The main indices of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) finished lower on Friday, registering a weekly decline but maintaining monthly gains in July, with Wall Street investors worried about the spread of Coronavirus Delta variant, despite the positive earnings reports by some of the market’s major listed companies. The …
Read More »WTI Oil Slides Below $70 as Supply Recovery Eases Market Fears
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil extended its losses on Friday, slipping below the key $70 pe…
Fed’s Kashkari Signals One Rate Hike in 2026 as Inflation Concerns Persist
Federal Reserve policymaker Neel Kashkari has indicated that another interest rate increase in 2026 …
Geopolitical Conflicts Reshape Global Business as Companies Rethink Risk Strategies
Escalating geopolitical tensions throughout 2026 have forced businesses across multiple industries t…
Amazon Defies Tech Selloff as Prime Day Fuels Investor Confidence
As technology stocks continue to face heavy selling pressure on Wall Street, Amazon has emerged as a…
Gold Steadies After Three Straight Weekly Losses: PCE Above 4% and 63% September Hike Odds Keep Bullion Under Siege
Key Takeaways Gold finds tentative footing: Spot gold ticked up 0.3% to $4,036.88 per ounce, while g…
European Stocks Reverse Record Close as OpenAI IPO Delay, Apple Price Hikes, Hot U.S. CPI and Hormuz Attack Converge
Key Takeaways Record close reversed: The Stoxx 600 opened 0.4% lower the day after a record-setting …
Oil Heads for Third Straight Weekly Loss With 7% Drop: Iran Ship Attack Rattles Peace Deal but Market Momentum Stays Bearish
Key Takeaways Oil falls further: Brent dropped 1.4% to $74.19 per barrel, while WTI slipped 1.6% to …
Russia Expands Its Energy Reach as Asia Seeks New Oil Supplies
Russia is emerging as one of the biggest beneficiaries of recent disruptions in global energy market…
Goolsbee Warns Inflation Remains the Fed’s Biggest Challenge
A senior US central bank official cautioned that inflation remains the primary challenge facing poli…
Micron Ignites AI Rally as Wall Street Weighs Tech Winners and Losers
Wall Street experienced another volatile session as a powerful rally in Micron underscored the stren…
Market Analysis
July, 2021
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31 July 2021 3:08 am
Oil Scores Fourth Consecutive Monthly Rise
Oil prices finished higher on Friday, extending their weekly and monthly increases, amid expectations for tight supply over the coming months, with a recovery in the demand in the market. Brent crude futures gained 28 cents, or 0.37%, to settle at $76.33 per barrel. The global benchmark crude front-month contract …
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31 July 2021 12:13 am
EU Imposes Record High Fine on Amazon for Data Violation
The European Union has imposed a huge fine on Amazon.com due to violating data protection rules. The e-commerce giant will have to pay a record $886.6 million for processing personal data in violation of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). A ruling was issued by the Luxembourg National Commission …
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30 July 2021 11:11 pm
Gold Declines to Limit Weekly and Monthly Rise
Gold prices declined on Friday, as the U.S. Dollar (USD) rebounded from its recent losses, but the yellow metal was able to maintain the key $1,800 level by the end of the week to register weekly gains. Front month futures closed lower by $18.60 or 1.02% at $1812.60 per ounce. …
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30 July 2021 9:59 pm
European Stocks Decline but Finish July with Gains
Europe’s stocks declined on Friday, retreating after closing Thursday’s trading session at a new all-time high, following the release of inflation data and more earnings reports. The STOXX Europe 600 Index lost 2.10 points or 0.45% and closed at 461.74 points. Travel and leisure stocks led today’s decline and plunged …
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30 July 2021 8:24 pm
USD Rebounds Trying to Limit Weekly Losses
The U.S. Dollar (USD) is showing some recovery signs on Friday, following steep declines over the past four sessions, which brought the greenback to its lowest level in about six weeks against major currencies. The Dollar Index (DXY) that measures the greenback against a basket of six major international currencies …
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30 July 2021 5:46 pm
Canada: Real GDP Contracts by 0.3% in May as Expected
Canada’s Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted at a monthly rate of 0.3% in May, the data published by Statistics Canada showed on Friday. This print followed April’s decline of 0.5% and came in line with the market expectation.
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30 July 2021 4:51 pm
US Annual Core PCE Inflation Rises to 3.5% in June
Inflation in the US, as measured by the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index, stayed unchanged at 0.5% in June, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis reported on Friday. On a yearly basis, the PCE Price Index remained steady at 4%. The annual Core PCE Price Index, the Federal Reserve’s …
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30 July 2021 3:54 pm
Turkey’s Trade Deficit Narrowed Slightly to $2.85B in June
Data from the Turkish Statistical Institute showed on Friday that the country’s foreign trade deficit shrank 0.2% year on year in June to $2.853 billion, according to the general trade system. After the trade was severely affected in the same period a year ago by the COVID-19 pandemic, Turkey’s exports …
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30 July 2021 3:07 pm
Japan Extends State of Emergency, COVID-19 Cases Surge Over Olympics
Japan has decided to expand the scope of the state of emergency to three prefectures near Tokyo, which hosts the Olympic Games, and Osaka prefecture in the west of the country, with an increase in cases of COVID-19 that severely affected the summer games. Tokyo is already subject to its …
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30 July 2021 2:20 pm
Eurozone Preliminary GDP Rebounds 2.0% in Q2
The Eurozone economy rebounded 2.0% on quarter in the three months to June of 2021, beating 1.5% expected and -0.3% prior, the first estimate showed on Friday. On an annualized basis, the bloc’s GDP rate expanded by 13.7% in Q2 vs. -1.3% booked in the first quarter of 2021 while …
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30 July 2021 1:48 pm
Eurozone Preliminary CPI Rises to 2.2% in July
According to Eurostat’s preliminary reading of the Eurozone CPI report, the annual figure came in at 2.2% in July, outpacing expectations of 2.0% while rising from June’s reading of 1.9%.
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30 July 2021 1:13 pm
European Shares Fall From Record Levels
European shares retreated from record highs on Friday, as concerns about the rapidly spreading mutated delta strain of the coronavirus and regulatory moves in China outweighed optimism about the quarterly earnings season and economic recovery. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.8% by 0714 GMT, while Asian stocks are heading …
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