Market Update

The People’s Bank of China said it will maintain reasonably ample liquidity and direct funding costs down. The People’s Bank of China said in a statement after a meeting of its monetary policy committee that it would make this policy more flexible and targeted. He went on to say that …

The dollar traded near a two-month high against a basket of currencies on Monday, September 28, while doubts about an economic recovery continued before a batch of economic data and political developments in the United States. The recovery of US stocks on Friday contributed to limiting the rise of the …

Oil prices fell on Monday, September 28, as the high number of coronavirus cases dampened hopes for a smooth recovery in fuel demand, while the two major benchmarks are moving towards recording their first monthly decline in several months after falling last week. By 06:52 GMT, Brent crude was down …

Gold prices rose on Monday, September 28, as the dollar retreated from a two-month high last week as political uncertainty increased ahead of the first presidential debate between US President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival, Joe Biden. Gold rose in the spot market 0.1% to $ 1861.13 an ounce …

Japanese stocks closed higher on Monday, September 28, in light of greater demand for stocks whose cash dividends are due to expire this week, but US-Chinese tensions limited the gains. The Nikkei rose 1.32% to 2,3511.62 points, while the broader TOPIX index gained 1.69% to 1,661.93 points. All sub-sector indices …

Mohamed Barkindo, Secretary-General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), said on Sunday (September 27th) that oil stocks in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries in the first quarter of 2021 are expected to remain above their five-year average by a slight margin before falling below …

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said that the global oil market has stabilized in the past few months and that the balance between supply and demand has been restored, while uncertainties continue, such as the rise in COVID-19 cases. He also said that talks about the possibility of transferring exports …

The Nikkei index rose in early trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday, September 28th. Nikkei rose 0.81% to 23391.96 points, while the broader Topix index rose 0.74% to 1646.28 points.

Open interest in Gold futures markets shrunk by nearly 1.6K contracts on Friday, clinching the second drop in a row in light of preliminary figures from CME Group. Volume, in the same line, went down for the second consecutive day, now by almost 127K contracts.

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has set the yuan reference rate at 6.8252 versus Friday’s fix at 6.8121.