Market Update

Oil prices were little changed on Friday and held on to the gains they made in the previous session on doubts that oil producers in the OPEC+ cartel could increase crude production enough to offset Russian oil supply shortfalls. the price of West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose one cent …

Gold prices hit a one-month high on Friday with the dollar’s decline, which put the precious metal on track to record its third consecutive weekly increase. By 0214 GMT, spot gold rose 0.2 percent to $1,871.28 an ounce, its highest level since May 9. Gold prices are up about 1 …

Japan’s Nikkei closed at a nearly two-month high on Friday, boosted by gains in Fast Retailing shares after the company reported strong domestic sales. The Nikkei index rose 1.27 percent to close at 27,761.57 points, the highest closing level since April 5, recording the largest weekly jump since March 25, …

US equities edged higher, even despite comments by Fed Vice-Chair Lael Brainard said that the central bank would hardly pause its current rate-hiking cycle amid record inflation levels. Cleveland Loretta Mester said that inflation has not yet peaked and that it’s too early to discuss a potential pause in the …

The American WTI crude oil pushed higher on Thursday after OPEC+ had agreed to increase its monthly oil quotas, meanwhile, US inventories declined by 5.1-million barrels last week, above the 1.3-million-barrel fall.West Texas Intermediate crude trades at $117.53, namely it is 2.37% higher on Thursday as US oil inventories fell …

The GBP/USD pair is sliding from daily highs near 1.2585. The pair was earlier up by 0.68% and had rallied from a low of 1.2469 as the US dollar retraced some of its Wednesday gains ahead of and during another busy data schedule.The highlights on Thursday were mainly weekly initial …

Microsoft stock slips to become the latest company to warn of the US dollar’s impact on financials. The Tech giant also dropped its gross-margin guidance.Microsoft cut sales and earnings guidance for the current quarter, citing the impact of foreign exchange rates as the stronger dollar takes a toll. The software …

US stock indexes rose in choppy trading on Thursday led by Tesla and other growth stocks, with investor focus on Microsoft’s forecast cut and comments from a Federal Reserve official ahead of a key jobs report due on Friday.The S&P index recorded one new 52-week high and 29 new lows, …

Higher than expected wages increase will boost the American dollar, in this high-probability scenario. However; slower salary gains will likely drag the dollar down. As expected figures will certainly create an opportunity to move against the prevalent trend. Nonfarm Payrolls remain significant despite the focus on inflation – it just …

Lael Brainard, Vice Chairwoman of the Fed said on Thursday that the Fed is monitoring mixed signals on the US economy, but the number one priority will still be getting inflation down. Brainard has added that she does expect to see some cooling of the economy over time, and that …