According to Reuters, Saudi Arabia may raise its August official selling price (OSP) for crude oil sold in Asia. That would be the third monthly price hiking due to an increase in Middle East benchmarks and a rebound in Asian refining margins. As of August, Middle East crude supply may …
Read More »Pound and Euro Climb on Yen Intervention Ripples — But Dollar’s Dip May Be Short-Lived
Key Takeaways Modest gains for sterling and euro: GBP/USD rose 0.04% to 1.3606, while EUR/USD added …
Tokyo Inflation Defies the Heat: Government Subsidies Cushion Iran War Energy Shock
Key Takeaways Headline CPI ticks up: Tokyo headline inflation rose to 1.5% in April from 1.4% in Mar…
Gold Stuck Near One-Month Low: Iran War Inflation Fears and Hawkish Central Banks Crush Bullion
Key Takeaways Prices slip: Spot gold fell 0.5% to $4,600.06/oz, while gold futures dropped 0.4% to $…
Yen Wobbles After Tokyo’s Intervention Strike: Dollar Steadies as Iran War Reshapes Currency Battleground
Key Takeaways Yen reverses gains: USD/JPY rose 0.4% on Friday after plunging more than 2% in the pri…
Apple Smashes Records as iPhone 17 Frenzy Continues, but Cook Exit Casts Shadow Over $100B Buyback Boost
Key Takeaways Record-breaking quarter: Apple posted all-time records for total revenue and EPS, with…
Oil Holds Near 2022 Peaks: Iran Defiance and Trump’s Military Options Keep Crude on Edge
Key Takeaways Prices stay elevated: Brent crude futures for July rose 0.4% to $110.87/barrel; WTI fo…
BoJ Intervention: Identifying the Impact of Japan’s Unexpected Defense
Japan stunned global currency markets after authorities stepped into the foreign exchange market for…
Dollar Slides as Japan Steps In and Global Markets Reprice Risk
The US dollar came under heavy pressure on Thursday in a dramatic trading session shaped by weaker-t…
Eric Trump’s $1 Million Bitcoin Claim Fuels Fresh Crypto Debate
Bitcoin is currently trading around the mid-$76,000 area, posting a modest daily gain of roughly 0.8…
Cost Cuts Hold Volkswagen Afloat as China Slump Deepens
Volkswagen managed to steady its financial performance in the first quarter, leaning heavily on aggr…
Market Analysis
July, 2020
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1 July 2020 3:09 pm
COVID-19 Updates: Gloomy Warnings in the US
The world’s efforts for discovering a cure are going at full capacity, with Gilead’s remdeisivr being a potential cure. In the US, the number of cases reached 40,000 again, and epidemiologist Anthony Fauci warned that the US could see 100,000 cases per day. While testifying on Capitol Hill, he told …
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1 July 2020 2:39 pm
IFO Sees Europe’s Largest Economy Contracting by 6.7% in 2020
“Germany’s economy will gradually recover after a historic slump due to the coronavirus pandemic and will likely return to last year’s level at the end of 2021,” economic institute IFO said on Wednesday, according to Reuters. IFO sees GDP contracting by 11.9% in Q2 on a quarterly basis and to …
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1 July 2020 2:13 pm
Eurozone PMI Manufacturing Finalized at 47.4
Eurozone PMI Manufacturing was finalized at 47.4 in June, up from 39.4 in May a report by IHS Markit said. The index was in contraction below 50 for 17 consecutive months. and had fallen to 33.4 in April. The report stated: “Eurozone manufacturing sector continues to contract sharply,” “There was …
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1 July 2020 1:54 pm
UK Manufacturing Activity Picked Up in June
After the Great collapse due to COVID 19 pandemic, the UK manufacturing sector returned to recovery after it began to stabilize last June. IHS Markit’s Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) posted 50.1 compared to 40.7 in May, in line with economists’ expectations. PMIs are given on a scale of 0 to …
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1 July 2020 1:13 pm
Dubai’s Economy Shrank by 3.5% in Q1 Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
The government media office in UAE said in a statement issued on Tuesday that Dubai’s real GDP decreased by 3.5% in Q1 year-on-year as the country was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Reuters. The government said some sectors such as real estate and finance have maintained their strength …
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