Oil edged up on Tuesday, reversing an early decline as worries about tightening supply were revived after Russia said oil exports to Europe on the southern leg of the Druzhba pipeline had been suspended since early August.Russian pipeline monopoly Transneft said Ukraine had suspended oil flows via the pipeline leg …
Read More »EU should get prepared for permanent halt of Russian gas
Nord Stream 1 pipeline’s reduced gas flows via the was a significant factor that added more complication to the EU’s plan to fill gas storage units across the continent. The EU’s goal as a whole is to replenish its gas storage to 80 percent full by the end of October. …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – Tuesday, July 26
a large amount of speculative interest was paying attention to US bond yields. The yield curve is the most inverted since 2000. 2-year Treasuries are yielding 3.03%, while the 10-year note yields 2.76%. An inverted curve is usually a sign of an upcoming recession. Economic Data Home purchases, in the …
Read More »WTI ends below $95 on EU’s adjusted arrangements for Russian oil
US crude oil prices stabilized below $95 per barrel for the first time since April in choppy trading circumstances on Friday after the European Union announced it would allow Russian companies to ship oil to third countries under an adjustment of sanctions agreed by member states this week. Under the …
Read More »Gold stabilizes as investors await indications from US inflation data
Gold prices settled near their lowest levels in more than nine months on Wednesday, as investors awaited US inflation data for indications of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy stance. And gold settled in spot transactions at $ 1725.83 an ounce by 0543 GMT, after falling to its lowest level since …
Read More »EU gives Croatia green light to adopt euro in 2023
EU finance ministers on Tuesday gave Croatia the final green light to adopt the euro on January 1, 2023. “I would like to congratulate my counterpart, Zdravko Maric, and the whole of Croatia for becoming the 20th country to join the euro area,” said Zbynek Stanjura, the finance minister of …
Read More »Gold pressured by stronger US dollar
Precious metals have generally maintained the same defensive stance, with gold reaching two-month lows and silver at two-year lows.Risk aversion dominates Tuesday’s trading session as investors await clues that will be provided by June’s US CPI report, due on Wednesday. Gold price is slanted to the downside and might test …
Read More »EU’s Sefcovic: EU cannot accept NI protocol being illegally scrapped
EU Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic told a news conference in Brussels, on Wednesday, that the EU cannot accept North Ireland Protocol being illegally scrapped. He has also explained that zero checks on Great Britain and Northern Ireland trade are ‘not an option’. The European Commission is willing to negotiate …
Read More »UK House of Commons Passes NI Protocol
Proposed legislation to allow the UK to unilaterally rip up Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland at the risk of a trade war with the EU passed the second reading stage in the House of Commons on Monday night.As for the market’s reaction, the GBP/USD pair extends retreat from over a …
Read More »Ukraine wins candidate status in bid to gain EU membership
In what will be a long rd to membership, Ukraine has won its candidate status in a bid to gain EU membership.EU leaders have accepted both Ukraine and Moldova as membership candidates of the European Union, European Council President Charles Michel said on Thursday evening.“Agreement. #EUCO has just decided EU …
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