Nasdaq 100 futures fell slightly Monday evening after stocks bounced in the afternoon and ahead of Big Tech earnings. Futures tied to the tech focused index fell 0.1%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures and S&P 500 futures were little changed.In regular trading Monday, the Nasdaq Composite jumped 1.3%. The Dow …
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British Pound Slides as UK Political Turmoil and Iran Tensions Boost US Dollar
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WTI Oil Surges Above $100 as Trump-Xi Summit Intensifies Supply Concerns
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Euro Slides Toward Monthly Lows as Hawkish Fed Bets Strengthen US Dollar
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Market Analysis
April, 2022
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26 April 2022 1:55 am
US trucking downturn foreshadows possible economic gloom
There has been an unexpectedly sharp downturn in demand to truck everything from food to furniture since the beginning of March and rates in the overheated segment that deals in on-demand trucking jobs – known as the spot market – are skidding.It basically just dropped off a cliff. A lot …
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26 April 2022 12:31 am
Panetta: ECB needs ‘coordinated regulatory action’ on crypto
European Central Bank executive board member Fabio Panetta said lawmakers across the world must decide how to regulate cryptocurrencies based on potential risks.In a written statement for a speech to Columbia University on Monday, Panetta said global policymakers had made some progress in addressing regulatory frameworks on digital assets, but …
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26 April 2022 12:11 am
Yen rules amid week’s start risk-off
Though US equities were able to stage an impressive recovery in the latter hours of US trade, the dominant force in currency markets on Monday remained risk-off flows, with traders citing China lockdown concerns as the major driver.Amid a sharp pullback in global bond yields as traders reassessed global growth …
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26 April 2022 12:00 am
Class 8 natural gas retail sales gain momentum
Although natural gas heavy truck sales are up 21% year-to-date, there is a continued decline of total natural gas fueling stations. For the first two months of 2022, US and Canadian Class 8 natural gas truck retail sales rose 21% year-to-date against comparisons of the same time in 2021, according …
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25 April 2022 11:45 pm
GBP/JPY pullback extends amid risk-off on week’s start
The GBP/JPY pair was last trading lower by 1.1%, after extending on last Friday’s slightly larger loss to fall back to near the 163.00 level for the first time in nearly two weeks and, in doing so, drop below its 21-Day Moving Average (currently at 163.18) for the first time …
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25 April 2022 10:44 pm
Macklem Expects BoC Next Interest Hike In June
The governor of the Bank of Canada is signalling Canada’s key interest rate could go up another half percentage point in June to help fight inflation and keep it under control. Two weeks ago the central bank raised its key interest rate a half point to one per cent and …
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25 April 2022 10:24 pm
Oil Retreats 6% as Shanghai lockdowns fuel demand fears
Oil slumped about 6% on Monday to its lowest in two weeks on growing worries about the global energy demand outlook due to prolonged COVID-19 lockdowns in Shanghai and potential increases in U.S. interest rates.In Shanghai, authorities have erected fences outside residential buildings. In Beijing, many people have begun stockpiling …
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25 April 2022 6:59 pm
U.S. Economic Growth Slowed Further in March — Chicago Fed
The US economy expanded in March, but growth softened compared with the previous month, data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago showed Monday.The Chicago Fed National Activity Index decreased to 0.44 in March from a revised 0.54 in February. The reading is above the 0.40 consensus forecast from economists. …
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25 April 2022 6:30 pm
U.S. dollar touches 2-year highs as risk appetite crumbles; yuan drops
The U.S. dollar marched to a two-year high on Monday as a wave of risk aversion swept global markets, while the Chinese yuan was set for its biggest three-day losing streak in nearly four years on growing worries of an economic slowdown in China.China’s yuan fell to a one-year low. …
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25 April 2022 5:53 pm
Gold price succumbs to weakening yuan
Gold Price remains on slippery slopes. Coronavirus-related lockdowns in China are set to continue weighing on the yellow metal, economists at TD Securities report.“Gold prices are succumbing to a weakening yuan as China’s worsening COVID-19 outbreak saps the buying impulse from yet another pillar of demand for bullion.” “With little …
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25 April 2022 5:45 pm
EUR/USD to test March 2020 low of 1.0636 on a drop below 1.07
THE EUR/USD pair firmly broke under the 1.08 figure, surpassing last week’s intraday lows, and tested the low-1.07s. After the 1.07 level, the March 2020 low of 1.0636 stands as key support, economists at Scotiabank report.The 1.07 zone stands as key support ahead of the next key level of 1.0636 …
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25 April 2022 4:10 pm
The US dollar rose to its highest level in two years and the yuan fell
The US dollar rose to a two-year high on Monday as a wave of risk aversion swept global markets, while the Chinese yuan was set to post its biggest three-day losing streak in nearly four years on growing fears of an economic slowdown in China. With the war in Ukraine …
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