The World Bank said on Monday it has provided an additional $500 million to help Ukraine meet urgent spending needs caused by Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion and ongoing war on its soil. This came on the eve of a conference in Berlin on Tuesday where world leaders, development experts and …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 24/10/2022
The US dollar began the trading week with negative performance, extending its Friday’s decline at the opening, but the dollar gradually edged higher as the day went by. The American currency closed with modest gains against most major rivals while traders and investors are eying significant events scheduled later in …
Read More »GBP/USD retreats after Sunak effect relinquishment
The British pound retreats below 1.1300 after failure at the 1.1400 area. Traders and investors have broadly welcomed Rishi Sunak’s victory and markets hope to steady under his upcoming government.The GBP/USD pair trades at 1.1278 at the time of writing. The asset aims at 1.11/1.12 if 1.1400. The sterling is …
Read More »USD/CHF consolidates after rebounding from 1.0145
The US dollar has restored the 112.014 level after it had declined from 1.0145 to find support at 0.9965. The dollar is also consolidating in the calm US market session.The US dollar has been trading sideways against the Swiss Franc on Monday. The pair has remained moving roughly between 0.6965 …
Read More »Gold futures lower after Friday’s wild surge
Gold prices finished Monday with a shy loss, following a wild soaring in the final session of last week that saw prices for the precious metal briefly dip to fresh lows. Gold was not stable to begin the week, as the bears have been able to pull the rope to …
Read More »Who is Rishi Sunak, UK new prime minister?
Who is Rishi Sunak? What does it mean that he became UK new prime minister? Rishi Sunak is now the new leader of the UK’s Conservative Party, the Torys. He is Britain’s next prime minister after both the leading candidates considered his rivals in the race to replace Liz Truss …
Read More »USD/CAD surges despite poor US data
The USD/CAD pair trims some of last Friday’s losses, so it is up by 0.46% on Monday. Worse-than-expected US economic data and a risk-off mood in are among factors that significantly boosted the US Dollar.The USD/CAD marches firmly amid a risk aversion due to S&P Global PMIs hinting that global …
Read More »US Dollar Ignores Suspected Japan’s intervention
The dollar rallied on Monday, and seems to ignore the suspected Japanese intervention. The American currency, instead, is sending China’s offshore yuan to record lows, while the British pound hesitated as Britain’s Conservative party raced to choose its third leader this year, eventually Rishi Sunak won both leadership of the …
Read More »Gold prices are falling with the rise of USD
Gold prices fell on Monday (October 24th) as the dollar rose as investors sought to clarify whether the US Federal Reserve would ease monetary policy. And the price of gold in spot transactions fell 0.4% to $ 1650.77 an ounce by 0754 GMT, while US gold futures fell 0.1% to …
Read More »European shares jump, supported by hopes of a slowdown in the Federal Reserve’s rate hike
European shares jumped on Monday, boosted by hopes the Federal Reserve will slow the pace of interest rate hikes, as investors braced for a busy week that includes an important European Central Bank interest rate decision. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 1.3 percent by 0708 GMT, with the travel, …
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