Oil prices rose on Wednesday after data showed a larger-than-expected drop in crude stocks in the United States, the world’s largest fuel consumer, and amid expectations of a recovery in demand with the expansion of vaccinations. Brent crude rose $1.08, or 1.5 percent, to $74.68 by 1226 GMT, while US …
Read More »Gold is in a Narrow Range Near $ 1,800 Amid Uncertainty of Stimulus
Gold prices held within a narrow range near the key $1800 level as lower US inflation data fueled doubts about the time frame for the Federal Reserve’s move to cut stimulus measures. Spot gold fell 0.2 percent to $1,800.3 an ounce by 0904 GMT, but was slightly below a week’s …
Read More »Eurozone Production Stronger Than Expected in July
Eurozone industrial production rose 1.5% more than expected in July, according to data released Wednesday, September 15th, thanks to higher production of capital goods and consumer non-durable goods. The European statistics office Eurostat reported that industrial production in the 19 countries dealing in the euro currency rose 1.5% on a …
Read More »Japan’s Nikkei Falls From 3-Decade High on Profit-Taking
Japan’s Nikkei fell at the close on Wednesday from a three-decade high hit in the previous session as investors took profits after a strong rally in the past two weeks, as regulatory concerns in China weighed on SoftBank Group and real estate stocks. The Nikkei index fell 0.52% to close …
Read More »UK Inflation Rises to 9-Year High in August
Britain’s inflation rate hit its highest level in more than nine years last month after the biggest monthly jump to the annual rate in at least 24 years, in large part due to an extraordinary increase due to a program to cut food prices last year. Consumer prices rose 3.2% …
Read More »European Shares Under Pressure From Weak Chinese Data
European shares fell Wednesday, September 15th on concerns about a slowdown in the Chinese economy, a decline in travel and leisure stocks, and rising inflation in Britain, and the impact on sentiment in early trade. By 07:11 GMT, the European STOXX600 index was down by 0.1%. Asian shares fell after …
Read More »Oil Prices Rise With Falling Inventories
Oil prices rose on Wednesday, September 15th, after data showed a larger-than-expected decline in crude stocks in the United States, the largest consumer of fuel in the world, in addition to expectations of a recovery in demand with the expansion of vaccinations. But the decline in China’s consumption of crude …
Read More »Canada: Manufacturing Sales Decline by 1.5%
Manufacturing Sales in Canada declined by 1.5% on a monthly basis to C$59.6 billion in July, the data published by Statistics Canada revealed on Tuesday. This reading followed June’s expansion of 2.1% and came in worse than the market expectation for a decrease of 1%.
Read More »US Annual CPI Inflation Edges Lower in August
The US inflation data was released moments ago, and the markets waited for this data strongly to determine whether the inflation rate is exacerbating or is still under control, and these data are currently used to pressure the US Federal Reserve to announce the start of tightening its monetary policy …
Read More »Nikkei Closes at Its Highest Level in More Than 31 Years
Japan’s Nikkei index closed at a more than 31-year high Tuesday, September 14th, led by cyclical stocks that tracked Wall Street’s gains, while progress in a domestic vaccination campaign boosted hopes of reopening the economy. The Nikkei index rose 0.73% to close at 3,0670.10 points, its highest level since August …
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