For now, UK’s Boris Johnson is in office, but there are several questions over his leadership on a poor outcome in the vote. The British pound found buyers at a 61.8% ratio as the UK PMs survived political Monday’s parliamentary confidence vote.At 1.2530, GBP/USD is starting out resting at hourly …
Read More »Sterling Eyes Boris Johnson’s Confidence Vote
UK prime minister, beset by a scandal over lockdown parties, faces a decisive vote on Monday evening London time. Conservative parliamentarians have handed out to the PM Boris Johnson a potentially lethal blow to his leadership as they have triggered a no-confidence vote which could force him from his position …
Read More »Gold Price Reacts To Treasury Yields’ Jump
Gold price sharply pulled back during the US trading session as a reaction to the stronger US dollar and the jump of higher Treasury yields. The precious metal’s price slid to $1841, retreating to its lowest level since Wednesday.The Gold Index recorded a daily high after the beginning of the …
Read More »AUD/USD struggles ahead of RBA’s monetary policy meeting
The Reserve Bank of Australia will have its June monetary policy meeting on Tuesday and is expected to hike the cash rate for a second consecutive month. In May, the RBA decided to raise the benchmark by 0.25% for the first time in over ten years.Observers and market participants argue …
Read More »USD/CAD Risks Impact of robust growth, aggressive tightening
Analysts at Wells Fargo expect a more extended series of 50 basis points interest rate increases from the Bank of Canada in July, September and October meetings. They see risks tilted towards a stronger Canadian dollar than their existing USD/CAD exchange rate target of 1.2500.Key Quotes: “The solid growth and …
Read More »Gold is consolidating near high levels
Gold prices rose slightly on Monday, supported by a slight decline in the US dollar and US Treasury bond yields, but the outlook for the yellow metal price remained fragile in the face of interest rate hike prospects from major central banks. Spot gold rose 0.2 percent to $1,854.83 an …
Read More »The Nikkei closed at its highest level in two months
Japan’s Nikkei closed at a two-month high on Monday, as energy stocks rebounded on higher oil prices while technology firms rebounded. The Nikkei rose 0.56 percent to 27,915.89 points at the close, after it began the session falling to 27,523.95 points, after selling led by the technology sector on Wall …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, 30 May: 3 June
Around the end of 2021, nobody was talking about a US recession, but now, the dreaded ‘recession’ word is on everybody’s lips. During the week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk voiced this fear using the “super bad feeling” phrase about the US economy. “Lots of luck on his trip to the …
Read More »Market Divers – US Session – 3 June
US equities finished the last trading session of the week with heavy losses, between 1.05% and 2.47%. Positive US jobs report further cemented the case for a US Federal Reserve rate hike of 50 bps in the June meeting, despite worries that the US central bank could cause a recession.Economic …
Read More »USD/CHF Advances as bulls eye 20-DMA
On the week’s last trading day, the USD/CHF pair jumps from weekly lows erasing Thursday’s losses, the pair also gains 0.56% as the New York session gets closer to its end. The USD/CHF is trading at 0.9626, reflecting a downbeat mood and a strong US Dollar, underpinned by high US …
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