Gold rose in Tuesday morning trading in Asia. The dollar also rose and stabilized after falling during the previous session, which pushed the yellow metal to the highest point in two weeks. Gold futures rose 0.17% to $1,850.94 by 11:10 PM ET, after hitting their highest since May 9 at …
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Oil prices fell by nearly a dollar on Tuesday, on fears of a possible recession and restrictions to combat COVID-19 in China, which outweighed the impact of tight global supply and expectations of increased demand for fuel as the summer travel season begins in the United States. Investment banks including …
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European shares fell on Tuesday, tracking declines in global stock markets as investors renewed concerns about slowing economic growth and monetary policy tightening due to business expansion data for May. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was down 0.8 percent by 0818 GMT, giving up much of Monday’s 1.3 percent gain. …
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Gold prices strengthened on Tuesday, with the US dollar falling to its lowest level in a month for the second session in a row, making the yellow metal priced in dollars less expensive for buyers abroad. Spot gold rose 0.3% to $1,858.19 an ounce by 07:57 GMT, after rising to …
Read More »Nikkei falls on lower US futures and Asian stocks
Japan’s Nikkei fell at the close on Tuesday, dragged down by declines in US futures and Asian stocks, as investors looked for fresh stimulus after the corporate earnings season ended, which in turn weighed on sentiment. The Nikkei gave up the gains recorded earlier in the session and closed down …
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Germany announced that the European Union is likely to agree to a ban on Russian oil imports “within days”. At the same time, Moscow said it would work to strengthen its economic ties with China after it fell under the guillotine of Western isolation over its invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian …
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As the US central bank mobilizes for the inevitable fight against 40-year-high inflation with what is expected to be a string of big interest-rate hikes, one US central banker injected a tone that is full of caution, warning headlong rate hikes could create “significant economic dislocation.”In an essay published Tuesday, …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – Monday 23 May
The US dollar weakened on the first trading day of the week, amid a better market sentiment. The EUR/USD pair flirts with 1.0700, helped by ECB Chair President Christine Lagarde. She said she expects the facilities program to end “very early” in the third quarter of the year, leaving policymakers …
Read More »Shiba Inu acts as crypto underperformer
Shiba Inu price qualifies the asset to be considered as a crypto underperformer if market conditions persist. Continual diminishing returns are a likely outcome for the meme coin. Invalidation of the bearish thesis is a breach above $0.00001850. Ethereum price displays reasons to believe in a price spike to $2400. …
Read More »US stocks rise, USD falls after seven weeks of equity losses
US stocks rallied on Monday while government bond prices fell, as investors returned to riskier assets after growth fears and high inflation left the S&P 500 nursing its seventh consecutive week of losses.Monday’s advance followed a late turnround on Wall Street on Friday when the S&P briefly entered bear market …
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