Forex Market

US Inventories rose rapidly as businesses sought to stock up for the holiday shopping season. Container ships are anchored off the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles to unload imported goods. The trade deficit in goods surged by 17.5% in November to set an all-time high, largely reflecting faster …

On Wednesday, the British pound surges by 0.31%. Thin liquidity conditions, and the lack of economic data, currently exacerbate volatility in the last days of the year.The British pound rallies trading the New York session, trading at 1.3452 at press time. Investors’ mood is mixed, as depicted by European stock …

Gold prices fell on Wednesday in thin trading as the dollar rose and US Treasury yields stabilized after falling earlier in the session, but prices remained above the key level of $1800 an ounce. And the price of gold in spot transactions fell 0.2 percent to $ 1802.67 an ounce …

The Turkish lira fell 1.7 percent early on Wednesday, continuing to offset big gains made the previous week, as investors remained concerned about the country’s monetary policy outlook. The lira fell to 12.02 to the dollar by 0615 GMT from 11.8 at the close on Tuesday. Although it rose more …

Major cryptocurrencies retreated amid concerns about the Omicron variant and holiday travel disruptions worldwide. Bitcoin traded 7.4% lower from 24 hours ago at around USD 47,849. The cryptocurrency was down more than 30% from its record highs at USD 68,990 in November. Bitcoin has had a volatile end of year.The …

Gold prices scaled a one-month high on Tuesday as recent signs of rising inflation reinforced demand, although the safe-haven metal gave up some early gains due to a stronger US dollar.Gold dropped slightly by 0.2% to $1,807.21 an ounce by 2:40 p.m. ET, after hitting an intraday high of $1,819.85 …

The US dollar received some market’s attention in the American session, Tuesday afternoon, reaping daily gains against most major rival currencies.Wall Street opened with a firm tone and flirted with all-time highs, but turned lower soon afterwards, with major indexes ending the day mixed. In the absence of relevant news, …

US President Joe Biden is considering the nomination of former Fed board of governors member and former Treasury Department official Sarah Bloom Raskin for the role of vice chair for supervision of the banking system.For the other two board of governor seats that will some become available, Biden is reportedly …

Factory activity in the central Atlantic region of the US gained momentum in December compared with the previous month, according to a survey compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond released Tuesday.The Fifth District Survey of Manufacturing Activity’s composite index increased to 16 in December from 12 in November, …

Gold prices retreated from a one-week high in weak trading on Tuesday after easing concerns about the mutated Omicron strain of the coronavirus and strong US retail sales data boosted risk appetite. And the price of gold in spot transactions 0.1 percent to 1809.68 dollars an ounce (an ounce) by …