Market Update

WTI futures have bounced up to $82.50. the U. S. crude oil regained previous losses to return to levels near multi year highs at $83.95.Crude prices remain within previous ranges, consolidating after a nine week surge, however, oil prices retreated earlier today as the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and Federal …

Stock market price for electricity has risen by 140% since January in Germany. Experts say energy prices are driven up by natural gas cost, which has surged by 440% since the beginning of 2021. Energy prices for households in Germany have surged only 4.7% in the first half of 2021, …

U.S. energy firms cut oil and natural gas rigs, Friday, for the first time in seven successive weeks even as oil prices rose to new seven year highs.The U.S. oil and gas rig count fell by 1 to 542 in the week to Oct. 22, energy services firm Baker Hughes …

In terms of earnings, which became the language of the market since mid-October, investors in housing-related companies are positive. Shares of retail giants Home Depot (HD) and Lowe’s (LOW) are up 36% and 42% this year respectively and are trading at all time highs. The SPDR S&P Home builders (XHB) …

Spokesperson of the German Ministry of Economy Beate Baron pointed out, Friday, that all the available capacities for natural gas supplies from Russia to Europe are used. “According to my data, pipeline capacities are used properly”, she said. “You need to check with market players how high capacities are”, Baron …

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Friday that elevated U.S. inflation readings are expected to last into next year and the central bank is watching the impeded risk that consumers start to experience because of the accelerated inflation.In a discussion sponsored by the central bank of South Africa, Powell admitted that …

Jerome Powell, Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, said on Friday that he thinks it is the time to start reducing asset purchases but added it’s not time to raise interest rates yet. Main Quotes:“Risks are clearly to longer, more persistent bottlenecks, and thus to …

U.S. CompositePurchasing Managers’ Index; PMI Output Index, which tracks the manufacturing and services sectors, has rebounded to a reading of 57.3 in the first half of October from 55.0 in September. A reading above 50 indicates growth in the private sector.The service sector of the U.S. economy has sped up …

The S&P500 and Nasdaq were down at the opening session on Friday after chipmaker Intel warned of falling profit margins. Snap topped the losses among social media companies after reporting that digital ads had been affected by Apple’s privacy changes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 4.64 points, or 0.01%, …

The economic activity in the US manufacturing sector continued to expand in October, albeit at a slightly slower pace than it did in September, with IHS Markit’s Manufacturing PMI declining to 59.2 (preliminary) from 60.7. This reading missed the market expectation of 60.3.