On Tuesday, the brighter market sentiment hurt the USD, which lost ground against its main peers. The Australian dollar, on the other hand, abandoned previous weakness and surged nearly 100 pips in the early US Trading session, reaching above 0.6400. The AUD/USD pair appreciates 1.3% on the day, to erase …
Read More »Gold benefits from declining US bond yields
Gold price advances early in the New York session, up by 0.33% on falling US Treasury yields, while bonds climb amid further expectations that Fed could slow the pace of its rate hikes and monetary tightening measures. The US dollar weakened, constituting a chance of momentum for the precious metal. …
Read More »US Consumer Confidence Deteriorates In October
Consumer confidence in the US deteriorated in October. The US Dollar Index trades deep in negative territory below 111.00. the Dollar Index reading at the time of writing is 110.84. The data published by the Conference Board showed on Tuesday that the Consumer Confidence Index declined to 102.5 in October …
Read More »Gold prices decline with the stability of the dollar
Gold prices fell on Tuesday as the dollar stabilized, but expectations that the Federal Reserve would slow the pace of interest rate hikes limited the precious metal’s losses. Spot gold fell 0.5% to $1,640.62 an ounce by 1238 GMT, while US gold futures fell 0.6 percent to $1,644.70. The dollar …
Read More »Promising profits push European shares higher
European shares gained on Tuesday after a series of better-than-expected earnings reports helped allay fears of rapid interest rate increases and a slowdown in the euro-zone economy. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.5% by 0717 GMT, with the media and technology sectors compensating for losses in chemical shares. SAP …
Read More »The World Bank provides an additional $500 million to Ukraine
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 …
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