Market Analysis

October, 2022

  • 26 October 2022 12:40 am

    UK politics save the day of GBP/USD

    The GBP/USD pair has gained over 1.7% and benefited from the US dollar’s decline on Tuesday. It is convenient to say that UK politics saved the day for sterling bulls. The pair is trading at 1.475Investors welcomed Rishi Sunak as the new UK prime minister where, in his first speech, …

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  • 25 October 2022 11:49 pm

    WTI rises amid raised appetite

    WTI crude oil rose on Tuesday on recession linked concerns. The overall scene boosted risk assets to rally. Output cut by OPEC+ next month as well as the Fed’s policy decision on November 3 are two additional factors. WTI crude oil trades at $84.69 per barrel, trading 0.17% higher between …

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  • 25 October 2022 11:17 pm

    Sunak, UK Economy Prepare For Difficult Tests

    The good old days when Rishi Sunak was finance minister are practically different from the days awaiting him as prime minister. The UK government seems under pressure to show how it will keep borrowing and how to restore Britain’s fiscal credibility in markets.With more than two years as finance minister …

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  • 25 October 2022 10:06 pm

    USD/CAD hovers around 1.3632 ahead of BoC’s decision

    The USD/CAD pair falls below its opening price by 0.57% as expectations and bets accelerate on Fed’s intention to slow the pace of policy and monetary tightening. These bets do weaken the US Dollar.Disappointing US housing data and consumer confidence deterioration also hurt the American dollar. Estimates refer to the …

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  • 25 October 2022 8:50 pm

    AUD/USD rallies as the US dollar retreats

    On Tuesday, the brighter market sentiment hurt the USD, which lost ground against its main peers. The Australian dollar, on the other hand, abandoned previous weakness and surged nearly 100 pips in the early US Trading session, reaching above 0.6400. The AUD/USD pair appreciates 1.3% on the day, to erase …

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  • 25 October 2022 8:02 pm

    Gold benefits from declining US bond yields

    Gold price advances early in the New York session, up by 0.33% on falling US Treasury yields, while bonds climb amid further expectations that Fed could slow the pace of its rate hikes and monetary tightening measures. The US dollar weakened, constituting a chance of momentum for the precious metal. …

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  • 25 October 2022 7:19 pm

    US Consumer Confidence Deteriorates In October

    Consumer confidence in the US deteriorated in October. The US Dollar Index trades deep in negative territory below 111.00. the Dollar Index reading at the time of writing is 110.84. The data published by the Conference Board showed on Tuesday that the Consumer Confidence Index declined to 102.5 in October …

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  • 25 October 2022 5:55 pm

    Gold prices decline with the stability of the dollar

    Gold prices fell on Tuesday as the dollar stabilized, but expectations that the Federal Reserve would slow the pace of interest rate hikes limited the precious metal’s losses. Spot gold fell 0.5% to $1,640.62 an ounce by 1238 GMT, while US gold futures fell 0.6 percent to $1,644.70. The dollar …

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  • 25 October 2022 5:09 pm

    US: Housing Price Index at -0.7% in August

    The monthly data published by the US Federal Housing Finance Agency showed on Tuesday that the Housing Price Index fell by 0.7% on a monthly basis in August. This print followed July’s decrease of 0.6% and came in lower than the market expectation of -0.3%. Meanwhile, the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price …

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  • 25 October 2022 4:22 pm

    Coca-Cola raises its forecast for this year’s business results after earnings beat expectations

    The Coca-Cola Company raised its forecast for its full-year financial results Tuesday, October 25, after beating expectations for its quarterly earnings and revenue. The company also provided an outlook towards 2023 saying it expects inflation to continue to drive up its expenditures and commodity prices to remain volatile. However, the …

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  • 25 October 2022 3:30 pm

    General Motors Stock Leaps After Q3 Earnings Beat

    General Motors posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter earnings Tuesday while repeating its full-year profit outlook, as higher car prices helped fuel record sales for the biggest U.S. automaker. General Motors said adjusted earnings for the three months ending in September came in at $2.25 per share, up 48.5% from the same period …

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  • 25 October 2022 2:53 pm

    Sterling rises as Sunak prepares to take office, euro awaits interest decision

    The British pound rose on Tuesday, boosted by an improvement in risk appetite as Rishi Sunak prepares to take over as Britain’s prime minister. At the same time, the euro stabilized ahead of the European Central Bank’s expected rate hike on Thursday. The dollar rose slightly, but not far from …

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  • 25 October 2022 1:25 pm

    German IFO Business Climate Index eases to 84.3 in October

    The headline German IFO Business Climate Index eased slightly to 84.3 in October versus the previous reading of 84.4 the market consensus of 83.3. Meanwhile, the Current Economic Assessment dropped to 94.1 points in the reported month as compared to July’s 94.5 and 92.4 expected. The IFO Expectations Index – …

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