Market Update

Peter Kazimir, a member of the European Central Bank’s governing council, said the eurozone economy is growing according to the path the European Central Bank expected in June, so policy makers still have room to wait for hard, more detailed data. Initially, it seemed that the Eurozone economy was recovering …

Gold prices settled on Wednesday, as concerns about the global economic outlook eased pressure from the progress in us-china trade agreement negotiations between, while investors awaited a speech from US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. The spot of gold at 1919.71 dollars an ounce, down by 0.44%, while metal futures …

In its latest Global Macro Outlook published on Tuesday, Moody’s Investors Service said India’s economic recovery will face a tough path amid adverse real economy and bank weakness. In its latest Global Macro Outlook published on Tuesday, Moody’s Investors Service said India’s economic recovery will face a tough path amid …

Gold fell on Wednesday, August 25, as the dollar rose, while investors awaiting a speech by Jerome Powell, President of the US Federal Reserve, to obtain indications about the monetary strategy, but concerns about the global economy, which is hit by the Coronavirus pandemic, kept prices above the level of …

Brent crude prices rose on Wednesday, August 26th, supported by US producers halting most of the offshore production from the Gulf of Mexico before Hurricane Laura and optimism about Sino-US trade talks. Gains were limited by renewed fears about the Coronavirus pandemic, which reduced demand for fuel after reports of …

Data from the American Petroleum Institute showed that inventories of both crude oil and gasoline in the United States recorded a larger-than-expected decline last week, while distillate stocks rose. Crude inventories fell by 4.5 million barrels in the week to August 21 to about 507.5 million barrels, while analysts had …

The US Department of the Interior said that oil producers stopped pumping 1.56 million barrels per day, or 84% of daily production, from US offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of a hurricane expected to hit the region this week. Hurricane Laura is heading north in the central …

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has set the yuan reference rate at 6.9079 versus Tuesday’s fix at 6.9183.

According to the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude oil futures for October were traded at $43.35 a barrel, up 0.00%. It was previously traded lower at $43.23 a barrel. Crude oil may find support at $41.46 and resistance at $43.56. The dollar index, which measures the performance of the greenback …

CME Group’s preliminary readings for Natural Gas futures markets noted open interest shrunk by almost 4.5K contracts on Tuesday, reaching the second drop in a row at the same time. Volume, in the same direction, went down for the second consecutive session, now by nearly 44.8K contracts.