The WTI climbed above $79.00. The American crude records a four-day winning streak on Tuesday, but the upside may be limited to technical indicators starting to flash overbought conditions.Chinese economic stimulus supported Oil prices while focus in the markets shifts to Wednesday’s Fed decision. Earlier in the day, Chinese news …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, July 16-21
The Standard & Poor’s 500 and Nasdaq indexes fell at the close on Wall Street on Thursday, affected by the decline in Tesla and Netflix shares after the release of their quarterly results, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed higher for the ninth consecutive day, thanks to Johnson & …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, July 3-6
Job growth in the United States slowed more than expected in June after a sharp increase in the previous month, but the labor market shortage persisted, with the unemployment rate falling from a seven-month high and relatively large wage increases continuing. On Friday, the Labor Department said in its well-watched …
Read More »Gold is stable due to the strength of the dollar and the market is awaiting important economic data
Gold prices changed slightly on Monday, as the strength of the US dollar affected the attractiveness of the yellow metal, at a time when markets were awaiting important economic data to obtain more information about the Federal Reserve’s plans to raise interest rates in the future. Gold prices settled in …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, June 26-30
Wagner Group mutiny provided temporary support to equity markets, but the fundamental pressure continued to crumble. Stocks experienced a momentary lift, but the economic slowdown in the USA and higher rates caused lower prices later. A correction in US equities is likely due to more than just a technical issue. …
Read More »Gold is near its lowest level in about 4 months, after Powell hinted to raise interest rates
Gold settled near its lowest level in four months on Friday, as investors awaited important US inflation data later on Friday, after a group of strong data and statements in favor of monetary tightening from Federal Reserve officials increased bets on raising interest again. And gold settled in the spot …
Read More »Gold resilient despite Fed’s rate hike expectation, solid US data
Despite growing speculations about the Fed raising interest rates in the future, the price of gold is rising back above $1900. The precious metal is trading at 1906.70 at the time of typing. Strong growth is highlighted by the US economic data, which has caused the Gold Index to test …
Read More »Gold is near its lowest level in about 4 months
Gold prices remained near their lowest levels in nearly four months on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell left the door open to raising interest rates again with the aim of curbing inflation. Spot gold rose 0.25 percent to $1,912.19 an ounce by 0123 GMT. On Wednesday, the precious …
Read More »Gold declines on surprising positive US data
Gold has declined due to positive US data, including durable goods orders and consumer confidence data. The gold price has retreated after hitting a daily high of $1930.66 due to overall upbeat data from the US, demonstrating the economy’s resilience despite higher borrowing costs set by the US Fed. Gold …
Read More »Powell’s hawkishness is expected to support US dollar’s gains
Federal Reserve Chairman Powell’s hawkish words are significantly weighing on market sentiment as broadly expected. Wall Street extends losses ahead of the opening, hinting at more risk-off trading. The EUR/USD pair is technically neutral in the near term and could correct lower once below 1.0890. The EUR/USD pair keeps trading …
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