China said it will reopen its borders to foreign tourists for the first time in three years since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, by re-issuing various types of visas from Wednesday, March 15. The lifting of this latest border measure, which was intended to protect against COVID-19, comes after …
Read More »Gold is settling above $1,900, amid hopes that interest rate hikes will stop after collapse of SVB
Gold prices stabilized above the important $1900 level on Tuesday, amid expectations of a slowdown in the pace of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates after the collapse of two major regional banks in the United States, which increased the attractiveness of the non-yielding metal. And gold settled in instant …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 13/03/2023
The SVB collapse drove US stock markets to monthly lows. The Nasdaq managed to recover and gained 0.45%, while the Dow Jones lost 0.28% and the S&P 500 fell by 0.15%. The VIX rose 6% after pulling back during the second half of the US trading session. Crude Oil prices …
Read More »WTI price impacted by US banking fears
The US crude oil benchmark dropped more than 2% on risk-off impulse, with a bank crisis in the United States raising fears for a possible contagion amid accelerating talk about the potential domino effect. Chinese demand recovers to put a lid on WTI’s fall. At the time of writing, WTI …
Read More »Noor Capital | Mohammed Hashad Interview on Dubai TV – 13 March 2023
Interviewed on Dubai TV, Monday, Mohammed Hashad, Head of Research and Development at Noor Capital and member of the American Association of Technical Analysts, commented on the most important developments in global financial markets on the first day of this trading week, most notably the collapse of the US Silicon …
Read More »Upon Signature Bank, SVB collapses, Wall Street divided about the Fed’s next move.
The collapse of Signature Bank and SVB has economists divided on whether it would affect the Fed’s decision to hike interest rates later this month. Policymakers are now dealing with financial panic and persistent inflation.The debate started late Sunday with anticipations that the Fed won’t raise rates at the conclusion …
Read More »AUD/USD soaring amid catastrophic SVB bank crisis
The AUD/USD pair starts the trading week positively, trading at 0.6716 at the time of writing, up by 2.11% on the day.SVB bank’s catastrophe has shed heavy clouds on the banking sector while the consequences of the Fed’s rate hike decision support the pair. AUD/USD currency pair opens the first …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, March 6-10
Last week, as China seeks to intensify its efforts to reduce stubborn financial risks and technological bottlenecks during President Xi Jinping’s third term, the country kept the top leaders at the central bank and the Ministry of Finance unchanged.In the United States, a government study on Friday renewed hopes of …
Read More »Gold rises following US NFP data
The precious metal was able to extend its gains during the American trading session, and the price of gold headed higher, touching a high of $1,842.55 immediately after the announcement of the US non-farm payroll data on the daily chart, after the release of the US jobs report for February, …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 09/03/2023
During the American session, US yields decreased even more. US 2-year yields decreased to 4.95% and 10-year yields to 3.92%. The US Dollar suffered from the falling rates. The DXY dropped to 105.20 for the second day in a row. The retreat of the Greenback is still a correction from …
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