Market Update

China asks the US to remove visa restrictions on Chinese communist party members, Xinhua News Agency reported, citing comments from the country’s Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng following his meeting with the US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman.

Silver finished the week with large losses that are the biggest in five weeks, due to the diminishing demand for safe havens as reflation fears eased and risk appetite improved among investors. The silver metal has now maintained a downward trend for three consecutive weeks. Silver futures lost 14.70 cents …

Oil prices continued to rise on Friday for the fourth consecutive session, scoring their first weekly rise in four weeks, with investors shrugging off concerns about output policy and a slower than expected recovery from the coronavirus crisis. The global benchmark Brent crude futures for September delivery added 31 cents …

Gold prices declined on Friday, extending their weekly decline that snapped a four-week rising streak, amid the rise of the U.S. Dollar (USD) and an improvement in risk appetite among investors, who seem to be less worried about reflation and slow recovery concerns. However, the yellow metal was supported by …

European stocks finished higher on Friday for the fourth consecutive session, extending their weekly gains and hitting a new all-time high amid an improvement in risk sentiment among investors. The STOXX Europe 600 index surged by 4.98 points or 1.09% to close at a record 461.51 points. For the week, …

The number of crude oil and natural gas rigs in the United States increased for the fourth consecutive week, data showed on Friday. This is the first time that the total rig count registers four straight weekly rises since May. The total rig count rose by seven to 491 in …

The Canadian Dollar (CAD) is showing a mixed but mostly negative performance against the U.S. Dollar (USD) on Friday after data showed a better than expected slump in Canadian retail sales. In addition, with improving daily performance by oil futures, the Canadian is gaining relative support as a commodity currency …

The U.S. Dollar (USD) is trading higher on Friday, maintaining a mostly positive performance against other currencies, in the absence of major economic data in the United States, other than the IHS Markit PMI. The flash U.S. Composite Output Index declined to 59.7 in July, down from 63.7 in June, …

Wall Street’s major indexes opened higher on Friday, boosted by big-cap technology stocks and risk flows continuing to dominate the markets, with the focus shifting to business activity data later in the day. The S&P 500 is up 0.45% today at 4,387, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 0.6% …

Reuters reported on Friday that European Central Bank policymakers do not expect to decide on potential changes to the pandemic emergency purchase program (PEPP) at its September meeting, citing three sources familiar with the matter. Sources also indicated that a decision on PEPP would likely be made in October or …