Market Update

German stocks led European indices higher at the open on Thursday, supported by data from Siemens, which recorded an optimistic rise in quarterly profits, while investors await the UK budget, which is expected to restore confidence in the British economy. The German DAX rose 0.9%, while the pan-continental Stoxx 600 …

Gold prices stabilized on Thursday as demand for the precious metal declined due to the latest geopolitical concerns, while hopes that the Federal Reserve (the US central bank) would be less aggressive in raising interest rates in the coming months boosted the markets. And by 0103 GMT, there was little …

Japan’s Nikkei closed lower on Thursday, as Tokyo Electron and Advantest led chip-related stock losses after Micron Technology cut memory chip supplies and capital spending, while travel stocks jumped thanks to an increase in foreign tourists. Micron was the first major chip maker to sound the alarm about falling demand …

The US dollar gathered some strength during the US trading session, closing mixed. The US dollar benefited from a deteriorating sentiment following Poland’s developments in relation to the Russo Ukrainian war, but also from Wednesday’s economic news.The EUR/USD pair trades at around 1.0370, while GBP/USD is stable around 1.1890. Commodity-linked …

Gold Price creeps lower after testing the weekly high around $1786 on Wednesday following the release of positive US data. The retail sales data triggered risk aversion, so, the US dollar’s stance as a safe haven benefited, but the Gold Index was not able failed to capitalize on falling US …

Betcoin was high trading at $16705 after falling to intraday lows after Wednesday’s Wall Street opening bell as the FTX scandal appeared to have impacted another victim. After the bell BTC/USD was trading around $16,400.The meant victim could be Genesis Global Capital, the crypto lending arm of Genesis Trading, and …

Global stocks slid from two-month highs and dollar maintained its safe-haven standing and managed to steady on Wednesday after stronger-than-expected US retail sales clouded the Fed’s inflation outlook and hopes that the Fed could ease its hawkish interest rate hikes.Stocks in Europe pared overnight losses in Asia after Poland’s president …

Governor Christopher Waller repeated the same Fed’s hawkish stance on Wednesday. Last week, Waller said “we’ve still got a way to go” before the US central bank stops raising interest rates, despite good news last week on consumer prices, jolting risk appetite”.Waller continues to warn that officials were not close …

Australia will release October’s employment report on Thursday, November 17 at 00:30 GMT and as markets draw closer to the release time, here are forecasts by analysts at five major banks regarding the upcoming awaited data.Australia is expected to have added 15K positions in October versus 0.9K in September, with …

On Wednesday, the White House has not seen anything that contradicts Poland’s preliminary assessment that a missile that landed within its borders on Tuesday was most likely the result of a Ukrainian air defense missile, according to US National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson.“Whatever the final conclusions may be, it …