There have been a lot of moving events during the past week, most notably the monetary policy decisions of the Fed and the Bank of England. Those decisions, which reflected a clear shift in the direction of monetary policy, led to a change in the price movement. The US Federal …
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Crude Oil Prices Hold Steady Amid Supply Fears and Trade War Relief
Crude oil prices are on track for modest weekly gains, despite facing downward pressure from looming…
GBP/USD Dips Below 1.33 as U.S. Consumer Gloom and Inflation Fears Bolster Dollar
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Rising U.S. Inflation Expectations Shake EUR/USD as Central Bank Decisions Loom
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U.S. Futures Tick Higher as Rate Cut Bets Firm, Barclays Scraps Recession Call
U.S. stock index futures edged higher in early Friday trading, stabilizing after a mixed performance…
Gold Heads for Worst Week Since November as Trade Truce Dulls Safe-Haven Appeal
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White House Unveils ‘New’ AI and Energy Deals with Gulf States
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US Bond Yields Retreat After Easing Inflation Pressures
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Will Oil Prices Keep Falling with a US-Iran Deal and Rising US Stockpiles on the Horizon?
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Can US Stocks Sustain Their Winning Streak Amid Mixed Economic Signals?
US stock markets showed resilience on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at 09:06 PM +04, as the S&P 500 e…
Market Analysis
March, 2022
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19 March 2022 2:38 am
Market Drivers – US Session – 18 March
The US dollar index bounced back on Friday from recent declines following comments from Federal Reserve officials on interest rates that supported the currency, while the dollar was at a fresh six-year high against the yen and the euro eased.St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard called for a dramatic …
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19 March 2022 2:18 am
Natural Gas Prices Retreat, Remain Within Range
Natural gas futures reversed lower on Friday as analysts mulled updated inventory data and as overnight weather modeling dialed back the extent of lingering late-winter cold. After brushing up against the $5/MMBtu mark Thursday, the April Nymex contract was down 8.1 cents to $4.909/MMBtu earlier trading, and further retreated at …
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19 March 2022 1:30 am
AUD/JPY Hits Four Year Highs, Now Looking Overbought
AUD/JPY’s soaring showed no sign of easing on Friday, with the pair surging to four-year highs above 88.00. That marks a fourth successive day of gains during which time AUD/JPY has rallied over 4.0%. AUD/JPY’s stratospheric rise showed no sign of easing on the final trading of the week, with …
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19 March 2022 12:51 am
Tesla Shares Jump On Musk’s Tweet
Tesla shares were trading 3.49% higher at $902.05 (Tesla, Inc.’s TSLA +3.88%) late during Friday’s session on the back of a Thursday tweet by CEO Elon Musk seems to be helping the company’s stock. All the tweet said is “working on Master Plan Part 3,” but people who follow the …
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19 March 2022 12:24 am
CAD Clings To Weekly Gain On Robust Data
The Canadian dollar touches its strongest since 3 March at 1.2596. The Canadian dollar was little changed against its US counterpart on Friday, with the currency holding near a two-week high as oil prices rose and domestic retail sales data pointed to consumer spending remaining strong at the start of …
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18 March 2022 11:43 pm
White House: Xi, Biden’s call was direct, substantive and detailed
According to a US administration official, talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden on Friday, which lasted for nearly two hours, were direct, substantive and detailed. Biden stressed to Xi that China providing material support to Russia would have consequences not just from the US but …
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18 March 2022 10:39 pm
Baker Hughes: US oil rigs down despite $100 prices
US energy firms this week reduced the number of oil rigs active in the United States even as crude prices continued to trade over $100 a barrel after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine stoked global energy supply concerns.That was the second decline for the oil rig count in three weeks after …
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18 March 2022 10:23 pm
US Equities Rally For Best One Week Gain Since November
US equities are higher for a fourth session, with the S&P 500 breaking to its highest levels since Russia invaded Ukraine. The index is trading in the 4430s, up 0.6% on the day and over 5.5% on the week. That would mark the best week of gains since November 2020.US …
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18 March 2022 9:21 pm
EUR/USD Retreats Amid Euro Profit Taking
After a strong week, the euro is suffering from some profit-taking and EUR/USD has fallen back to the mid-1.10s. EUR/USD’s failure to press higher beyond the 1.1100 level was likely also due to hawkish Fed commentary.Though not the worst-performing currency in the G10 on the day, the euro currently sits …
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18 March 2022 9:11 pm
Stocks fluctuate awaiting geopolitical updates, Hawkish Fed Speak
The end of another long week has Wall Street bracing for another rollercoaster ride as investors digest President Biden’s crucial call with Xi and await to see if any possible pathways emerge for ending the conflict in Ukraine, all while roughly $3.5 trillion of single-stock and index-level options expire.The days …
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18 March 2022 8:56 pm
US Dollar Rebounds As Fed Officials Comment On Rates
The US dollar index bounced back on Friday from recent declines following comments from Federal Reserve officials on interest rates that supported the currency, while the dollar was at a fresh six-year high against the yen and the euro eased.St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard called for a dramatic …
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18 March 2022 8:06 pm
Russia, Ukraine most aligned on neutrality, demilitarization
According to Russia’s Chief Negotiator Vladimir Medinsky, Russia and Ukraine’s views are most aligned on the latter’s status as a “neutral” country and offer not to join NATO, reported Russia’s state-run Interfax news outlet.Russia and Ukraine are currently discussing nuances linked to security guarantees for Ukraine should it refuse to …
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