Market Analysis

June, 2022

  • 9 June 2022 4:52 pm

    Lagarde: Inflation has broadened, is undesirably high, and is a major challenge

    Inflationary pressures are expanding and have remained undesirably high, which is a major challenge; Lagarde added that economic activity would be affected in the short term due to higher energy costs as the wars in Ukraine and recent lockdowns in China have made the supply chain in a worse. Lagarde …

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  • 9 June 2022 4:10 pm

    ECB Press Conference: Lagarde speech live stream

    Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), is scheduled to deliver her remarks on the monetary policy outlook at a press conference at 12:30 GMT.

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  • 9 June 2022 3:48 pm

    ECB leaves rates unchanged at -0.50% as expected

    On Thursday, the European Central Bank’s (ECB) governing council decided to keep its benchmark deposit rate at -0.50%, as unanimously expected by market participants. The bank also said that it intends to raise interest rates by 25 bps at the July meeting, after having ended its Asset Purchase Programme (APP) …

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  • 9 June 2022 3:37 pm

    Russia: No agreement has been reached with Turkey on Ukrainian grain exports

    Janet Yellen

    The Kremlin said on Thursday that no agreement had been reached with Turkey on the export of Ukrainian grain shipments through the Black Sea. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that work was continuing to reach an agreement. Turkey has been pressing for an agreement between Russia and Ukraine on …

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  • 9 June 2022 2:26 pm

    European shares decline ahead of ECB statement

    European Stocks

    European shares fell on Thursday ahead of the European Central Bank meeting later on Thursday, as investors awaited indications of the bank’s plans to tighten monetary policy. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was down 0.5% by 0709 GMT. The index is heading towards incurring losses for the third consecutive session. …

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  • 9 June 2022 1:13 pm

    Gold Settles Under Pressure From High Bond Yields Ahead of US Data

    Gold prices stabilized on Thursday as rising Treasury yields held them back before key data on jobs and inflation in the United States could influence the Federal Reserve’s roadmap to raise interest rates to combat inflation. And gold settled in spot transactions at $ 1853.24 an ounce by 0303 GMT, …

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  • 9 June 2022 12:27 pm

    Japan’s Nikkei closed little changed after a volatile session

    The Japanese Nikkei index ended trading on Thursday with little change after a volatile session, during which it lifted the index to its highest level in five months, before giving up those gains due to the decline in the shares of shipping companies and chip makers that wiped out the …

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  • 9 June 2022 3:06 am

    Market Drivers – US Session – Wednesday June 8

    The US dollar suffered early in the US session as government bond yields temporarily dropped, later recovering some ground amid falling US equities. Most major currency pairs are holding on to familiar levels, except for the USD/JPY pair, which surged to a fresh 20-year high of 134.47. The imbalance between …

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  • 9 June 2022 2:30 am

    Oil leaps to 13-week high on rising gasoline demand

    Crude oil prices jumped over 2% to a 13-week high on Wednesday as US demand for gasoline keeps rising despite record pump prices, while expectations that China’s oil demand will increase faced growing supply concerns in several countries, including Iran.Analysts have said a nuclear deal with Iran could add about …

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  • 9 June 2022 1:36 am

    UK Ponders Stricter Stance Towards Sanctions

    The UK is considering stricter enforcement of the economic sanctions measures next week after passing a relevant legislation in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.Starting June 15, the UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation will not have to seek evidence that companies or individuals who violate the country’s sanctions …

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  • 9 June 2022 12:02 am

    EUR/USD edges higher ahead of ECB meeting

    As the market participants’ attention and focus turns to the ECB, at 1.0720, the EUR/USD pair is 0.2% higher on the day during the North American session. The pair’s price has moved upwards from the 1.0671 low to hit the 1.0748 high. However, trading decisions do take into account the …

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  • 8 June 2022 10:56 pm

    Zelenskyy urges US companies to quit Russia, into Ukraine

    Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answered questions from corporate leaders at the Yale CEO Summit on Wednesday.The president urged companies that have not shut down operations in Russia to leave the country and instead set up their branches and new businesses in Ukraine. He also warned of widespread famine if Russia …

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  • 8 June 2022 10:18 pm

    What happened to the Japenese yen during the last 24 hours?

    As the Japanese yen hits a 20-year low against the dollar, Japan’s central bank chief apologizes for saying consumers have become tolerant of higher prices.BoJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Wednesday withdrew his claim that Japanese consumers have become tolerant of price increases for the goods they purchase; a remark he …

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