Oil prices stabilized Monday, November 7, hovering around $100 a barrel, as support from a weaker dollar and a recovery in Chinese crude imports were offset by renewed demand concerns linked to China’s tough approach to containing the coronavirus. By 10:26 GMT, Brent crude futures rose 6 cents, or 0.06%, …
Read More »Bitcoin Holds Steady Amid Market Caution Ahead of U.S.-China Trade Talks and U.S. Inflation Report
Bitcoin remained largely unchanged on Monday, trading within a narrow range as investors exercised c…
European Shares Remain Subdued as Markets Await U.S.-China Trade Talks
European stocks traded cautiously on Monday, following a positive week, as investors remained on edg…
Gold Prices Steady as Risk Appetite Grows; Platinum Hits Four-Year High Ahead of U.S.-China Trade Talks
Gold prices showed little movement on Monday during Asian trading, maintaining strong gains from the…
Oil Prices Decline Amid Weak China Data, But Trade Talks Fuel Optimism for Future Demand
Oil prices dipped on Monday, as weak economic data from China weighed on market sentiment. However, …
Weekly Recap: Dollar Roars Back on Jobs Data Testing Euro’s Rally and Gold’s Resilience
Labour Market Powers Dollar Surge Robust U.S. jobs data for May 2025, with 139,000 jobs added, under…
USD Faces Downside Risks as NFP Data Looms
The US dollar teeters near multi-month lows, trading around 98.5, as markets await the Nonfarm Payro…
EUR/USD Retreats as ECB Signals Policy Pause
The EUR/USD pair recently pulled back from a multi-week high near 1.1500, trading at 1.143 with a mo…
Oil Prices Slip as U.S. Fuel Stockpiles Rise, Saudi Price Cuts Add Pressure
Oil prices fell in Asian trade on Thursday, extending losses from the previous session as rising U.S…
The Euro’s Moment? Weak US Data and ECB Action Set the Stage
The euro strengthened against the US dollar, with the EUR/USD pair climbing above 1.14. This shift c…
Post ADP Data: USD/JPY Decline Highlights Yen’s Strength, Economic Shifts
The Japanese Yen is gaining momentum against a faltering US Dollar, with the USD/JPY pair dropping b…
Market Analysis
November, 2022
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7 November 2022 2:51 pm
The dollar rises as China sticks to its strict policy to contain Covid
The dollar rose on Monday as sentiment deteriorated after China said it was sticking to its strict curbs on the coronavirus, dashing hopes of the imminent reopening of the world’s second-largest economy that earlier recorded a massive rebound in risky assets. China said at the weekend that it would continue …
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7 November 2022 1:40 pm
European shares open lower as mining and luxury goods stocks fall
European shares opened lower on Monday, with mining and luxury stocks tumbling after hopes that China would ease its strict COVID-19 restrictions earlier this week faded. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.5% by 0805 GMT, after a string of gains that extended for four consecutive weeks. Shares of European …
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7 November 2022 12:46 pm
Oil prices fall after China confirms commitment to a strict anti-Corona policy
Oil prices fell more than 2% in early Asian trading on Monday after Chinese officials affirmed over the weekend their commitment to a tough approach to containing the Corona virus, dashing hopes of a recovery in oil demand in the world’s largest importer of crude. Brent crude futures fell $1.58, …
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7 November 2022 4:29 am
Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap October 31 – November 4
Significant events dominated price action across global financial markets last week, including Fed’s rate decision and US NFP data, namely the most important events of the monthFOMC Decision, US Rate Hike The Fed raised interest rates by 75 points last week, bringing the accumulative key rate to 4.00%, after raising …
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5 November 2022 3:25 am
Market Drivers – US Session 04/11/2022
The US dollar fell on Friday after the release of the country’s nonfarm payrolls report for October. The latest NFP reading indicated that the world’s largest economy created more new jobs than expected, but also flashed other signs of economic slowdown with a higher unemployment rate and lower wage inflation.The …
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5 November 2022 2:30 am
Oil climbs as dollar slips and supply risks linger
Oil climbed on Friday as the dollar eased and supply risks remained, though recession fears and China’s COVID outbreaks kept a check on prices.Brent crude futures were and were able to touch the high of $96.51 a barrel at 0740 GMT, and eventually closed at $94.14. The contract is headed …
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5 November 2022 1:28 am
Musk slashes Twitter’s workforce on claims about revenues
News outlets published claims that Twitter’s entire curation team was fired. Elon Musk ended his first week as Twitter’s owner with an indelible mark by slashing, by some estimates, up to half of the company’s workforce with little notice and abruptly cutting off employees’ access to their computers and work …
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5 November 2022 12:19 am
Fed’s Reaction To US Payrolls Data
The US economy added more jobs than expected in October even as the Fed pressed on with the central bank’s most aggressive monetary tightening campaign in decades.Friday’s figure effectively serves as a catalyst for Fed policymakers to proceed with further rate hikes, particularly after messaging from Fed Chair Jerome Powell …
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4 November 2022 11:41 pm
Australian Dollar Rallies Amid Risk On Session
The Australian dollar rallies 2.5% on the day to hit session highs at 0.6470. Risk appetite and the US employment report have boosted the AUD.The Australian dollar is going through an extraordinary recovery on Friday, rallying about 2.5% on the day amid a favorable market sentiment, to regain most of …
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4 November 2022 10:43 pm
Global shares rise on weaker dollar after strong jobs data
Global shares rose while the US dollar fell on Friday after better-than-expected jobs data provided clues the tightness in the American labor market was starting to ease, raising hopes the Federal Reserve could soften its stance on interest rates.Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed the U.S. economy generated …
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4 November 2022 9:37 pm
Canada’s Employment data supports the call for a 50bp hike in December
The Canadian employment data, o Thursday, surpassed expectations with a positive change in employment of 108K above the 10K of market consensus. The surge could be a signal that some of the declines seen over the summer were simply statistical noise. Accordingly, the data support the call for a further …
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4 November 2022 8:29 pm
Gold Rallies As US Dollar Struggles Post NFP
The American Dollar faces difficulty finding ground, it is down by 1.39%, as the US Dollar Index reading reflects. Speculations that the US central bank could tighten in smaller increases mounted as the labour market gave signs of easing.The US 2s-10s yield curve inversion, the deepest since the 1980s, and …
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