Market Update

Most Treasury yields turned lower on Thursday, as US stocks relinquished some ground following three straight days of gains.Meanwhile, bond investors are awaiting the US November consumer-price index report on Friday and a Federal Reserve policy meeting next week.Treasuries dated three years and out were seeing some modest buying on …

Weekly jobless claims tumbled last week, reaching a fresh 52-year low as the US jobs market climbs out of its pandemic-era hole, the Labor Department reported Thursday.Initial filings for unemployment insurance totaled 184,000 for the week ended Dec. 4, the lowest going back to Sept. 6, 1969, which saw 182,000.Initial …

Based on a Reuters poll, experts said that the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in the third quarter of the next year 2022, earlier than expected (in the fourth quarter) a month ago. Experts believe that the reason for this early change of the US Federal Reserve is …

The euro, sterling, and dollar prices stabilized on Thursday on hopes that some COVID-19 vaccines could neutralize the coronavirus mutated Omicron, and analysts say attention is once again focused on monetary policy. Some concerns related to the emergence of the Omicron mutant were eased when BioNTech and Pfizer said three …

US stock index futures fell slightly in trading on Thursday, after major indexes posted gains for the third day yesterday, as traders are betting that the economic impacts of the Omicron pivot will not be as severe as initially thought. The Dow Jones Industrial Average futures declined 109 points, the …

Gold prices received support from the dollar’s decline to rise Thursday, but the rise in US Treasury bond yields and anticipation of US inflation data and the Fed meeting limited the rise of the non-yielding metal. The price of gold in spot transactions rose 0.2% to $ 1785.78, while US …

European shares rose slightly Thursday, December 9, after positive comments from vaccine manufacturers calmed some concerns about the new mutated Omicron from the Coronavirus, while Deutsche Bank shares fell after reports that it may have violated a criminal settlement. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index rose 0.3%, after declining 0.6% in …

Data on Thursday, December 9th, showed that German exports increased much more than expected in October despite persistent supply bottlenecks in the manufacturing sector, suggesting that Europe’s largest economy may be on the way to recovery. The Federal Statistics Office said that exports, after adjusting for seasonal factors, increased by …

US shares remarkably surged Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.31% to 4,701.21 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.10% to 35,754.75. Stocks surged led by overall positivity across the financial markets …

Reuters’ survey of economists cites persistently higher inflation to mark the shift in expectations for lift-off to Q3 from Q4 next year. Even so, “Rising COVID-19 cases around the world and the emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant, along with renewed restrictions in some countries underscore that the pandemic is …