Forex Market

The Turkish lira fell another 0.4 percent against the dollar on Tuesday, extending its losses the previous day and returning to lows hit in late December after a series of interest rate cuts. The lira fell to 15.1620 per dollar by 0630 GMT from 15.09 at the close on Monday. …

Japan’s Nikkei fell for the second day in a row on Tuesday, but avoided bigger losses as investors started buying back shares in hopes of higher prices after US stocks rebounded Monday night. The index closed down 0.58 percent to 26,167.10 points, after trimming its losses in overnight trading, supported …

Risk aversion dominated financial markets at the beginning of the trading week. Global stocks edged lower, while government bond yields soared during European trading hours, giving up some ground ahead of Wall Street’s close.The negative market sentiment came from the usual suspects. High inflation levels, increasing coronavirus cases, and tensions …

The Gold Price Index has witnessed a minor bounce after slipping near the previous week’s low at $1,850.47. A minor receptive buying has been observed but value buying can drive the precious metal higher. The bright metal has displayed a sheer downside on Monday amid broader strength in the US …

The USD/CAD pair is ending on North America session in the green territory by 0.8% following a final thrust to the upside in the US dollar. This development has taken the Canadian dollar to its lowest level since November 2020 amid rising concerns about the global economy and fears of …

Consumers grew a little bit more optimistic about inflation in April, though they still expect to be spending considerably more in the year ahead, a Federal Reserve survey released Monday shows. Inflation expectations over the next year fell to a median 6.3%, a 0.3 percentage-point decrease from the record high …

The price of gold has remained in the hands of the bears as the US dollar surged to print a new 20-year high at the start of the week. The negative market sentiment stems from the risks associated with China’s COVID crisis, the Ukraine crisis, supply chain risks and what …

The USD/CHF pair retreated from YTD highs around 0.9960s as traders got ready to launch an assault toward the parity, but the negative market sentiment and USD traders booking profits were the main reason that kept the USD/CHF around the 0.9900 mark. At the time of writing, the USD/CHF is …

Federal Reserve Raphael Bostic commented on the US monetary policy with important insight for traders and market participants in the US and has stated that a 75 bp rate hike is not his baseline target although he is not taking anything off the table. The US dollar was higher on …

Equity index futures are pointing to a much lower open as the S&P 500 futures are finally breaking below March lows after falling 1.9% before the open and trading below the 4,100 level. Once again, the downward pressure appears to be coming from tech stocks because Nasdaq futures were down …