Forex Market

The Turkish lira fell after record highs over five days, disregarding the messages of reassurance from the government. The currency fell 6.2% to 11.3399 per dollar, on a weak trading day, and since the beginning of the year, the lira has lost 34% of its value, which is the largest …

Gold prices stabilized on Monday above the key level of 1,800 dollars an ounce, while a slight decline in US Treasury yields was offset by a rise in the dollar. Spot gold rose 0.1% to $1,809.95 an ounce and has mostly remained above $1,800 since closing above that level for …

The financial markets closed the trading week ending on December 24, with the progress of risk assets, led by global stocks, over the rest of the safe-haven assets, led by the US dollar. Over that week, the main drivers of the markets were the economic data and positive developments regarding …

Gold rose for the second successive week and finished slightly below $1810 after rebounding from $1783. It was unable to hit fresh monthly highs.The precious metal continued to improve its outlook, with a close above the 55-week simple moving average. The upside continues to face resistance around $1810/15. A break …

Over the course of a year, consumer prices rose by 5.7%, the fastest surge of inflation seen in decades. Now, the omicron variant of COVID-19 is threatening any progress the country’s economy has made.In the late 1970s when inflation surged to 7, 8, 9, up to 11%, it was a …

The shared currency losses against the US dollar but remains above the 1.1300 figure. EUR/USD price is barely down late in the European session, trading at 1.1318. As US markets as a whole remain closed on Christmas eve, the market sentiment is positive. On Friday, the US dollar benefits from …

China’s finance ministry has announced on Friday that they will be extending tariff exemptions on some imported goods from the United States until June 30, 2022. There was no immediate market reaction to this news as trading conditions remain thin on Christmas Eve. From January 2020 through November 2021, China’s …

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said Friday, December 24, that he expects relatively high gas prices next year, according to the Interfax news agency. Europe relies on Russia to provide about 35% of its natural gas needs, the price of which has risen to an all-time high on the …

For the second day in a row, positive sentiment has dominated financial markets worldwide on the back of some important US economic data and positive news about Covid-19.It is expected that the volume of transactions in the financial markets will witness a noticeable decline in liquidity rates, starting from Friday, …

So far, commodities have been the best performing asset class in 2021 amid record high prices, but will rising interest rates next year hold back the momentum of this investment?The sped-up tapering is signaling steeper interest rate hikes over the next two years, consequently, this will add to the US …