Market Update

The New Zealand dollar fell to its lowest in nearly three weeks on Tuesday, August 17, after the country detected its first case of COVID-19 since February, prompting the government to announce new, short-term public isolation measures. The currency fell significantly in the early hours of trading in Asia, and …

Oil prices fell on Tuesday, August 17th, paring early gains, as fears of slowing demand for crude amid rising delta infections outweighed expectations that major oil producers would not boost supplies soon. Brent crude fell 51 cents, or 0.7%, to $69 a barrel, after reaching $69.77 earlier in the session. …

The Japanese Nikkei index fell for the fourth consecutive session Tuesday, August 17th as concerns about the rapidly spreading delta strain of the Coronavirus overshadowed optimism about promising results for companies. The index closed down by 0.36% to 27424.47 points, erasing its previous gains, which amounted to 0.52%, following strong …

Jeff Bezos Blue Origin is suing the United States government over issues in NASA’s Human Landing System $2.9-billion contract that the space agency awarded to Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Blue Origin said that there were flaws in the acquisition process in the deal, with the company aiming to work on NASA’s …

The President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Eric Rosengren, said it would be appropriate to begin tapering the massive asset purchases after another month of strong jobs data. “We have had two months in a row where we have created more than 900,000 jobs and the unemployment rate …

The main indices of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) continued to show a mixed performance, with Wall Street investors seemingly not paying much attention to the disappointing economic data in the U.S. and China. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed higher by 110.02 points, or 0.31%, at 35,625.4 points, …

Oil prices declined on Monday, with economic data in the world’s two biggest economies renewing concerns over the pace of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, especially with the spread of the Delta variant. Factory production and retail sales in China slowed sharply last month, while in the United States, the …

Gold prices rose on Monday, managing to register its second consecutive daily rise, amid a fluctuating performance by the U.S. Dollar (USD) that also remained mostly in the positive territory, with disappointing economic data giving support to the demand for safe havens. Gold futures for December delivery added $11.70, or …

European stocks finished lower on Monday, opening the week with a negative performance that ends a 10-session record-breaking tally, the longest in about 14 years. Weaker than expected economic indicators in China are weighing on investors’ sentiment and risk appetite, with continuous concerns over the resurgence of the coronavirus with …

Canadian wholesale sales declined by 0.8% on an annual basis in June to CAD 71.5 billion, but 2.1% for the month, below market expectations of a 2.5% increase, according to data by Statistics Canada on Monday. The wholesale sales of building materials and supplies dropped by 5.4%, while sales of …