Japan’s Nikkei index rose strongly on Tuesday after falling to its lowest level in three months, as investors welcomed the rise in US stock indices and the buying interest in cyclical decliners. The Nikkei ended trading on Tuesday, up 1.84% to close at 26,246.31 points, after rising as much as …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – Mon. July 20
The US dollar has ended the US trading session on Monday with modest losses against most major rival currencies. The better tone of European indexes and a holiday in the US, however, resulted in choppy trading across the board.Commodity-linked currencies got to advance against the greenback, despite the sour tone …
Read More »RBA’s Lowe: Australians should be prepared for more interest rate increases
Australia’s top central banker on Tuesday flagged a lot more policy tightening in the upcoming months as rates are seen as still “very low” and it was important that higher inflation did not feed into public expectations and wage claims”.The Reserve Bank of Australia moves to implement what it describes …
Read More »AUD/USD hovers around 0.6950s ahead of RBA Lowe’s speech
The AUD/USD begins the week on the right foot, with 0.25% gains. The positive market sentiment due to China’s covid-linked news and the US weighing lifting restrictions on China’s increased appetite for riskier assets.Amid this positive sentiment, US equity futures closed earlier due to a holiday. That, alongside China’s Covid-19 …
Read More »USD/CHF hovers around 0.9670s
The Swiss franc is registering modest gains of 0.20%, as reflected by the falling of the USD/CHF pair. The pair is retracing from the 50-day moving average and last Friday’s high at 0.9708, down towards the 0.9670s, courtesy of a risk-on impulse as shown by European equities closing in the …
Read More »Fed’s Bullard: Seeing effects of Fed guidance on economy
“The Fed still has to follow through to ratify the forward guidance previously given but the effects on the economy and on inflation are already taking hold,” St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said on Monday.Bullard repeated that the US labour market remains robust and added that the …
Read More »ECB’s Lagarde sticks to rate-hike plans
European Central bank President Christine Lagarde reaffirmed on Monday plans to raise the ECB’s interest rates twice this summer while fighting widening spreads in the borrowing costs of different Eurozone countries.“These decisions underpin our previous commitments to adjust all of our instruments within our mandate, incorporating flexibility if warranted, to …
Read More »BOE’s Mann: My views on interest rates are not about defending sterling
Bank of England policymaker Catherine Mann said on Monday that her views on the BOE’s rate outlook were not about defending the British pound.“There is an important difference of view on the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on the resilience of UK consumption,” Mann added. “Since the May MPC meeting, I …
Read More »Nikkei closes at its lowest level in more than five weeks
Japan’s Nikkei closed at a more than five-week low on Monday as energy and chip-related shares led losses as investors struggled to find signs of market action due to a holiday in the United States. The Nikkei index fell 0.74 percent to 25,771.22 points, its lowest closing level since May …
Read More »People’s Bank of China keeps interest rates unchanged
The People’s Bank of China kept interest rates unchanged in June at 3.7% for one year and 4.45% for 5 years, in a move that was expected by most investors. The Central Bank had reduced interest rates for one year during the months of November and December of last year …
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