In North American trading, the EUR/USD pair rises as a result of weaker US core PCE inflation statistics. As the Fed’s core PCE index drops to 2.9%, expectations of an interest rate reduction rise, supporting the rise in EUR/USD.Early in the North American session, the EUR/USD increased by about 0.14% …
Read More »Gold is heading for its second consecutive weekly decline
Gold prices rose during trading today, Friday, the twenty-sixth of January, but they are heading towards recording the second weekly losses in a row, amid the rise of the dollar supported by positive economic data. The US economy grew more than expected during the last quarter of 2023, by about …
Read More »European stocks open higher supported by quarterly results
European markets opened higher on Friday, bolstered by positive quarterly results from luxury goods group LVMH and French liquor company Remy Cointreau. Traders were also evaluating the prospects of interest rate adjustments, a day after the European Central Bank (ECB) maintained its existing interest rates. As of 0819 GMT, the …
Read More »Japan’s Nikkei declines, erasing week’s gains amid chip sector losses
On Friday, Japan’s Nikkei index closed lower, reversing the gains it had accumulated earlier in the week. The index lost 1.34%, closing at 35,751.07 points, marking a 0.59% decline for the week and breaking a two-week streak of gains. At the start of the day, the index had shown a …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session, Jan. 25
While Gold prices remained stuck in their current consolidative range, Silver prices rebounded further and clinched their third straight day of gains, this time flirting with the $23.00 mark per ounce.Firmer-than-expected US GDP figures have provided support to the US Dollar and further reinforced the already resilient stance of the …
Read More »Treasury yields decline following data supporting Fed’s soft landing
US Treasury bond yields have been declining since the beginning of trading on Wall Street, after US economic data favouring the “flexible landing” scenario and that the Federal Reserve could be closer to achieving it.Ten-year US Treasury bond yields fell to 4.131%, compared to the last daily close, which recorded …
Read More »Canadian dollar benefits from surging oil prices
The Canadian dollar was able to regain the upward trend after the improvement in risk in global financial markets following positive US economic data that suggested the “soft landing” scenario and that the Federal Reserve’s approach to achieving it is still possible.Oil futures concluded Thursday’s trading in an upward direction …
Read More »EUR/GBP experiences losses post ECB rate decision
The EUR/GBP pair is standing at 08536 at the time of writing, down -0.20%, earlier on the day it was at almost 0.8530, down by 0.30%. The ECB held rates steady as expected. Christine Lagarde refrained from commenting on the timing of the ECB rate cuts. Monetary policy divergences are …
Read More »Gold attempts to recover after higher-than-expected US GDP data
After the most recent data revealed that the US economy grew faster than anticipated and that inflation came in lower than expected, gold prices are trading at session highs during the North American session. The yellow metal is trading at $2014.39 per ounce at the time of writing.The US economy …
Read More »PCE Data Preview: Forecasts by major banks, US inflation seen toward target
Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, the Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE), will be released by the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on Friday, January 26 at 13:30 GMT and as we get closer to the release time, here are the forecasts of economists and researchers of eight major banks. Headline …
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