Market Update

The European Central Bank raised the key interest rates by 75 basis points on Thursday, as expected. Analysts at Commerzbank, point out Christine Lagarde sounded dovish at the press conference but they still see that another big rate hike for the December meeting remains on the table. Key Quotes: “After …

Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), is delivering her remarks on the policy outlook and responding to questions from the press following the Governing Council’s decision to hike key rates by 75 basis points in October. “Supply bottlenecks are easing.”“Depreciation of the euro has added to inflation.”“Price …

The US economy expanded at an annualized rate of 2.6% in the third quarter, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis’ (BEA) first estimate showed on Thursday. This reading followed the 0.6% contraction recorded in the second quarter and came in slightly better than the market expectation for a growth of …

Gold prices fell on Thursday as the dollar rose, while investors awaited economic data amid expectations that the Federal Reserve may slow the pace of interest rate hikes after November. And gold fell in spot transactions 0.1 percent to $ 1662.79 an ounce by 0952 GMT, and US gold futures …

The European Central Bank (ECB) announced on Thursday that it raised its key rates by 75 basis points (bps) following the October policy meeting as expected. With this decision, the interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility …

Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), is scheduled to deliver her remarks on the monetary policy outlook at a press conference at 12:45 GMT. Follow our live coverage of ECB’s policy announcements and the market reaction.

Oil prices rose on Thursday, October 27, to continue rising more than 3% in the previous session, supported by record-high US crude exports and a weak dollar. Still, persistent concerns about weak demand in China limited gains in Asia. By 03:32 GMT, Brent crude futures rose 20 cents, or 0.2%, …

The dollar rose on Thursday after falling earlier to its lowest level in a month in volatile trading ahead of the European Central Bank’s expected interest rate hike. Meanwhile, the yen gained some strength ahead of the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy decision on Friday, rising to 145.11 against the …

European shares opened lower on Thursday as investors remained cautious ahead of a widely expected decision by the European Central Bank to raise interest rates, as well as the troubled Swiss bank Credit Suisse unveiling restructuring plans. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index fell 0.3 percent after closing at a five-week …

The Japanese Nikkei index ended Thursday’s trading lower after three days of gains, as cautious investors focused on the outlook for specific stocks as earnings season reached its climax. The Nikkei index closed down 0.32 percent at 27,345.24 points. The index recorded positive readings at times in the morning session, …