Market Update

As a result of equities and bonds doing poorly, the US Dollar Index erased the losses it had incurred on Monday. After mixed sector readings for the Purchase Manager’s Index were released, with Services remaining robust and Manufacturing shrinking, the dollar has maintained its gains. The dollar has stabilised and …

Saudi Arabia’s energy minister has cautioned oil speculators to “be careful” ahead of the latest OPEC+ meeting, after the group decided to cut output in early April. “I would just tell them to watch out,” Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman remarked on Tuesday, implying that those wagering against oil price hikes …

The UK will avoid a recession this year, according to the IMF, which added that the country’s economy has been “buoyed by resilient demand in the context of declining energy prices.” The Washington-based think tank now predicts UK GDP to expand 0.4% in 2023, owing to higher wage growth, more …

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Tuesday the central bank had “very big lessons to learn”, with inflation still in double digits and food prices rising at the fastest rate since the 1970s. “I think there are very big lessons about how we operate monetary policy in the …

Japan’s Nikkei index fell sharply on Tuesday after reaching a 33-year high, with some investors rushing to sell stocks to lock in profits, after the index posted eight straight days of gains. The Nikkei index started the day’s trading strongly and reached a new peak at 31352.53 points, a level …

European stocks fell on Tuesday, dragged down by Swiss wealth manager Julius Baer after weak results, while investors await data on business activity in the euro zone for clues about the path of interest rates. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was down 0.3% by 0715 GMT, with the travel and …

The dollar touched a six-month high against the yen on Tuesday amid the continuing debt ceiling crisis in the United States and growing expectations that interest rates there will remain higher for a longer period. The dollar rose to a six-month high of 138.80 against the yen in early Asian …

Gold prices fell on Tuesday, affected by the strength of the dollar, while investors watched the continued attempts to reach an agreement to end the debt ceiling crisis in the United States. Spot gold fell 0.4 percent to $1,962.06 an ounce by 0306 GMT. US gold futures also fell 0.6 …

Gold’s gains from Friday were partially reversed, with XAU/USD slipping towards $1,970/oz. Additionally falling, silver finished the day at $23.60. The performance of cryptocurrencies was uneven, with BTC/USD failing to recoup $27,000. Prices for crude oil increased somewhat; WTI got close to $72.00. On a quiet Monday in the financial …

Wall Street closed mixed on Monday, with the Nasdaq helped by gains in Alphabet and Meta Platforms, while the S&P 500 ended near flat as investors refrained from big bets ahead of a fresh round of talks about raising the U.S. debt ceiling.President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin …