metal found enough buyers underneath to push it up. Spot gold was up 0.2% to $1,782.39 per ounce by 01:40 p.m. ET (1840 GMT). U.S. gold futures settled up 0.3% at 1,784.70. Gold is trying to stay in the …

Markets were more active on Tuesday, with optimism leading the way. Hopes that the Omicron coronavirus variant is milder and will not interrupt the economic comeback sent global shares well into the green territory.It is still too early to say how things will turn out with the new COVID-19 strain. …

Strong economic recovery, rising nominal yields and potential rate hikes are factors that together hurt investors’ appetite for gold, which has affected other precious metals as well, according to the latest report by London-based Metals Focus Consultancy.Metals Focus said that the threat of new virus variants, concerns of stagflation and …

In its monthly Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO) report, the US Energy Information Administration has raised its forecast for 2022 world oil demand growth by 200000 barrels per day (BPD).This data was released on Tuesday, and now demand growing 3.55M BPD YoY next year. The EIA STEO cut its forecast …

Gold futures traded modestly lower on Monday, as a pickup in Treasury yields and the US dollar helped to dull appetite Gold prices rose Tuesday, December 7th, supported by the dollar’s decline, but rising US Treasury yields and fears that the US Federal Reserve would tighten monetary policy more than …

Oil prices rose on Tuesday after rising 5 percent in the previous session as concerns eased about the impact of the mutated Omicron strain of the Coronavirus on global fuel demand, while nuclear talks with Iran faltered, delaying the return of Iranian crude supplies to the market. Brent crude futures …