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The US dollar extended its gains, ending Tuesday higher against most rival currencies. The EUR and the JPY were the worst performers, falling to multi-year lows against their American rival. EUR/USD traded as low as 0.9863, now hovering around 0.9900, while USD/JPY trades a handful of pips below 143.07, a …

At the time of writing, the precious metal trades around $1703. Earlier on Tuesday, gold future traded at $1712.80 with net decline of $9.80 or – 0.56%. Concurrently the dollar index was up 71 points or 0.65% and fixed at 110.22. This could mean that there was fractional buying in …

The Bank of Canada is widely expected to decide one more big interest hike on Wednesday in its endeavour to fight inflation which is currently near forty year high and closer to the 2% target.All 31 economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect policy makers led by Governor Tiff Macklem to raise …

The EUR/GBP pair has maintained its defensive standing while keeping the previous day’s bounce off a one-week low around 0.8600 during Wednesday’s initial Asian session.The cross-currency pair dropped to the lowest levels since August 30 before taking a U-turn from the 50-SMA. The corrective pullback, however, lacks support from the …

The USD/JPY pair rallied on Tuesday and took out the symbolic level of 142, scoring a fresh 24-year low as the US dollar sprung into life again and while the gap between Japanese monetary policy and its counterparts widens. USD/July hit the highest levels since August 1998. Japan’s Finance Minister …

The AUD/USD pair falls from weekly highs at around 0.6830s due to increased odds of an aggressive Fed hike.On the US front, the ISM Non-Manufacturing activity for August surprisingly exceeded estimations, easing US recession worries whereas Australia’s GDP for the Q2, quarterly and yearly, is eyed on Wednesday’s Asian session.The …

In a speech delivered on Tuesday, incoming British Prime Minister Liz Truss said that she will cut taxes to reward hard work, as reported by Reuters.As for the market’s reaction, the GBP/USD pair showed no immediate reaction to these remarks and was last seen rising 0.25% on the day at …

Economic activity in the services sector surged in August for the twenty seventh month in a row, with the Services PMI registering 56.9 percent according to the US purchasing and supply executives in the latest “Services ISM Report On Business”.The report was issued on Tuesday by Anthony Nieves, Chair of …

European shares rose on Tuesday, after a difficult start to the week as concerns about a looming energy crisis and recession weighed on risk appetite. The Stoxx 600 index rose 0.5%, moments after the start of trading, and is heading to recover from a loss of 0.6% in the previous …

Gold prices rose on Tuesday, as the pause in the dollar’s rally and the energy crisis in Europe prompted some investors to buy the safe-haven metal. And gold rose in spot transactions 0.5% to $ 1718.30 an ounce, by 0648 GMT. Prices rose earlier by about one percent to their …