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The EUR/USD pair remains pressured and aims at finishing the week on the wrong foot amidst a mixed market sentiment. The EUR/USD is trading at 1.0876 as traders prepare for the weekend.Geopolitics and hawkish Fed keep market sentiment mixed. Investors’ mood was mixed during the North American session. US equities …

Tesla (TSLA) stock gained over 1% in a combination of broad market recovery and follow-on from some strong delivery data last weekend. Tesla however remains on watch for further losses as it has failed to break the previous high and remains in a medium-term downtrend from a technical perspective.Elon Musk …

On 16 March, Jerome Powell, the chair of the US Federal Reserve, announced that the central bank would hike interest rates to 0.25 percent. It was likely just the first in a sequence of rate increases designed to tame stubbornly high inflation. Since the start of the year, the Fed …

Oil prices rose on Friday but were still on track for a second weekly decline in a row after countries announced plans to release crude from their strategic stocks. Brent crude futures rose 71 cents, or 0.7 percent, to $101.29 a barrel by 1056 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate crude …

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 …

Oil futures rose on Thursday from a three-week low touched in the previous session after major consuming countries said they would release large amounts of oil reserves, while fears of tight supply still dominate market expectations. Brent contracts rose $1.48, or 1.5 percent, to $102.55 a barrel. And US crude …

Inflation in the Eurozone is high and the European Central Bank may soon need to raise interest rates as a result according to statements by Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel on Wednesday.“What we are seeing at the moment suggests that savers may soon be able to look forward to higher interest …

Tightening has become a noteable key word across financial markets, as US government bond yields extended recent gains on Wednesday, with growing evidence that the Fed is planning to rapidly raise interest rates and reduce its bond-holdings lifting the 10-year Treasury yield above 2.6%.Yields, which rise when bond prices fall, …

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 …

According to the minutes of the March FOMC meeting, participants judged that it would be appropriate to move the stance of monetary policy towards a neutral posture expeditiously, reported Reuters. Balance Sheet Reduction“On balance sheet reduction, participants generally agreed monthly caps of about $60B for Treasury securities, $35B for mortgage-backed …