Market Update

Oil prices fell more than $2 on Monday after rising COVID-19 infections in the Chinese capital, Beijing, dashed hopes of a rapid increase in China’s demand for fuel, while concerns about global inflation and economic growth further depressed the market. Brent crude futures fell $1.81, or 1.48 percent, to $119.95 …

European shares fell for the fifth consecutive session Monday, June 13, weighed down by economic-sensitive stocks, as the sharp rise in US inflation raised concerns about the US Federal Reserve’s sharp increase in interest rates. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was down 1.1% by 07:12 GMT, hitting its lowest level …

Japan’s Nikkei index posted its biggest decline in more than four months on Monday, ending the session at a two-week low after a bigger-than-expected rise in US inflation in May sent Wall Street sharply lower at the weekend. The Nikkei index fell 3.01 percent to close at 26,987.44 points, the …

The dollar rose to a nearly four-week high against a basket of currencies on Friday, after data showed US consumer prices accelerated in May, suggesting the Federal Reserve may have to keep raising interest rates until September to combat inflation. In the 12 months to May, the US consumer price …

The US Dollar Index, a measure of the dollar’s value, is advancing 0.84%, sitting at 104.177, while the US 10-year benchmark note rises 21 basis points and is up at 3.154%.As investors expect an aggressive US Fed, USD/CHF rallies 0.80% post US hot inflation. Elevated US Treasury yields lifted the …

The Consumer Price Index published on Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics hiked by 8.6% from a year ago, up from April’s reading of 8.3% and higher than economists had projected.Federal Reserve policymakers tasked with bringing prices back down could likely to take clues from May’s CPI report on …

gold prices are soaring on Friday despite higher US yields and a stronger dollar. The Gold Index XAU/USD rebounded again at the $1830 but this time it broke $1850 and a few minutes later reach $1870, and even $1874 at the time of writing.Following the US May CPI report, XAU/USD …

Financial Japanese authorities had a meeting to address the weaker JPY and have agreed to act if the yen continues weakening. Despite falling on threats of an intervention by Japan, the GBP/JPY pair managed to gain 1.30% within a week.The GBP/JPY pair fell on Friday and trimmed weekly gains of …

Tesla announced in its annual proxy statement released late Friday it will seek shareholder approval to split its stock 3-for-1.Tesla said the proposed stock split, “would help reset the market price of our common stock so that our employees will have mor flexibility in managing their equity, all of which, …

Credit card companies are sweetening the bonuses they offer their customers, and American Express is doing just that through a new partnership with crypto wealth management platform and wallet provider Abra. The two companies announced the launch of the Abra Crypto Card on the Amex network today at Coindesk’s Consensus …