Market Update

Bank of America on Monday reported mixed results for the second quarter of this year, as its profits fell as expenses related to regulatory issues rose, while revenue rose better than expected. The bank reported a 32% drop in earnings to $6.25 billion, or 73 cents a share, for the …

On Monday, July 18, Goldman Sachs reported earnings and revenue that beat analyst estimates, with fixed-income traders earning nearly $700 million more than expected. Second-quarter earnings fell 48 percent to $2.79 billion, or $7.73 per share, driven by lower industry-wide banking revenue. However, the results were more than a dollar …

The euro rose to a one-week high on Monday, benefiting from the dollar’s decline after many Federal Reserve officials indicated that they were not in favour of an increased rate of an interest rate hike. These comments, made late last week, pulled the dollar back from its two-decade high and …

Gold prices rose on Monday, with the dollar falling somewhat, while investors retreated from expectations that the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by 100 basis points at its next meeting. And the price of gold in spot transactions increased 0.7 percent to $ 1719.49 an ounce by 0724 …

Oil prices extended gains on Monday, July 18, supported by a weak dollar and tight supplies, which offset fears about a recession and the possibility that widespread shutdowns in China to combat Covid-19 will again reduce demand for fuel. Brent crude futures for September delivery settled at $103.76 a barrel …

Russia’s Kommersant newspaper reported on Monday, citing informed sources, that Canada sent a Nord Stream gas pipeline turbine to Germany on a plane on July 17 after completing its repair. It will take another five to seven days for the turbine to reach Russia unless there are problems with logistics …

Oil prices extended gains on Monday, buoyed by a weak dollar and tight supplies that offset fears about a recession and the possibility that widespread shutdowns in China to combat COVID-19 will again reduce demand for fuel. Brent crude futures for September delivery settled 69 cents, or 0.7 percent, at …

The US dollar surged to two-decade highs between Wednesday and Thursday after panic across markets that the Fed might decide a record 100-basis point rate hike next to suppress fresh four-decade highs in consumer prices which constitute a threat later downplayed by the US monetary policymakers.On Friday, the US Census …

Following a meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, though US president Joe Biden said he expected Saudi Arabia to take further steps to increase the oil supply in the coming weeks, oil surged 2.5% on Friday after a US official said that an immediate Saudi oil output …

Oil surged 2.5% on Friday after a US official said that an immediate Saudi oil output boost was not expected, and as investors question whether OPEC has the room to significantly ramp up crude production.The comment during US President Joe Biden’s visit to the kingdom comes at a time when …