Market Update

Gold prices fell more than one percent on Monday after the US dollar rose. Treasury yields settled near multi-month highs as investors focused on potential peace talks between Russia and Ukraine dented gold’s safe-haven appeal. Spot gold prices fell 1.2 percent to $1,934.61. US gold futures fell one percent to …

Japan’s Nikkei fell on Monday, giving up a nine-day rally as investors book profits ahead of the end of the fiscal year this week. The Nikkei index closed down 0.73 percent to 27,943.20 points, after rising about 12 percent in the past nine days, to touch its highest level in …

Oil prices fell more than $5 on Monday as concerns grew about slowing fuel demand in China after authorities in the country’s financial hub Shanghai said they would implement a two-stage shutdown to contain an increase in coronavirus cases. Brent crude futures fell to $115.32 and fell $5.15, or 4.3 …

Geopolitics continued to impact the economic outlook throughout the previous week. Christine Lagarde emphasized the punitive measures were designed to target the regime, not the Russian people, while new “fiscal remedies are still needed” to stabilize Europe’s economy.Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February has fundamentally brought about deep economic …

The US dollar climbed against its most major counterparts in the New York session on Friday, as US treasury yields rose amid growing expectations that the Federal Reserve will tighten monetary policy aggressively to curb high inflation.The benchmark yield on the 10-year treasury note spiked up to 2.462 percent. Yields …

US equities were mixed throughout Friday but eventually closed higher for the week after a streak of up and down days on Wall Street as investors digest the path ahead for the US central bank’s interest rate hikes and a host of new sanctions imposed by Western nations against Russia.The …

The Canadian dollar gains against the USD. It was trading 0.4% higher at 1.2477 to the USD, or 80.15 US cents, after touching its strongest intraday level since Jan. 20 at 1.2471. It was the ninth consecutive day of gains for the Canadian currency, which is the longest winning streak …

Baker Hughes on Friday reported that the number of active US rigs drilling for oil was up by seven to 531 this week. That followed a decline of three oil rigs the week before, Baker Hughes data show. The total active US rig count, which includes those drilling for natural …

The US dollar climbed against its most major counterparts in the New York session on Friday, as US treasury yields rose amid growing expectations that the Federal Reserve will tighten monetary policy aggressively to curb high inflation.The benchmark yield on the 10-year treasury note spiked up to 2.462 percent. Yields …

The Bank of Canada is “prepared to act forcefully” to return inflation to its 2.0% target, said Deputy Governor Sharon Kozicki on Friday. Key Quotes:“It’s important to be clear that returning inflation to the 2% target is our primary focus and unwavering commitment.”“The pace and size of rate hikes and …