Gold prices held within a narrow range near the key $1800 level as lower US inflation data fueled doubts about the time frame for the Federal Reserve’s move to cut stimulus measures. Spot gold fell 0.2 percent to $1,800.3 an ounce by 0904 GMT, but was slightly below a week’s …
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Market Analysis
September, 2021
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15 September 2021 3:33 pm
Eurozone Production Stronger Than Expected in July
Eurozone industrial production rose 1.5% more than expected in July, according to data released Wednesday, September 15th, thanks to higher production of capital goods and consumer non-durable goods. The European statistics office Eurostat reported that industrial production in the 19 countries dealing in the euro currency rose 1.5% on a …
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15 September 2021 2:22 pm
Japan’s Nikkei Falls From 3-Decade High on Profit-Taking
Japan’s Nikkei fell at the close on Wednesday from a three-decade high hit in the previous session as investors took profits after a strong rally in the past two weeks, as regulatory concerns in China weighed on SoftBank Group and real estate stocks. The Nikkei index fell 0.52% to close …
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15 September 2021 2:20 pm
UK Inflation Rises to 9-Year High in August
Britain’s inflation rate hit its highest level in more than nine years last month after the biggest monthly jump to the annual rate in at least 24 years, in large part due to an extraordinary increase due to a program to cut food prices last year. Consumer prices rose 3.2% …
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15 September 2021 1:05 pm
European Shares Under Pressure From Weak Chinese Data
European shares fell Wednesday, September 15th on concerns about a slowdown in the Chinese economy, a decline in travel and leisure stocks, and rising inflation in Britain, and the impact on sentiment in early trade. By 07:11 GMT, the European STOXX600 index was down by 0.1%. Asian shares fell after …
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15 September 2021 12:31 pm
Oil Prices Rise With Falling Inventories
Oil prices rose on Wednesday, September 15th, after data showed a larger-than-expected decline in crude stocks in the United States, the largest consumer of fuel in the world, in addition to expectations of a recovery in demand with the expansion of vaccinations. But the decline in China’s consumption of crude …
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14 September 2021 5:50 pm
Canada: Manufacturing Sales Decline by 1.5%
Manufacturing Sales in Canada declined by 1.5% on a monthly basis to C$59.6 billion in July, the data published by Statistics Canada revealed on Tuesday. This reading followed June’s expansion of 2.1% and came in worse than the market expectation for a decrease of 1%.
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14 September 2021 5:03 pm
US Annual CPI Inflation Edges Lower in August
The US inflation data was released moments ago, and the markets waited for this data strongly to determine whether the inflation rate is exacerbating or is still under control, and these data are currently used to pressure the US Federal Reserve to announce the start of tightening its monetary policy …
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14 September 2021 3:48 pm
Nikkei Closes at Its Highest Level in More Than 31 Years
Japan’s Nikkei index closed at a more than 31-year high Tuesday, September 14th, led by cyclical stocks that tracked Wall Street’s gains, while progress in a domestic vaccination campaign boosted hopes of reopening the economy. The Nikkei index rose 0.73% to close at 3,0670.10 points, its highest level since August …
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14 September 2021 3:10 pm
Oil Prices Jump to Their Highest Level in 6 Weeks
Oil prices hit a six-week high on Tuesday on fears that another storm could affect production in Texas this week, even as the US crude industry struggles to return to normal production levels after Hurricane Ida wreaked havoc on the Gulf Coast. Oil prices rose for the third consecutive session, …
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14 September 2021 1:56 pm
The Dollar Stabilizes Below The Highest Level in Two And a Half Weeks
The dollar settled below a two-and-a-half-week high on Tuesday, September 14th, hit in the previous session, as investors braced for inflation data that may provide indications of the timing of the US Federal Reserve’s policy tightening at its meeting next week. Ahead of the US central bank’s policy review scheduled …
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14 September 2021 1:23 pm
IEA: Hurricane Ida Halted Production of 1.7 Million bpd at the End of August
Hurricane Ida halted production of about 1.7 million barrels of oil per day at the end of August, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday, August 14th. The authority added that oil stocks of the OECD countries fell by 34.4 million barrels in July to 2.850 billion barrels. The agency cut …
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14 September 2021 12:33 pm
Gold Prices Are Stable as Investors Await US Inflation Data
Gold prices stabilized on Tuesday, September 14, as investors awaited key inflation data in the United States that may give indications of the Federal Reserve’s decision to reduce stimulus measures aimed at supporting the economic recovery from the pandemic. There was little change in the price of gold in spot …
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