The odds of a 50 bps interest rate hike have elevated after Fed Powell’s comments at the IMF meeting. Higher inflation pressures in a very tight labor market are compelling for squeezing the liquidity. A double bottom formation has raised expectations of a reversal in the gold prices.Gold price has …
Read More »US Shares Drop As Markets Digest Hawkish Fed Comments
Major US equity indices reversed early gains on Thursday amid hawkish comments from Fed Chair Powell. The S&P 500 dipped back to 4,400, having earlier rallied above 4,500 on initial strength related to strong Tesla earnings.Major US equity indices reversed early gains on Thursday as US yields rallied following hawkish …
Read More »Gold Steadies Around $1940s Despite High T-Yields, Hawkish Fed
Gold has managed to remain buoyant despite rising US Treasury yields amid an upbeat market mood, as investors shrugged off the Ukraine-Russia brawl and a hawkish Fed, which according to March’s minutes, would hike 50-bps in the May meeting as well as reducing the $9 trillion balance sheet. XAU/USD is …
Read More »ECB Moving toward a more hawkish stance
Analysts at Danske Bank revised their forecast for the European Central Bank and now look for a rate hike in September and December. Despite the more hawkish stance from the ECB, they still forecast EUR/USD at 1.05 in twelve months. Key Quotes: “We revise our ECB call slightly after the …
Read More »Gold is confined to a limited range amid expectations of a US rate hike
Gold traded in a limited range on Friday due to expectations of a large US interest rate hike, concern over rising inflation, and the economic fallout from the Ukraine crisis. And the price of gold settled in spot transactions at 1931.53 dollars an ounce by 0858 GMT, but it recorded …
Read More »Gold Price’s Breakout Is Looming
The gold price is stuck within familiar ranges, bouncing around between a daily resistance and support channel. However, like a coil, the build-up of energy and maintained force could be about to set off an almighty breakout, one way or the other. The Gold Index, XAU/USD, is trading at $1,934.09, …
Read More »EUR/USD Flat Despite Hawkish ECB Minutes
The Euro is almost flat in the North American session after reaching a daily high at 1.0938, courtesy of hawkish than expected European Central Bank (ECB) March meeting minutes, despite broad risk aversion in the market. Nevertheless, of late, the EUR/USD dipped below the 1.0900 mark and is trading at …
Read More »Gold Price Holds Firmly Despite Hawkish FOMC Minutes
Gold price is under pressure on Wednesday but contained within a familiar range as it continues to trade sideways on the daily chart. Gold is trading at $1,922.10, XAU/USD; down by 0.06% and has travelled between a $1,933.58 high and a $1,915.08 low. Gold price is firming up in what …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 5 April
The US dollar is the most prominent winner on Tuesday, firmly up against all of major rival currencies. Diminishing chances of a diplomatic solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict and central banks’ aggressiveness were behind the market’s movements during the US trading session.Economic DataUS Institute for Supply Management (ISM) has unfolded …
Read More »Red, Green Arrows Across Financial Markets Await Signals By FOMC Minutes
Investors, traders and market participants are eying minutes of the Federal Reserve’s March meeting to find direction as well as to gauge US central bank policymakers’ appetite for a half percentage point increase in interest rates in May. The stock market remains within a specific range for now, which should …
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