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Current coal prices have recorded 1,500 Yuan per tonne. Soaring energy prices sent producer prices to their highest in at least 25 years in September, rising by 10.7% from a year earlier according to official data released on Thursday and Cold winter weather is likely to push coal prices higher.Daily …

Japanese shares rose at the close on Thursday, led by technology shares that followed the Nasdaq market’s gains, with Tokyo Electron, the largest source of the Nikkei’s rise. The Nikkei index rose 1.46 percent to close at 28,550.93 points, after falling for two consecutive sessions. The broader Topix index rose …

Consumer Price Index data from the U. S. Labor Department and FOMC minutes represented the key market drivers on Wednesday. Inflation is still steering the both the U. S. economy and fiscal policy as prices continued their ascent in September. Social Security benefits will rise 5.9% in 2022, the highest …

China’s yuan inched higher against the dollar on Wednesday, as investors digested upbeat exports data and shifted focus to whether the central bank would overturn maturing loans later this week.In the spot market, the onshore yuan opened at 6.4509 per dollar and touched 6.4449, before ending at 6.4452, 20 pips …

Western Texas Intermediate crude oil benchmark hardly progresses by 0.05%, it is trading at $79.94 during the New York session.The market sentiment improved through the U.S. session, as depicted by U. S. equity indexes rising between 0.01% and 0.65%. The U.S. dollar Index, which influences the price of crude oil, …

The U. S. Fed released its minutes of the September monetary policy meeting. Participants generally assessed that, provided that the economic recovery remained broadly on track, a gradual tapering process that concluded around the middle of next year would likely be appropriate.Various participants stressed that economic conditions were likely to …

U. S. shares opened higher, Wednesday, but turned negative. As third-quarter earnings reports start flowing in today, investors will be keeping a sharp eye on growth. Returns will slow because of elevated inflation and supply chain disruptions in addition to rising costs.Despite the current bottlenecks and inflation pressures, Fed is …

The Fed minutes are not released in a lock up any longer so the report will be put up on the Fed website at the top of the hour and then the free-for-all begins.To recap, the key line in the FOMC statement was:“If progress continues broadly as expected, the Committee …

U.S. households using natural gas are expected to pay a 30% hike in heating bills. The U.S. consumers will face sharp increases in energy costs this winter no matter what type of fuel they use to heat their homes, according to a report from the Energy Information Administration released Wednesday.The …

The European Union said its new plan for Northern Ireland will cut customs paperwork by 50% and mean most food products will not need to be checked when arriving from Great Britain.Northern Ireland has a special Brexit deal which keeps it in the EU’s single market for goods and allows …