Market Update

The United States Pending Home Sales Index declined by 2.2% to 130, according to data by the National Association of Realtors released on Thursday. On an annual basis, pending home sales increased by 20.5%.

Natural gas inventories in the United States increased by 29 billion cubic feet last week, below market expectations, according to data by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Thursday. Gas stockpiles now stand at 3.955 trillion cubic feet. This means an increase of 285 billion cubic feet compared with …

The United States’ Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanded at an annual rate of 33.1% in the third quarter, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis’ advance estimate showed on Thursday. This reading came in better than the market expectation of +31% and followed the 31.4% contraction recorded in the second …

There were 751,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits in the US during the week ending October 24th, the data published by the US Department of Labor (DOL) revealed on Thursday. This reading followed last week’s print of 791,000 (revised from 787,000) and came in slightly better than the market expectation …

At its monetary policy meeting held on October 29th, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to leave the interest rates on the 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, as …

Inflation in Germany, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), was 0.1% (preliminary) in October, the data published by Destatis showed on Thursday. This reading followed September’s print of -0.2% and came in higher than the market expectation of 0%. On a yearly basis, the CPI stayed unchanged at …

On Thursday, the Bank of Japan trimmed its forecast for the economy and prices in the current fiscal year, but revealed a more optimistic view about the chances of recovery, indicating that the stimulus measures it took are sufficient so far. The central bank warned that the outlook is shrouded …

The Consumer Confidence for the euro area and the EU both declined by 1.6 points in October and arrived at -15.5 and -16.5, respectively, the data published by the European Commission showed on Thursday. Further details of the publication revealed that the Industrial Confidence for the euro area improved modestly …

Oil prices continue their losses after losing 5% in the previous session, with governments re-imposing restrictions to contain the second wave of cases with the Coronavirus, and amid indications of a growing global supply glut. By 0743 GMT, US West Texas Intermediate crude futures were down 8 cents, equivalent to …

Japanese stocks fell to their lowest levels in a month today, Thursday, under the weight of fears about new closures to combat the Coronavirus in Europe, but the optimistic expectations of companies during the results season limited the losses. The benchmark Nikkei index closed 0.37% at 23,331.94 points. The Nikkei …