Market Update

A global energy crunch is expected to boost oil demand by 500,000 barrels per day and could stoke inflation and slow the world’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Energy Agency warned on Thursday.Oil and natural gas prices have soared to multi-year highs recently, sending power prices surging to …

Crude oil prices slid lower Thursday after the Energy Information Administration reported a crude oil inventory build of 6.1 million barrels for the week to October 8.Gasoline inventory builds have also failed to put a lid on prices at the pump in the past couple of weeks. For last week, …

Current coal prices have recorded 1,500 Yuan per tonne. Soaring energy prices sent producer prices to their highest in at least 25 years in September, rising by 10.7% from a year earlier according to official data released on Thursday and Cold winter weather is likely to push coal prices higher.Daily …

During the European trading session today, the market held a similar tone to its trajectory yesterday, as stocks are recovering modestly after the setback that occurred in the trading stages this week. European indices maintained their gains, while US futures pointed to solid gains as bond yields continued to decline, …

Manufacturing Sales in Canada increased by 0.5% on a monthly basis in August to C$60.3 billion, the data published by Statistics Canada showed on Thursday. This reading followed July’s decrease of 1.2% and came in line with the market estimates.

There were 293,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending October 9, the data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) showed on Thursday. This reading followed the previous print of 329,000 (revised from 326,000) and came in better than the market expectation of …

Oil prices rose on Thursday, reversing earlier losses, as larger-than-expected drawdowns in US gasoline and distillate inventories prompted buying, and the rally was also supported by expectations that higher natural gas prices as winter approaches will shift to oil to meet heating demand. Brent crude futures rose 67 cents, or …

Gold price is posting strong gains in midday U.S. trading Wednesday, hitting 4 week highs. Buy stop orders were hit in the futures markets after key technical resistance levels were penetrated on the upside.A selloff in the U.S. dollar index today also worked in favor of the precious metal market …

The German Economy Ministry said in its latest report that it expects a significant increase in the gross domestic product in the third quarter of this year, thanks to growth in the service sector. “Separately, the German economic institutes cut the 2021 growth forecast to 2.4% from the 3.7% previous …

The dollar hit a 9-day low against major currencies, reversing its recent rally, while the British pound, Australian, and New Zealand dollars advanced. The dollar rose in September and since the beginning of October on expectations that the US central bank will tighten monetary policy faster than expected, but it …