US government-bond yields rose Friday morning after fresh labuor market related data for September showed slight opportunity of any serious economic slowdown. Treasury yields spiked, with the benchmark 10-year note topping 3.8% and the rate-sensitive 2-year yield at nearly 4.3%.The Labour Department’s latest data showed the unemployment rate dropping to …
Read More »GBP/USD about to collapse on stronger US dollar after NFP
After the release of the US monthly employment data, the US dollar rallied, pushing GBP/USD down to an intraday low of 1.1089. US stocks were holding on to pre-opening losses without extending their slumps. Some profit-taking ahead of the weekend has helped major pairs to bounce, but that is not …
Read More »Bitcoin slides on NFP data
The crypto market settled in the red territory on Friday, with Bitcoin heading the downtrend of the $20,000 mark again as analysts eye further rate hikes in light of the strong NFP data.October is usually a positive season for Bitcoin’s price movements, however, as the first full week of the …
Read More »NFP Unlikely To Impact US Dollar’s Performance
US employment gain, for September, was not so far rfrom expectations. NFP should be broadly neutral for the USD at this time, in the opinion of economists.Friday’s data will do much to impact the US dollar’s performance. At a minimum, markets will likely have to wait until the upcoming CPI …
Read More »US Nonfarm Payrolls rise by 263,000 in September
Nonfarm Payrolls in the US rose by 263,000 in September, the data published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed on Friday. This reading followed August’s increase of 315,000 and came in better than the market expectation of 250,000. Further details of the report revealed that the Unemployment Rate …
Read More »EUR/USD senses downside ahead of NFP
As risk sentiment is still negative and the US dollar index (DXY) has not displayed any sign of exhaustion in the uptrend, consequently, the downside momentum in the EUR/USD could resume sooner.The EUR/USD is attempting to rebound from below 0.9800, while downside seems to be favored. The Dollar Index, DXY, …
Read More »US September Nonfarm Payrolls Preview
Nonfarm Payrolls in the US are expected to appear above “normal” once again. That would affirm that the US employment situation remains “hot”, and that the Fed can focus on getting inflation down. According to the latest BLS report, there were over 10.1M job openings, but just 6.0M people were …
Read More »Gold aims to extend recovery ahead of NFP data
Gold price has resumed its upside trend after a pullback to near $1,700.00. Escalating Japan-North Korea tensions are turning the risk to the negative side.After bumper US ADP data, positive NFP data could mean a next 75 bps rate hike in November. The gold index turned sideways after sensing demand …
Read More »Noor Capital | Dubai TV, Mohammed Hashad’s Interview, September 26.
Interviewed by Dubai TV, Mohammed Hashad, Head of Research and Development at Noor Capital and member of the American Association of Technical Analysts, shed light on the latest developments in the financial markets There was chaos in the currency markets, and we are talking now about the pound sterling at …
Read More »Bitcoin jumps over $20,000
Cryptocurrency Bitcoin crossed the $20,000 mark and is looking to post its best day in six weeks on Friday, as the dollar fell and markets found reasons for optimism at the end of a tough week. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, rose more than seven percent to $20,796, …
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