Gold futures traded modestly lower on Monday, as a pickup in Treasury yields and the US dollar helped to dull appetite for the precious metal, which has been held in check by uncertainties about the spread of omicron and Federal Reserve policies.The most active February delivery gold contract GCG22, -0.16% …
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Sanctions and Inflation Sink Russia as Putin Hits Alaska’s Stage
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Dow Jones Hits Record High but Stumbles as Consumer Confidence Wanes
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Dollar Struggles as Gold Holds Steady Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit
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Yen Surges as Japan’s GDP Shines, US Economic Data Falters
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USD/CHF Slides Toward 0.8050 as Weak US Data Puts Pressure on the Dollar
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Gold Struggles Near Two-Week Low as Rising Yields Offset Dollar Weakness
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Market Analysis
December, 2021
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6 December 2021 8:23 pm
WTI surges as KSA increases oil prices
WTI has recovered some of last week’s losses and reclaimed $67.50 amid a positive market mood. Saudi Arabia increased the crude-oil barrel to a median of $0.50 to different customers, and oil rose on the news.As the New York session begins, the US crude oil benchmark, Western Texas Intermediate, also …
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6 December 2021 5:54 pm
Market Drivers – European Session 06-12-2021
Markets are still looking for developments in Omicron as well as awaiting US data. In a widely expected move, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) slashed the banks’ Reserve Requirement Ratio (RRR) by 50bps on Monday. Eurozone’s investor sentiment keeps worsening in the final month of the year, the latest …
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6 December 2021 5:09 pm
Gold Prices Fall With Renewed Risk Appetite And The Rise of The Dollar
Gold prices fell Monday, December 6, as appetite for less safe assets improved and the dollar rose on uncertainty over Omicron ahead of US inflation data this week. The dollar rose, making gold less attractive to holders of other currencies, while US 10-year bond yields made up for their losses. …
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6 December 2021 3:43 pm
The Dollar is Rising as US Treasury yields Recover Some of Their Losses
The dollar rose slightly on Monday, with US Treasury yields rising from their lowest in two and a half months hit last week, after news that initial observations showed that people with the new mutant of the Coronavirus Omicron had only mild symptoms. News from South Africa’s Omicron helped turn …
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6 December 2021 2:16 pm
Market Drivers – Asian Session 6-12-2021
The week got off to a quiet start in Asia. This morning, the People’s Bank of China set the yuan’s exchange rate against the US dollar at 6.3702 yuan per dollar. Japan’s Nikkei closed lower on Monday, dragged down by a sharp drop in SoftBank Group shares, but optimism about …
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6 December 2021 1:34 pm
Bitcoin Below $50K After a Tough Weekend
Bitcoin hovered near $49,000 on Monday, down 1.5% on the day, as traders took losses after a grueling weekend when the world’s most popular cryptocurrency at one point lost more than 20% of its value. This trajectory brought the price of Bitcoin and the amount invested in its futures contracts …
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6 December 2021 1:12 pm
The Turkish Lira Fell to Its Lowest Level
The Turkish lira fell 0.7% against the US dollar to return to its lowest levels, affected by continuing concerns about the monetary easing policies of the Central Bank, despite the increase in the inflation rate by more than 21%. The Turkish lira recorded 13.85 to the dollar by 06:17 GMT, …
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5 December 2021 9:30 pm
Weekly Recap 29 Nov. – 3 Dec.
America and Germany decided to adopt stricter restrictions to circumvent COVID-19 on Thursday, away Austria, there are tailored or modified lockdowns elsewhere all over the globe to combat the emergence of the new Omicron strain. Such measures provoked turmoil across financial markets, lest it could ignite severe global economic slowdown …
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4 December 2021 4:11 am
Fed Warning Detonates USD 300 Billion Worth Cryptos
A sudden bitcoin and crypto selloff has followed a warning made by famed investor Louis Navellier that widely-expected Federal Reserve taper will potentially burst the bitcoin and crypto bubble.Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices have fallen sharply, wiping around $300 billion worth of value from the combined crypto market in just two …
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4 December 2021 3:59 am
Why Next Speech By BoE’s Broadbent Does Matter
A significant event on Monday will be the speech by the Bank of England’s Ben Broadbent, this will be Broadbent last public appearance prior to the anticipated rate decision in the following week.Investors believe it is reasonable to expect rate hikes from 0.10% to 0.25% on December 16, but uncertainty …
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4 December 2021 3:44 am
Chinese Didi Seeking to Delist in New York
Chinese tech stocks popular among US investors have fallen amid the country’s regulatory crackdown on technology firms.Wall Street Journal has explained some of the new risks investors face when buying shares of companies like Didi or Tencent. Investors punished shares of Chinese companies traded in the US on Friday.Didi Global …
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4 December 2021 3:25 am
Losses of Tech Shares In 2021 Need Close Examination
The selloff gained force Friday, leaving the NYSE FANG+ Index of Tech Industry’s giants bordering on correction territory, or a 10% drop from the highest. That’s not seen as a good sign heading into the end of the year, the most illiquid trading season. Shares of Tesla, Netflix, Nvidia and …
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