In early trading on Monday, the Turkish lira reached a new record low against the dollar, recording 18.85, as the Turkish currency is under pressure due to the strength of the dollar and geopolitical risks. Emerging market currencies came under significant pressure after the dollar rose sharply on Friday in …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, 29 Jan-3 Feb
Major US stock indexes closed lower on Friday after surprisingly strong jobs data raised concerns about the Federal Reserve’s aggressive rate hikes, while investors received a mixed batch of earnings reports from major companies.The data published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revealed on Friday that Nonfarm Payrolls …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 03/02/2023
Economic data mainly drove the US trading session on Friday. US job growth was the main protagonist in most of the incidents in the market’s story as US job growth soared in January amid a persistently resilient labour market, but a further moderation in wage gains could give the Fed …
Read More »US Dollar Still Soaring Following Huge Jobs Report
The US dollar leaped on Friday after data showed that US employers added significantly more jobs in January than economists expected, possibly paving the way ahead before the American central bank to add further interest rate hikes in coming monetary policy meetings.The Labour Department’s closely monitored NFP report showed that …
Read More »USD/CAD climbs on remarkably positive NFP data
The USD/CAD resumed its uptrend once it reclaimed the February 1 daily high at 1.3379. the pair climbs in the US trading session after hitting a daily low of 1.3311 before Wall Street opened.The strong US jobs report boosted the US dollar, the strongest currency across the forex board. At …
Read More »Wall Street plunge in reaction to NFP data
US stocks plunged lower on Friday morning as traders digested the much stronger than expected jobs report for January, but recovered a little bit by midday trading after the US jobs report far exceeded expectations while the unemployment rate fell to a historic low of 3.4%. Stock market’s steep decline …
Read More »Poor UK data could impose pressure on the GBP
The change in the Bank of England’s rhetoric is favouring additional interest rate hikes in the upcoming policy meetings. Meanwhile, poor UK data is expected to drag the British Pound lower. The GBP/USD pair has fallen this afternoon, as the US Non Farm Payrolls data pointed to a surprise surge …
Read More »Could NFP Drive FOMC To Cautious Stance On Rate Hikes?
Friday’s NFP data by the US Bureau of Labour Statistics showed that Nonfarm Payrolls surged by 517K in January, above market consensus. The figure pushed the US dollar forward to rally. Analysts point out that there is still plenty of additional economic data from the beginnings of February till March’s …
Read More »Dollar rose as investors awaited US jobs data
The dollar rose slightly on Friday to maintain some momentum, after jumping in the previous session following a series of decisions by central banks in Europe. Trading was relatively subdued as markets awaited the release of the latest US jobs data later in the day, which could change Federal Reserve …
Read More »European stocks fell, affected by the weak profits of US technology companies
European stocks fell on Friday, weighed down by losses in technology stocks, after disappointing overnight earnings for their major US counterparts reignited concerns about global economic demand and the impact of rising interest rates. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was down 0.5 percent by 0812 GMT. Nevertheless, the index is …
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