US stock indexes rose in choppy trading on Thursday led by Tesla and other growth stocks, with investor focus on Microsoft’s forecast cut and comments from a Federal Reserve official ahead of a key jobs report due on Friday.The S&P index recorded one new 52-week high and 29 new lows, …
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Lael Brainard, Vice Chairwoman of the Fed said on Thursday that the Fed is monitoring mixed signals on the US economy, but the number one priority will still be getting inflation down. Brainard has added that she does expect to see some cooling of the economy over time, and that …
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The stock market fell Wednesday following still-strong economic data and the start of the Federal Reserve’s QE. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 177 points, or 0.5%, while the S&P 500 dropped 0.8%, and the Nasdaq Composite declined 0.7%. Stocks tried to rally in the afternoon but ultimately stumbled into …
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Gold prices have bounced from multi-day lows under $1830 to the $1850 level after the beginning of the US trading session despite higher US yields. The Gold Index holds around daily highs even as Wall Street extends losses and as the US dollar further strengthens.Earlier on Wednesday, gold sharply surged …
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US job openings dropped to 11.4 million in April from a record 11.9 million in the prior month, signaling some softening in what’s still the tightest labour market in decades.The number of people who quit jobs in April, meanwhile, was little changed at 4.4 million, the Labour Department said Wednesday. …
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Gold prices fell to their lowest level in two weeks on Wednesday, but remained in a limited range as the demand for the precious metal as a safe haven helped offset some of the continuing pressures from the rise in the dollar and US Treasury yields. And the rise of …
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US President Joe Biden plotted inflation-fighting strategy, on Tuesday, during his meeting with the Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Biden reportedly focused on relentlessly surging prices, with the destiny of the US economy and his own political prospects increasingly dependent on the actions of the government’s central bank.Tuesday’s meeting was the …
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The EUR/USD reached new weekly lows below 1.0700 despite the EU inflation breaking above the 8% threshold. The euro retreats during the American session but bounced off daily’s lows in a high volatility trading session that witnessed the EUR/USD rallying near 1.0780 and falling to 1.0678, but is stabilizing. At …
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Higher mortgage rates did a little to stop home price momentum in March. US home values leaped by 20.6% in March from the year before, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index, up from a 20% increase in February and marking the largest year-over-gain in the index’s …
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The Gold Index has suspended two successive days of gains and retreats towards the 20-DMA after bouncing off the 200-DMA amidst a sour market sentiment during the current trading session as US traders come back from a three-day weekend with positive attitude towards the US dollar and US Treasury yields. …
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