Market Update

the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to leave the interest rates on its main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility unchanged at 0.00%, 0.25% and -0.50%, respectively. The European Central Bank boosted its massive stimulus program in …

Government data revealed that Japanese exports rose for the first time in two years in December, driven by shipments to China, providing a glimmer of hope for policymakers who are counting on an export-led recovery amid an increase in coronavirus cases. A recovery in exports may ease the risk of …

Bitcoin fell 10% Thursday, January 21, to a 10-day low at 31,977 dollars, as the most popular digital currencies in the world continued to decline from a peak of 42 thousand dollars reached on January 8. The decline came amid growing fears that Bitcoin was one of a group of …

Financial markets await today’s ECB decision on interest rates alongside other monetary policy issues. Markets expect the ECB to remain unchanged. The European Central Bank will leave interest rates and the asset purchase program unchanged but is expected to speak of a strong recovery after the Corona pandemic while expressing …

Oil fell Thursday, January 21, after data for the sector showed a sudden increase in US crude stocks, which once again fueled fears about demand driven by the Coronavirus pandemic, but hopes of stimulus in the United States curbed the decline in prices. US West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell …

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that reverses his predecessor Trump’s decision to leave the World Health Organization (WHO) amid the global coronavirus pandemic. Trump withdrew from the specialized health agency of the United Nations at the height of the Coronavirus crisis last year. The White House said …

Gold rose Thursday, January 21, to its highest level in nearly two weeks, with the dollar retreating due to hopes for more stimulus after the new US administration headed by Joe Biden took power, although some profit-taking limited the gains of the precious metal. Spot gold rose 0.1% to $ …

European stocks extended their gains Thursday (January 21st) on hopes of a major US stimulus plan under the administration of the new president, Joe Biden, while investors looked to the European Central Bank for indications about the economic strength of the euro area. The Stoxx600 index of European shares rose …

Japanese stocks rose to a 30-year high at the close, on the path of a strong performance for Wall Street stocks yesterday, thanks to investor optimism about positive corporate earnings as well as expectations of enhanced growth due to a huge stimulus package from the new US administration. The Nikkei …

Oil prices rose on Wednesday for the second consecutive session, amid expectations for increased stimulus spending by the new administration in the United Stated as President Joe Biden was officially inaugurated earlier today. Brent crude futures for March delivery added 18 cents, or 0.3%, to close at $56.08 per barrel. …