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The EUR/USD slides, on Wednesday, as Ukraine – Russian tensions increase and US intelligence community reported that Russia could invade Ukraine within the next 48 hrs. During the day, the EUR/USD reached a daily high at 1.1358, but worsened market mood witnessed ebbs flowing to the greenback. At the time …

Gold and the USD Indexes reacted energetically to the concerns raised by Eastern Europe’s tensions. However, only the US dollar can stay cool about its medium-term future.Geopolitical tensions uplift gold, silver and mining stocks, they are in rally mode each and every minute a doom-and-gloom headline surface. However, while the …

GBP/USD tried but was unable to break above its 1.3500-1.3650ish range that has prevailed for most of February. The pair fell back under 1.3600 in the US session as geopolitical angst remains elevated. That kept USD in demand and negated pushback against a 50bps March rate hike from Fed’s Williams.The …

The latest batch of Canadian employment data will hit the markets on Friday. So far, it looks that the Omicron wave hit the labour market in January, with forecasts pointing to a drop of jobs. This is probably a temporary setback. The loonie has been driven mostly by risk sentiment …

Oil prices rose on Friday, set for a sixth straight week of gains as geopolitical tensions continued to fuel supply concerns. Brent crude futures rose 63 cents, or 0.7 percent, to $89.97 a barrel by 1013 GMT, after reaching $91.04 on Thursday, the highest level since October 2014. West Texas …

Although traders are still digesting Fed’s policy statement, Thursday’s US session closed on a positive note for both US stocks and the US dollar, seen rising at the same time.The interest rate policy statement and the remarks by Fed Chairman, Jerome Powell, were among the most important factors that continued …

Tensions are escalating in Eastern Europe as several reports refer to potential invasion of Ukraine. The crisis brought about several important developments that, in effect, throw heavy shadows on the financial markets, and, in turn, impact price movements as well as igniting concerns on oil supply disruption.The new developments include …

Oil traded at a seven-year high of around $90 a barrel on Thursday as the Ukraine crisis supported prices despite signs that the US Federal Reserve would tighten monetary policy. Brent crude futures rose six cents, or 0.1 percent, to $90.02 a barrel by 1113 GMT, and West Texas Intermediate …

Saudi Arabia is expected to raise the official selling prices of all its crude grades sold in Asia next month on the back of solid demand and refining margins.Saudi Arabia usually sets the official selling prices (OSPs) of its crude for the following month around the fifth of each month, …

Brent crude futures rose more than 2% on Wednesday, surpassing $90 a barrel for the first time since 2014. The price of oil surpassed $90 a barrel on Wednesday, its highest mark in eight years as limited supply coupled with the prospect of a Russian invasion of Ukraine sent energy …