Market Update

After best week for Wall Street and European equities since 2020, traders at the New York Session witness benchmark S&P 500 share index moving between small gains and losses on Monday. Wall Street and European stocks were subdued on Monday, after their best week since 2020, while US government bonds …

Fed Chair Jerome Powell remarked in a speech on Monday that he doesn’t see an elevated likelihood of a recession in the next year, reported Reuters. Additional Remarks: “It’s hard to say what the economy will look like in wake of recent events, but no one is sitting around waiting …

Gold prices have fallen from their session highs but are still holding on to gains even as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signed that the central bank could aggressively tighten interest rates more than markets are expecting.The gold market appears to be taking the hawkish comments in stride. April gold …

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell said on Monday that there is an obvious need to move expeditiously to a more neutral level and even more restrictive levels if needed to restore price stability.The risk is rising that there could be an extended period of high inflation that could push …

ECB Governing Council member and Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said on Monday that the ECB should raise interest rates if the price outlook so requires, if bond-buying ends in Q3 as now planned, rates could rise this year.Nagel said the risks of tightening policy too late have increased and any …

The bulls are firmly back in control of global oil markets following a series of bullish catalysts over the weekend which has sent the front-month WTI future as nearly $5.0 higher on the session to test the $110 per barrel area. As the Russian invasion of Ukraine rumbles on and …

The Saudi Press Agency, quoting a Foreign Ministry statement, said on Monday that the Kingdom is relinquishing its responsibility for any shortage in oil supplies to global markets in light of the recent attacks by the Iran-aligned Yemeni Houthi movement on Saudi oil facilities. The Saudi Energy Ministry and official …

The dollar fell against other major currencies as investors awaited comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell later on Monday, and other central bank policymakers this week for clues on monetary policy. Currency markets have been turbulent over the past month due to the financial fallout from Russia’s invasion of …

The Kremlin said on Monday that Europe would be hit hard in the event of a Russian oil embargo, which would hurt the continent’s energy balance but not affect the United States. Some European Union foreign ministers are pressing for an oil embargo as part of an escalation of sanctions …

Gold prices rose on Monday, boosted by the safe-haven appetite, as the Ukraine crisis showed no signs of abating, although the US Federal Reserve’s plan to implement bold anti-inflation measures curbed gold’s gains. 3.0 percent to $ 1927.22 an ounce by 0528 GMT. And US gold futures fell 1.0 percent …