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The US Dollar rebounded after the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) decision, with market participants focusing on Friday’s Nonfarm Payrolls data. Despite signs of disinflation, the strong US economic landscape led Fed Chair Jerome Powell to maintain a data-dependent stance. While chances of a rate cut in September increased, Powell’s demand for …

Investors’ growing concerns regarding weakening US data have caused the Dow Jones to reverse. Bets on a November Fed rate drop have taken over in the markets. With a steep decline in stocks on Monday, NFP week officially begins. Investors pulled back after the US ISM Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index …

Gold prices steadied on Wednesday, hovering near a four-week low as investors awaited a decision from the US Federal Reserve that could offer insights into the timing of interest rate cuts. Spot gold settled at $2,285.69 per ounce by 0829 GMT, after hitting its lowest level since April 5 earlier …

Gold prices dipped on Wednesday to their lowest level in nearly four weeks as investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s decision, which could shed light on the timeline for interest rate cuts. In spot transactions, gold edged down 0.1 percent to $2,284.44 per ounce by 0436 GMT, marking its lowest level …

XAU/USD trades at $2,292, down by over 1.50% on Tuesday. The US Bureau of Labour Statistics reported a jump in the Employment Cost Index (ECI) for April, and American consumer sentiment deteriorated further. Gold prices dropped below the $2,300 threshold on Tuesday due to rising employment costs in the US, …

With some major markets closed on Easter Monday, the US dollar is the clear winner as of late Monday. As the day began, most attention was on growth-related data, with China releasing positive manufacturing production data for March. Still, the news was insufficient to keep investors upbeat.The news on Friday …

The second quarter of 2024 began with mixed closing results for US stocks, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.6% and the S&P 500 down 0.2%. Although it was off its early session highs, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ended the day marginally higher. As the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield …

Friday’s gold market surge is still going strong since all of the market’s moving parts appear to be pointing towards higher prices in the end. The price of the precious metal has increased by 2.08% to $2086.50 per ounce as of this writing.The early hours of Friday saw a slight …

The US Dollar Index traded in a downward trend at 103.7, before recovering, at the time of writing, to 103.895, denoting a decline of 0.24%, and representing a weak end to the trading week.The US ISM Manufacturing PMI fell disappointingly at 47.8, far from expectations of a 49.5 mark. Expectations …

ISM Manufacturing PMI remained at 46.7 in November. US Dollar Index trimmed daily gains and fell to 103.50. The economic activity in the US manufacturing contracted in November, for the 12th consecutive month, with the ISM Manufacturing PMI at 46.7, unchanged from October. This reading came in worse than the …