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Gold prices fluctuated within a limited range on Thursday, after hitting a two-week high earlier in the session, as investors awaited US inflation data for indications of the Federal Reserve’s next step towards tightening monetary policy. And the gold price settled in spot transactions at $ 1832.09 an ounce by …

Gold futures closed higher on Wednesday, with prices stretching their gains to a fourth-consecutive session to finish as the US dollar and Treasury yields eased back, boosting the appeal of the haven metal.Volatility in the metal’s prices could be explained by fluctuations in the US dollar, which also obviously has …

Wall Street jumped on Wednesday, closing sharply higher as megacap growth stocks powered up thanks to a pause in rising interest rates, and upbeat earnings reports also encouraged investors to buy.The benchmark 10-year US Treasury yield slipped from multi-year highs hit in the previous session, helping steady sentiment across global …

Easing government bond yields weighed on the US dollar, which anyway ended the day with mixed performance across the major currencies. The yield on the US 10-year Treasury note stands at around 1.93%, down from its weekly peak at 1.97%. The GBP/USD pair is unchanged on a daily basis trading …

Ahead of Thursday’s key US Consumer Price Index data scheduled for New York’s morning session, the White House says tomorrow’s inflation data will show a high year-on-year figure.The White House states that its irrelevant month on month number will continue trending lower the rest of the year.The consensus in the …

The sterling remains passive on Wednesday during the New York session, so far up 0.02% in the day and the GBP/USD pair is trading at 1.3539. Financial markets mood is positive, as European equity indices finished in the green territory. US equity indices led by the heavy tech Nasdaq Composite …

Loretta J. Mester, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, is crossing the wires and has stated that there’s a strong case to start reducing accommodation and she supports rate increase in March.Key RemarksFuture rate increases will be guided by the economy.If inflation is not coming down …

Gold prices were little changed on Wednesday as falling US Treasury yields ahead of the widely expected strong inflation data kept gold investors on the lookout. And the price of gold in spot transactions rose 0.1 percent to $ 1827.20 an ounce, and US futures settled at $ 1828.40. Analysts …

Gold prices headed during trading, today, Wednesday, near the highest level in two weeks during the previous session, before the release of inflation data in the United States, which is expected to come in strong this week, despite the fact that the rise in US Treasury bond yields prompted investors …

As the US inflation data is expected to show that prices rose by 0.4% in January, for a 7.2% gain from one year ago, major currency pairs continue lacking certain direction and struggle to maintain their strength. Major currencies have also held within limited intraday ranges on Tuesday. The US …