Risk-off flows in European equities coupled with downside in Eurozone yields weighed heavily on EUR/JPY on Thursday. The pair was last trading down 1.0% in the 154.50 area, a sharp reversal from intra-day highs closer to 157.00.A sharp drop in Eurozone yields coupled with downside in major European equity bourses …
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U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Monday, with market participants taking a cautious s…
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…
Market Analysis
March, 2022
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31 March 2022 11:03 pm
US Shares Retreat On Dismal Market Sentiment
US equities are recording losses in the North American session as Wall Street is about to finish March on a lower note. The S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite are falling between 0.30% and 0.43%, each one sitting at 4,576.32, 35075.94, and 15,014.01 respectivelyObviously, a …
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31 March 2022 8:24 pm
Oil plunges, global stocks fall as risk appetite flags
Global stocks fell on Thursday as recession concerns and the Russian-Ukranian war curbed demand for risky assets, while oil prices plunged over $5 on news that the United States may release some of its emergency oil reserves.With Thursday’s drop, US and European stocks are set for their worst quarterly performance …
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31 March 2022 7:11 pm
US To Release 1M Barrels A Day Of Oil Reserve For Six Months
The Biden Administration will release 1M barrels per day in oil from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) over the next six months, according to a statement released by the White House on Thursday. The White House statement continued that the President will call on Congress to pass his plan …
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31 March 2022 5:13 pm
US annual Core PCE inflation rises to 5.4% in February
Annual inflation in the US rose to 5.4% in February according to the latest Core PCE Price Index reading released by the US Bureau of Economic Analysis on Thursday. That was a tad below the expected reading of 5.5% YoY, but above January’s 5.2% reading. The MoM gain in prices …
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31 March 2022 4:37 pm
US: Weekly Initial Jobless Claims rise to 202K
Initial Jobless Claims in the week ending on 26 March came in at 202,000, a tad above the expected reading of 197,000 and up versus the previous week’s 188,000 print. Continued Jobless Claims fell to 1.307M in the week ending on March 19, below the expected rise to 1.35M from …
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31 March 2022 3:22 pm
Moody’s withdraws all credit ratings of Russian entities
Moody’s said it has withdrawn all credit ratings of Russia and designated Russian quasi-sovereign entities. The agency said it decided to withdraw the ratings for commercial reasons of its own. Last week, Moody’s announced its intention to withdraw its credit ratings for entities, following similar moves by global rating agency …
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31 March 2022 3:04 pm
OPEC + Ministerial Monitoring Committee agreed to adhere to the production policy in May
An OPEC + source said that the OPEC + Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee agreed to adhere to the current oil production policy and increase production by 432,000 barrels per day as of May. according to reuters.
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31 March 2022 2:23 pm
European shares recorded a slight increase and the oil sector fell
European shares rose on Thursday, led by gains in automakers and defense sectors, while oil stocks tumbled, as a US plan to withdraw from strategic petroleum reserves sent crude prices down. The European index rose 0.2 percent, although oil stocks fell 1.5 percent. The FTSE 100 index in London rose …
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31 March 2022 1:22 pm
Britain’s economy records faster-than-expected growth in the fourth quarter of 2021
Britain’s economy grew more than expected in the last three months of 2021, when a wave of Omicron infections hit the country. The Office for National Statistics said gross domestic product in the world’s fifth-largest economy rose 1.3 percent in the fourth quarter of last year compared to the previous …
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31 March 2022 12:30 pm
Nikki relegates and records the biggest quarterly loss in two years
Japan’s Nikkei closed lower on Thursday, posting its worst quarterly performance in two years. The Nikkei closed down 0.73 percent to 27,821.43 points. The broader Topix index fell 1.08 percent to 1,946.40 points. On a quarterly basis, the Nikkei lost 3.37 percent, its biggest decline since the quarter ending in …
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31 March 2022 11:51 am
Canada’s crude oil imports fall to their lowest level since 1988
Data from Canada’s energy regulator showed on Wednesday that the country’s imports of crude oil in 2021 fell to their lowest level in more than three decades as domestic supplies increased. The data indicated that imports fell about 20 percent in 2021 to 473,000 barrels per day, from 579,000 barrels …
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31 March 2022 11:04 am
Gold is on track to post its biggest quarterly gain since September 2020
Gold fell in limited trading on Thursday, but the safe-haven metal is set for its biggest quarterly gain since September 2020, as the Russian-Ukrainian conflict made it more attractive. And gold fell in spot transactions 0.6 percent to $ 1921.55 an ounce by 0507 GMT. US gold futures fell 0.7 …
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