Gold prices rose on Tuesday as the dollar weakened as investors awaited US inflation data that could determine the next steps for the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy. Spot gold rose 0.5 percent to $1,861.93 an ounce by 0645 GMT, after falling to its lowest since early January in the previous …
Read More »Gold is falling as US inflation data approaches
Gold prices fell on Monday as investors prepared for January consumer price index data in the United States that could move the Federal Reserve’s interest rate strategy. Spot gold fell 0.5 percent to $1,854.79 an ounce by 1842 GMT, while US gold futures fell 0.6 percent, to settle at $1,863.50. …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 13/02/2023
US-Sino tensions appear to relatively weigh on the market sentiment with the beginning of the trading week. The US dollar is making the most out of it. However, a better market sentiment during European trading hours pushed the dollar into the red territory.Economic DataThe absence of economic data, on Monday, …
Read More »GBP/USD closer to 1.2150 ahead of UK employment, CPI data
On Monday, with the beginning of the new trading week, the GBP/USD pair edges higher after posting the biggest daily jump in a month. Optimism surrounding an end to the UK’s labour strike is leaving a positive fingerprint on the Sterling in addition to the US dollar’s pullback which contributes …
Read More »Gold Pressured Ahead of US Inflation data
Gold price is still pressured around the lowest levels in five weeks. Markets preparations for United States Consumer Price Index for January weigh on the Gold Index amid apparently hawkish remarks by Fed policymakers and gtold price naturally reacts to this hawkish language. Gold price is able to resists and …
Read More »EUR/USD testing key resistance as US Dollar slides ahead of US CPI
The EUR/USD has run up high in a short squeeze as traders look ahead to US CPI for clues concerning the future path of the US economy. The EUR/USD has been testing a critical high in the midday session on Wall Street following what had been a positive start for …
Read More »NY Fed: One-year consumer inflation expectation unchanged in January
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s monthly Survey of Consumer Expectations showed on Monday that the US consumers’ one-year inflation expectation stayed unchanged at 5% in January.Further details of the publication showed that the three-year ahead expected inflation declined to 2.7% from 2.9% in December and the five-year ahead …
Read More »Gold retreats to 5-week lows around $1850
Gold has dived to five-week lows at around $1850 with the beginning of the new trading week as bears eye the 100-DMA beneath $1820.Market participants are eyeing Tuesday’s US CPI data, which could reaffirm the disinflation process has already started. A daily close below $1850 would pave the way toward …
Read More »Ukraine’s grain exports declined by 28.7% in 2022/23
Ukraine’s Ministry of Agriculture data showed on Monday that Ukraine’s grain exports in the 2022/23 season, which continues until June, fell by 28.7 percent to 29.2 million tons so far, due to a poor harvest and logistical difficulties caused by the Russian invasion. The exports included about 10.4 million tons …
Read More »European stocks open higher and real estate stocks decline
European stocks opened higher on Monday ahead of US inflation data due on Tuesday, while real estate stocks fell on disappointing quarterly earnings from Sweden’s Castellum. The Stoxx Europe 600 index rose 0.2 percent, after posting its first weekly decline in three weeks on Friday. Stockholm-listed Castellum fell 5.8 percent …
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