The U.S. Dollar (USD) is maintaining a downward trend on Monday, opening the week with a negative performance across the board. The Dollar Index (DXY) that measures the greenback against a basket of six major international currencies is down by 0.18% at 92. Earlier today, the index touched a daily …
Read More »Turkey’s Trade Deficit Rises to $4.3B in July
Turkey’s trade deficit increased by 52.4% to $4.3 billion in July. The Turkish Ministry of Trade said that exports rose in July by 10.2% to record 16.41 billion dollars, after being hit in the spring of last year due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on trade with Ankara’s …
Read More »Japanese stocks close higher thanks to encouraging results
Japan shares closed higher, thanks to encouraging results from shipping companies and others in cyclical sectors, reducing the impact of fears of a mutated delta strain of the fast-spreading Corona virus that threatens the recovery The Nikkei index closed up 1.82 percent at 27,781.02 points, erasing losses on Friday, when …
Read More »USD Rebounds Trying to Limit Weekly Losses
The U.S. Dollar (USD) is showing some recovery signs on Friday, following steep declines over the past four sessions, which brought the greenback to its lowest level in about six weeks against major currencies. The Dollar Index (DXY) that measures the greenback against a basket of six major international currencies …
Read More »Turkey’s Trade Deficit Narrowed Slightly to $2.85B in June
Data from the Turkish Statistical Institute showed on Friday that the country’s foreign trade deficit shrank 0.2% year on year in June to $2.853 billion, according to the general trade system. After the trade was severely affected in the same period a year ago by the COVID-19 pandemic, Turkey’s exports …
Read More »Japan Extends State of Emergency, COVID-19 Cases Surge Over Olympics
Japan has decided to expand the scope of the state of emergency to three prefectures near Tokyo, which hosts the Olympic Games, and Osaka prefecture in the west of the country, with an increase in cases of COVID-19 that severely affected the summer games. Tokyo is already subject to its …
Read More »USD/CAD at Lowest Level in Three Weeks as Oil Prices Surge
The Canadian Dollar (CAD) capitalized on the decline of the U.S. Dollar (USD) across the board and the surge in crude oil prices to rise to its highest level in about three weeks. The USD/CAD pair declined by about 0.64% and reached the level of 1.2448 by the end of …
Read More »Swiss Franc Rises on the Back of Dollar Woes
The Swiss Franc (CHF) surged against the declining U.S. Dollar (USD) on Thursday, amid a broad decline by the greenback that followed the release of the Federal Reserve policy statement. The Fed vowed to maintain its current accommodative policy, keeping interest rates and asset purchases unchanged, and expecting to hold …
Read More »USD Extends Losses and Nears Six-Week Low
A day after the U.S. Federal Reserve decided to maintain its current policy unchanged in support of economic recovery, the U.S. Dollar (USD) continues to hit multiple-week fresh lows against major currencies on Thursday. The Dollar Index (DXY) that measures the greenback against a basket of six major international currencies …
Read More »Pfizer Expects Coronavirus Vaccine Sales to Exceed $33.5 Billion This Year
US drugmaker Pfizer raised its forecast for sales of its 2021 vaccine against COVID-19 by 29% to $33.5 billion. The company said it believed people would need a third dose of the vaccine it developed with its German partner BioNTech to maintain a high degree of protection against the virus. …
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