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German Health Minister Jens Spahn said today, Wednesday, that the Russian vaccine for Covid-19 disease has not been adequately tested, adding that the goal is to create a safe product and not just for a country to be the first to provide a vaccine for people. President Vladimir Putin announced …

CME Group’s advanced figures for Natural Gas futures markets noted open interest and volume went down by around 4.5K contracts and by around 57.3K contracts, respectively, on Tuesday, extending the downtrend seen in the last sessions. Natural Gas remains underpinned by the 200-day SMA Natural Gas prices seem to have moved …

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) published the UK industrial and manufacturing production data on Wednesday, as the overall industrial sector returned to expansion in June. Manufacturing output arrived at 11.0% MoM in June versus 10.0% expectations and 8.4% booked in June, while total industrial output came in at 9.3% …

Following the release of the key UK macro data on Wednesday, the British Finance Minister/ Chancellor Rishi Sunak said that the UK economy is now in ‘hard times’, the figures today confirm that. “There will be many more job losses in the coming months.”“Hundreds of thousands of people have already …

FX option expiries for Aug 12 NY cut at 10:00 Eastern Time, via DTCC, can be found below. – USD/JPY: USD amounts          105.75 365m106.00 620m – NZD/USD: NZD amounts 0.6525 1.0bn0.6600 285m

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) indices settled mostly lower on Tuesday, as Wall Street investors reacted negatively to the U.S. Congress failing to reach a deal on the new economic stimulus package with many differences between Democrats and Republicans. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down by 0..38%, while …

President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced on Tuesday that the U.S. government has reached an agreement to purchase 100 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. Moderna has been working on a vaccine for sometime now and has received huge funds from the U.S. government for its research. The …

Former Vice President of the United States and the Democratic Party’s Candidate for the 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections, Joe Biden, announced that he has chosen Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. Harris, the first Black woman to be nominated for the Vice President position by a major political party …

The United States crude oil inventories decreased by 4.4 million barrels last week, according to data by the American Petroleum Institute (API) released on Tuesday. The U.S. crude stockpiles now stand at around 516 million barrels. Meanwhile, gasoline inventories fell by 1.3 million barrels, while distillate stockpiles declined by 2.9 …

The Russian economy contracted by 8.5% on an annual basis during the second quarter (Q2) of 2020, official data showed on Tuesday. The economic downturn came amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, with lockdowns and preventive measures casting their shadows economic activities. Next year, Russia’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected …