Gold price creeps higher amid the lack of US economic data as investors observe the results of the US mid-term elections and October’s CPI. Treasury yields are lower on the day, while expectations for a 50 bps rate hike by the Fed stood above 50%. Gold price is subdued as …
Read More »Turkey begins paying in rubles for some Russian gas purchases
According to Reuters, Turkish Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Tuesday that Turkey has started paying in Russian rubles for some of its natural gas purchases from Russiam. In an interview with the TRT news channel of the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, Donmez said the share of payments in …
Read More »Gold falls on dollar strength ahead of US midterm elections
Gold prices fell on Tuesday, November 8, due to a slight rise in the dollar, in addition to shifting investors’ attention to inflation data in America, which is expected to be released next Thursday. Markets are awaiting inflation data because of its impact on the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise …
Read More »Eurozone Retail Sales drop 0.6% YoY in September
Eurozone’s Retail Sales rose by 0.4% MoM in September versus 0.4% expected and 0% last, the official figures released by Eurostat showed on Tuesday. On an annualized basis, the bloc’s Retail Sales came in at -0.6% in September versus -1.4% recorded in August and -1.3% consensus forecast. EURUSD comes under …
Read More »European stocks open lower, and mining companies are the main losers
European shares opened lower on Tuesday, with miners leading the decline amid fears of slowing demand in China and investors being cautious ahead of the US midterm elections that will determine who will have control of Congress. The Stoxx 600 index was down 0.4 percent by 0808 GMT. The European …
Read More »Oil prices fall amid concerns about Chinese demand and recession
Oil prices fell on Tuesday, as fears of a recession and the worsening outbreak of the Coronavirus in China raised expectations of lower demand for fuel, outweighing concerns about supplies. Brent crude fell 23 cents, or 0.2 percent, to $ 97.69 a barrel by 0726 GMT, while US West Texas …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 07/11/2022
The US dollar began the trading week, on Monday, with an attempt to recover the gains lost before Friday’s closing bell. Instead, the dollar ended with losing further ground against its major rival currencies.The dollar accelerated its decline late in the US session as Wall Street picked up momentum ahead …
Read More »Silk Road Hacker’s $3.36 Billion in Bitcoin Seized
Almost one year after a billion-dollar seizure of dark web’s crypto, the same agency discovered another massive treasure hidden under a different hacker’s floorings. Dark web drugs market that is broadly known as the Silk Road was designed to be a mysterious underworld economy that avoided all governmental control. On …
Read More »ECB’s Lagarde: Inflation too high, rates to rise further
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde repeated that the cycle of interest-rate hikes has to ensure that inflation returns to the 2% target over the medium term.Meanwhile, the EUR/USD pair is on the up and traders have been of the mind that the US economy is slowing enough to allow …
Read More »Gold benefits from US dollar’s slide ahead of CPI data
Gold prices steadied on Monday near a three-week peak hit in the previous session, buoyed by a weaker dollar, while investors looked forward to U.S. inflation data later this week that could influence the size of Federal Reserve rate-hike.At the time of writing, the precious metal is trading at $1676.25. …
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