Market Analysis

January, 2022

  • 17 January 2022 11:25 am

    The People’s Bank of China sets the yuan at 6.3599 dollars

    China

    The People’s Bank of China set the exchange rate of the yuan against the US dollar at 6.3599 yuan per dollar, at the same time, expectations were for the Chinese yuan to stabilize against the dollar at 6.3604 yuan per dollar, and the previous value of the yuan was 6.3677 …

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  • 17 January 2022 10:18 am

    Japan PM: Coronavirus Response is Government’s Highest Priority

    Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday that the coronavirus response is the government’s highest priority, as reported by Reuters. “Serious shortage of hospital beds needs to be avoided at all cost,” Kishida added and noted that they will bring forward COVID-19 vaccination booster shots for the elderly and …

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  • 17 January 2022 1:29 am

    Weekly Recap 10-14 January

    Sometimes, rumours take part in shaping the market’s overall mood even partially, though such rumours have no relation to reality. Something of this kind seems to have happened last week. The EUR/USD pair has been in a sideways trend since November, fluctuating in the range of 1.1220 – 1.1385.   …

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  • 15 January 2022 3:06 am

    Market Drivers – US Session – 14 January

    US stocks ended mixed on Friday at the end of a volatile week, with investors and traders busy digesting a mixed set of bank earnings and a bigger-than-expected drop in U.S. retail sales. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at the highs of the trading day. The Nasdaq fluctuated between …

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  • 15 January 2022 1:27 am

    US Retail Spending, Manufacturing Collectively Drop As Omicron, Inflation Surge

    Retail Sales

    Retail sales dropped 1.9% in December, a big slowdown at the holiday season’s end; manufacturing output fell for first time since SeptemberIn a confirmation hearing for his second term as Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell said the central bank would use its tools to tamp down inflation. US retail spending …

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  • 15 January 2022 12:47 am

    US Shares Exhibits Choppy Performance As Tech Outperforms Value

    Friday’s session exhibited mixed performance. It has been a choppy day for US equity markets, with tech and growth stocks doing better while value did worse.Nasdaq 100 outperformed, gaining 0.5%, whilst the Dow underperformed, shedding 0.7%. It was a choppy and mixed session in US equity markets, marked more by …

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  • 14 January 2022 11:58 pm

    Gold Reacts To Higher US Bond Yields

    Gold retreats for the second straight day as worse than expected US economic data dominated news headlines; US retail sales dropped the most in 10-months and the US 10-year T-bond yield hits 1.771%, weighing on the non-yielding metal.The precious metal slips for the second-consecutive day amid dismal US economic data …

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  • 14 January 2022 11:07 pm

    Baker Hughes Reports Most Oil, Gas rigs Since April

    US energy drillers this week added the most oil and natural gas rigs in a week since April as rising oil prices prompt more drillers to return to the well-pads.The oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, rose 13 to 601 in the week to Jan. …

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  • 14 January 2022 10:39 pm

    US Consumer Sentiment Drops in January 2022

    Consumer Sentiment has recorded the second-lowest reading in a decade. The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index has recorded a dip of 2.5% in early January 2022 from its level in December 2021, according to preliminary results released Friday.The MCSI now stands at its second-lowest level in a decade, the …

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  • 14 January 2022 10:08 pm

    WTI Driven By Geopolitical Tension To Test Fresh Highs

    WTI crude oil is trading now at $81.73 per barrel after latest high recorded Friday at $83.14 per barrel. The benchmark American oil is probing its best levels since early November in the $73.00 as geopolitical tensions rise. Analysts as well as banks have been calling this week for WTI …

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  • 14 January 2022 9:11 pm

    Fed’s Speakers Focus on Omicron, Hot Inflation, Supply Chain Bottlenecks

    Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly said on Friday that the latest Omicron wave will extend the time period that inflation will remain high. Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said on Friday that he expects the Omicron wave to temporarily prolong and intensify …

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  • 14 January 2022 8:48 pm

    Wells Fargo: US Industrial Production Still a Supply Problem

    Industrial Production in the US dropped unexpectedly 0.1% in December. Analysts at Wells Fargo explain the decline took place despite indications that wait times are shortening and other signs of initial improvement with the supply chain problem.Key Quotes: “Total industrial production edged slightly lower in December with a 0.1% decline …

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  • 14 January 2022 5:51 pm

    US Retail Sales Slide by 1.9% in December

    US Retail Sales fell by 1.9% MoM in December, according to data published by the US Census Bureau revealed on Friday. That was well below market expectations for a MoM decline of -0.1% and marked a sharp deceleration from November’s growth rate of 0.2% (downwardly revised from 0.3%). That meant …

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