Market Update

A digital currency sanctioned by the Bank of Canada would likely come in a basic format and rely on private sector innovation to add capabilities, the central bank official overseeing research into a potential digital Canadian dollar told a U.K. cryptocurrency conference on Tuesday.BoC Deputy Governor Timothy Lane shared his …

Gold price was wavering in a minor range of $1,891.56-1,911.31 since Monday after an intense selloff had continued from Friday’s high at $1,955.71. The gold price is now stabilizing currently in a concise range but price action is favoring an extreme imbalance on the downside amid the rising US dollar …

Microsoft shares fell 1% in extended trading on Tuesday even though the software maker issued fiscal third-quarter earnings that exceeded analysts’ expectations.Microsoft beat expectations on the top and bottom lines. The company announced plans in the quarter to buy Activision Blizzard for almost $69 billion. Microsoft also beat EPS and …

Alphabet reported weaker-than-expected earnings and revenue for the first quarter on Tuesday. The stock slid more than 5% in extended trading. The company reported $54.66 billion in advertising revenue for the quarter.The results refer to earnings of $24.62 per share, versus $25.91 expected. Revenue reading is $68.01 billion, versus $68.11 …

Russian state-owned gas supplier Gazprom is to halt supplies going through Bulgaria and Poland into Europe as of Wednesday 27 April, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing the Bulgarian Energy Ministry. This is a remarkable and major escalation in the standoff between Moscow and European nations over energy supplies and the …

AUD/JPY hit fresh monthly lows beneath the 91.00 level on Tuesday, the pair heavily weighed amid as a steep sell-off engulfed global equity markets with investors fretting about everything from China lockdown risk, economic and military tensions with Russia amid the ongoing Russo-Ukraine war, a worsening global growth outlook and …

The GBP/USD pair has dumped on Tuesday in widespread risk-off, breaking below 1.26 the figure in a fresh bear-cycle low for 2022. A number of risk-off factors are being built into the price, from lower growth forecasts for the global economy, China’s covid spread and the contagion risks associated with …

China lockdowns, Russo-Ukraine war/Russo-Western tensions, growth concerns and expectations for central bank tightening have all been cited as hurting sentiment.Aside from strength in energy stocks amid a rebound in oil prices, US equity markets were a sea of red on Tuesday, with the major indices led lower most notably by …

At the next FOMC meeting (May 3-4), the US central bank is expected to raise interest rates by 50 basis points. According to analysts at Wells Fargo, the first 50 bps rate hike in over 20 years and the start of balance sheet runoff shows that the Fed means business …

New orders for U.S.-made capital goods rebounded more than expected in March, suggesting that business spending on equipment ended the first quarter with strong momentum, though part of the increase reflected higher prices. Orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending plans, increased 1.0% …