Market Update

The United States awaits January’s Consumer Price Index next Tuesday. Eurozone’s GDP could be crucial for the Euro. The EUR/USD pair fell for a second consecutive week, further retreating from the 1.1000 region to settle around the 1.0700 figure. At the time of writing, the pair is trading at 1.0676; …

Oil prices rose more than 2% on Friday and posted weekly gains of over 8%, as Russia announced plans to reduce oil production next month after the West imposed price caps on the country’s crude and fuel.Brent crude futures rose to settle at $1.89, or 2.2%, to $86.39 a barrel. …

Wall Street brokerage Cantor Fitzgerald has been supervising Tether Holdings’ $39B Treasury bond portfolio according to the Wall Street Journal. Hong Kong-based Tether is the issuer of stablecoin tether (USDT-USD), the world’s most traded digital token with a market cap of $68.2B.The news followed Tether’s attestation report Thursday showing its …

The S&P 500 wavered between gains and losses on Friday as Wall Street looked to the end of what is shaping up to be a losing week. The broad index was little changed, while the Nasdaq Composite slipped about 0.8%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 135 points, or 0.4%.Each …

The US Dollar is expected to finish this trading week with solid gains due to Fed’s hawkish comments as well as the latest US data.US Consumer Sentiment improved according to the University of Michigan. The UK avoided a recession in Q4 2022, though its forward economic outlook suggests a weaker …

Gold remains firm at around $1860 despite hawkish signalsOn Friday, gold prices remain firm at around $1860 per ounce after hitting a week-to-date new low of $1852.45 due to expectations regarding the next move by the US central bank and whether it would raise rates by 25 bps in the …

Opportunities were opening up for other nations to strengthen their positions in the supply chain for this crucial sector of the global economy and a key player in emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and next-generation computing after the United States imposed restrictions on China’s semiconductor manufacturing sector last autumn.In an …

The data published by Statistics Canada revealed on Friday that the Unemployment Rate stayed unchanged at 5% in January. This reading came in better than the market expectation of 5.1%. Further details of the publication revealed that the Net Change in Employment rose by 150,000, surpassing analysts’ estimate of 15,000 …

Gold prices stabilized on Friday as market focus shifted to US inflation data due next week, which is likely to provide a clear picture of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy path. Spot gold prices remained largely unchanged at $1,862.74 an ounce by 1209 GMT, after hitting the lowest since January …

Russia will cut oil production by 500,000 barrels per day, or around 5% of output , in March, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday, after the West imposed price caps on Russian oil and oil products. The price of Brent crude rose on the news of the output …