Most Treasury yields turned lower on Thursday, as US stocks relinquished some ground following three straight days of gains.Meanwhile, bond investors are awaiting the US November consumer-price index report on Friday and a Federal Reserve policy meeting next week.Treasuries dated three years and out were seeing some modest buying on …
Read More »Gold Rises as The Dollar Slips Ahead of US Inflation Data
Gold prices received support from the dollar’s decline to rise Thursday, but the rise in US Treasury bond yields and anticipation of US inflation data and the Fed meeting limited the rise of the non-yielding metal. The price of gold in spot transactions rose 0.2% to $ 1785.78, while US …
Read More »Gold Price Corrects In New York As USD Slides
Gold tested its 200DMA above USD 1790 earlier on Wednesday’s session but has since slipped back to the mid-USD 1780.Gold is currently in a wait to see mode ahead of Friday’s key US inflation numbers. The gold Index is trading flat in the New York session near USD 1,784 and …
Read More »Gold Rises as The Dollar Falls, Eyes on US Inflation Data
Gold prices rose to their highest in a week on Wednesday as the dollar and US bond yields fell and the precious metal received a boost as a safe haven due to tensions related to Ukraine with US consumer price data due later this week. The price of gold in …
Read More »Bitcoin Continues to Decline More Than 3%
Bitcoin continued its decline after a strong decline on Saturday and fell on Monday by more than 3% to settle around $47,700 levels. Bitcoin lost about a fifth of its value during trading on Saturday, and some attributed this strong decline to profit-taking and global fears, but then managed to …
Read More »Gold Rises With The Decline of The Dollar
Gold futures traded modestly lower on Monday, as a pickup in Treasury yields and the US dollar helped to dull appetite Gold prices rose Tuesday, December 7th, supported by the dollar’s decline, but rising US Treasury yields and fears that the US Federal Reserve would tighten monetary policy more than …
Read More »Gold declines as tapering remains in focus
Gold futures traded modestly lower on Monday, as a pickup in Treasury yields and the US dollar helped to dull appetite for the precious metal, which has been held in check by uncertainties about the spread of omicron and Federal Reserve policies.The most active February delivery gold contract GCG22, -0.16% …
Read More »Bitcoin Below $50K After a Tough Weekend
Bitcoin hovered near $49,000 on Monday, down 1.5% on the day, as traders took losses after a grueling weekend when the world’s most popular cryptocurrency at one point lost more than 20% of its value. This trajectory brought the price of Bitcoin and the amount invested in its futures contracts …
Read More »CAD Steadies Low Due To Omicron Risks
The Canadian dollar strengthened slightly against its US counterpart on Thursday but held near its lowest level in over two months, as investors assessed the global economic impact of the Omicron coronavirus variant and looked ahead to domestic data.The Canadian dollar was trading 0.1% higher at 1.2807 to the USD, …
Read More »Jobs Data, Fed Speakers Push T-Yields Higher
US Treasury yields jumped higher on Thursday as investors returned to attractive riskier assets and Federal Reserve officials talked up a quicker end to the central bank’s bond purchases.The benchmark 10-year yield , which had fallen to as low as 1.409% earlier in the session, was last 2 basis points …
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