Market Update

The gold market will have to encounter a real test next week, as holding the $1,700 per ounce level. This will be critical for the precious metal, which has stayed largely above that level since the beginning of 2021 till date.Even with China’s Evergrande fears worrying the markets, gold failed …

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has achieved a significant high amid prevalent weakness as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hinted at changes as she moved to push ahead with debatable spending bills.The Dow Jones Industrial Average was just about positive, though it closed with a gain of less than 0.1%.Pelosi told …

Brent has closed at highest since October 2018, driving NY ULSD futures to hit their highest up in almost three yearsU.S. oil/gas rig count has also risen for 14th month according to Baker Hughes, so, for a third successive week, oil prices have risen to a near three-year high on …

Market sentiment dampened the appetite for high beta currencies like the Canadian dollar, so, the USD/CAD pair has dropped 40-pips on the back of the climb to new monthly highs recorded by West Texas Intermediate crude oil.In the next week, the Canadian GDP report will be the major focus of …

The U. S. dollar rose to 110.79 Japanese yen from 110.24 yen. The euro fell to USD 1.1716 from USD 1.1747.U.S. crude oil for November delivery rose 68 cents to USD 73.98 per barrel on Friday. Brent crude oil for November delivery rose 84 cents to USD 78.09 per barrel.Wholesale …

China’s central bank declared all transactions involving Bitcoin and other virtual currencies illegal on Friday, stepping up a campaign to block use of unofficial digital money. Chinese banks were banned from handling cryptocurrencies in 2013, but the government issued a reminder this year.That reflected official concern cryptocurrency mining and trading …

China’s central bank has deemed all cryptocurrency transactions illegal, sending the Bitcoin price spiraling by 6%. U.S. Senator Pat Toomey believes this is a valuable opportunity for the United States to move out front on cryptocurrency. The People’s Bank of China is broadening its ban on the industry, especially Bitcoin, …

Evergrande’s debt crisis is a convenient reminder to the world of the various frailties that still run through the Chinese economy.As the property company stumbles, the crucial question is whether those frailties will drag down the world’s second-largest economy. Risks have increased, not just of a slowdown but of permanently …

Baker Hughes has reported that for the current week ending on 24 September, the US rotary rig count increased by nine to 521 rigs.The Canadian rig count is now up by 91 rigs compared to the same week a year ago.The overall rig count is now up by 260 rigs …

Sales of new U.S. single-family homes increased for a second straight month in August, but demand for housing has probably peaked after a COVID-19 pandemic-fueled temporary buying frenzy.Sales increased in August even as sales of existing homes fell. It could be a sign that buyers are turning to newly constructed …