On Monday, Bitcoin dropped by some 5% to an intraday low of $18,276, reaching its lowest level since June 2019. It was last down 2.9% at $19,091.00. Bitcoin is down 7.2% in the current month and on pace for the second straight negative month after plunging 15% in August.Ether also …
Read More »US equities turn higher ahead of Fed meeting
After the three major indexes logged their worst week in three months, US stocks rose on Monday. The S&P 500 climbed 0.3% after starting the session in the red territory, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 100 points. The tech-heavy Nasdaq advanced 0.2%.In the bond market, the benchmark US …
Read More »Saudi crude oil exports rise in July, surpassing a two-year peak
The International Energy Forum said on Monday, citing data from the Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI), that Saudi crude oil exports rose for the second month in a row to their highest level in more than two years. Saudi exports in July rose 2.5 percent to 7.38 million barrels per …
Read More »Ukraine’s grain exports have fallen 46% since the start of the 2022/23 season
On Monday, the Ukrainian Ministry of Agriculture said that Ukraine’s grain exports fell 45.6 percent year on year in the 2022/23 season to 6.364 million tons. Ukraine’s grain exports have fallen since the start of the war because its ports on the Black Sea, a major shipping route, have been …
Read More »Oil drops more than 1% amid rising dollar, demand concerns
Oil prices fell more than 1% on Monday, weighed by expectations of sluggish global demand and a stronger dollar ahead of a possible significant interest rate hike. However, supply worries are limiting the price slide. The world’s central banks will almost certainly raise interest rates this week, and the Federal …
Read More »The dollar is rising ahead of an expected sharp interest rate hike from the US Central
The dollar climbed to near 20-year highs against other major currencies on Monday, ahead of a slew of central bank meetings, including a meeting of the US Federal Reserve that is likely to approve another big interest rate hike. Exchanges were generally thin, with markets in London and Tokyo closed …
Read More »Gold falls as the dollar rises ahead of the Fed meeting
Gold fell on Monday under the weight of the dollar’s rally as investors braced for a significant rate hike expected from the US Federal Reserve and other central banks this week to bring down inflation. And gold fell in spot transactions 0.8 percent to $ 1661.65 an ounce at 0724 …
Read More »European stocks open lower as tech stocks fall
European shares rebounded at the open on Monday and technology shares led the decline amid expectations of a significant interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve (the US central bank) in the coming days. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.4 percent, hitting its lowest level in two months, while …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, September 12-16
The dollar rose slightly against the yen on Thursday after data showed a more-than-expected recovery in US retail sales in August, while the Swiss franc reached its highest level against the euro since 2015. Retail Sales in the US stayed increased by 0.3% to $683.3 billion in August, the data …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 16/09/2022
Most investors are worried about an aggressive Fed’s hike that could knock the US economy into a recession. At the time of writing, the USD/CAD is trading at 1.3293, above its opening price by 0.51%. The Canadian dollar weakened versus the solid US dollar, piercing the 1.3300 mark briefly during …
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