Market Update

The dollar incurred losses on Wednesday, November 11, as concerns about how the Covid-19 vaccine would be distributed over optimism about it, as well as the growing number of infections with the Coronavirus that causes the disease in the United States. The New Zealand dollar recovered from initial losses to …

Car sales in China rose 12.5% in October compared to the same month a year ago, marking an increase for the seventh month in a row as the world’s largest auto market continues to lead the global auto industry’s recovery from its lows with the Covid-19 pandemic. The data from …

The Japanese Nikkei Index rose to close at a new high in 29 years, as investors still hoped for a rapid global recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, supported by developments related to the vaccine. The benchmark Nikkei Index closed 1.78% higher at 25,349.6 points, its highest close since June 1991. …

Data from the American Petroleum Institute on Tuesday showed that crude oil inventories in the United States fell sharply last week. Crude stocks fell by 5.1 million barrels in the week ending on the sixth of November to about 482 million barrels, while analysts polled by Reuters had expected a …

Oil prices jumped about 3% today, Tuesday, after hopes that a vaccine for Covid-19 looms on the horizon on concern about a drop in fuel demand due to new measures for public isolation to contain the Coronavirus Brent crude ended the world record for the nearest trading session maturity, up …

Treasury yields in the United States mostly increased on Tuesday. Return on the 10-year Treasury bonds rose by 1.3 basis points to 0.970%. Meanwhile, the 30-year bond yield increased by 0.9 basis point to 1.759%, its highest level since March. The two-year note yield remained nearly unchanged at 0.183%.

Wall Street showed a mixed performance on Tuesday, as the performance of the main indices of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) varied on positive news of a COVID-19 vaccine. While the Dow Jones recorded gains, the Nasdaq closed lower as investors moved away from tech stocks. The Dow Jones …

Oil prices rose on Tuesday, for the second session in a row, supported by improved sentiment on the success of Coronavirus vaccine trials. Brent crude futures for January delivery increased by $1.21, or 2.9%, to close at $43.61 per barrel. Meanwhile, the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures for December …

Gold prices rose on Tuesday, recovering some of its losses yesterday, which were the biggest in a single day in about seven years. Dropping gold prices in the first session of the week came amid high hopes for the success of the Coronavirus vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. …

President of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Mary Daly, said on Tuesday that the United States economy could slow amid the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the country, Reuters reported. “My modal outlook is that we will continue to expand at a gradual pace.”“When the virus is …