On Monday, the Kremlin blamed western sanctions for failure to deliver gas through Nord Stream 1 pipeline. Russia’s Gazprom announced last weekend that the suspension of gas supplies at Nord Stream 1 would be extended indefinitely, citing ‘malfunctions’ along the pipeline. Russia will not resume its natural gas supplies to …
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 »Gold rises slightly in narrow-range transactions ahead of Fed
Gold prices rose somewhat on Tuesday and swung within a narrow range during the day as the dollar weakened, while investors avoided big bets ahead of an expected hike in US interest rates. And the gold price rose 0.5 percent in spot transactions to $1,726.83 an ounce by 0725 GMT. …
Read More »Gold drops toward $1710 as market sentiment deteriorates
Gold turns negative as market sentiment deteriorates. The Gold Index slides below $1720, rejected again from above $1730. Meanwhile, the US Dollar recovers momentum, erases losses.Gold prices failed to hold to gains on Monday, hit after Gazprom’s announcement that will slow flows on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, triggering a …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – Thursday, July 21
All eyes focused on the ECB on Thursday, amid a series of events taking place in the European Union. The most relevant was the central bank’s monetary policy decision on hiking rates by 50 bps, the first hike in over 11 years, and the awaited move away from negative rates. …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – Monday, July 19
The US dollar started the first day of the trading week weaker than the previous week, losing ground against most rival currencies. In the US session, afternoon, the dollar bounced back, as Wall Street was not able to retain its early gains and eventually headed to the red territory.Commodity-linked currencies …
Read More »WTI rallies for third session near $109.00
Oil prices surge for a third straight session on Friday, with front-month WTI future last trading higher by close to $3.0 in the mid-$109.00s per barrel, more than $11 higher than mid-week lows in the $98.00s. The rally on Friday was partially spurred by a rebound in global equity markets …
Read More »Natural Gas Soars In Europe After Russian Measures
Russian sanctions on Poland’s key pipeline are expected to limit Europe’s ability to import Russian natural gas if Ukrainian pipes go down. The Russian measures are also expected to put additional pressure on US natural gas producers as Russia is intended to cut Off Supplies to Europe.As Europe races to …
Read More »NZD/USD attempts to recover from fresh lows
The NZD/USD pair is down by 0.33% from a high of 0.6590 but has consolidated into the close in the North American session above the tailspin lows of 0.6527. The pair has been pressured on Wednesday ahead of key data for the US on Thursday and the Federal Reserve next …
Read More »Gazprom to suspend Russia’s gas supplies through Bulgaria as of Wednesday
Russian state-owned gas supplier Gazprom is to halt supplies going through Bulgaria and Poland into Europe as of Wednesday 27 April, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing the Bulgarian Energy Ministry. This is a remarkable and major escalation in the standoff between Moscow and European nations over energy supplies and the …
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