Market Update

Investors were optimistic that a slowdown in price increases would support an earlier than anticipated conclusion to the Federal Reserve’s programme of fast monetary tightening, which is why the Dow and S&P 500 increased on Tuesday ahead of inflation data. Consumer prices are anticipated to have decreased on an annual …

Economists are busy analyzing gold price expectations ahead of the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) report. Gold prices are finding a footing with CPI data that is awaited on Wednesday, and on that note, markets do expect to witness a below consensus CPI print, which could help the precious metal …

The USD/CAD pair is trading at 1.3266 at the time of writing. Canada’s dollar remains cautious ahead of the Bank of Canada’s (BoC) interest rate decision on Wednesday. Core inflation has fallen significantly in Canada, while it remains stubbornly high in the US, making USD/CAD bullish. The technical picture is …

Haitham Al-Ghais, Secretary-General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), said during an oil and gas conference in Nigeria that global energy demand is expected to rise by 23% until 2045. He added, “The global demand for energy is expected to increase by a significant rate of 23% …

The dollar fell to a two-month low on Tuesday after Federal Reserve officials signaled the tightening cycle was coming to an end, while sterling rose to a 15-month high after more-than-expected wage growth in Britain. Several Federal Reserve officials said on Monday that the bank would likely need to raise …

Inflation rose in Germany in June, snapping a steady decline since the beginning of the year. Data from the Federal Statistical Office on Tuesday showed consumer prices, harmonized to facilitate comparison with other countries in the European Union, rose 6.8 percent year-on-year in June. Core inflation, which strips out volatile …

Japan’s Nikkei index rose slightly at the close on Tuesday, snapping losses for five consecutive sessions, but gave up most of its early gains as investors sold shares to take profits. The Nikkei index rose 0.04 percent to 32,203.57 points at the close, while the broader Topix index reversed its …

New Meta app Threads dethrones OpenAI’s ChatGPT and becomes the world’s fastest growing app in terms of users. Since Threads launched less than a week ago, the Instagram-related app has seen huge growth in users, until it surpassed 100 million subscribers on Monday. Mark Zuckerberg, head of Meta, confirmed that …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed on Monday to send Sweden’s request to join NATO to parliament, in a move that appears to end months of debate over the issue that has affected the military alliance while the war in Ukraine drags on. Sweden and Finland applied for NATO membership …

Oil prices rose on Tuesday, recouping some of the previous session’s losses, with traders focusing on Saudi Arabia and Russia cutting production and anticipating economic data that may help ascertain the demand for crude. Brent crude futures rose 33 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $78 a barrel by 0050 GMT, …