The White House has dimmed optimism over the Omicron batter after the US Food and Drug Administration approved a pair of pills from Pfizer and Merck to treat Covid-19. The White House has warned it will take more than six months to fulfil its initial order for Pfizer’s antiviral Covid-19 …
Read More »Gold has moved back above USD 1,800
Gold has perked up on the day following an offer in the US dollar and a bid in global shares. US real yields are the focus pertaining to Federal Reserve expectations. The precious metal has benefitted due to the market being well priced for a hawkish Fed in what has …
Read More »Wall Street Rebounds As Risk Appetite Surges
Wall Street’s equity markets rebounded from Monday’s retreat as risk appetite surged and recovered from a three-day decline ahead of the Christmas holiday later this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.5% to 35,441.21, the S&P 500 increased 1.6% to 4,639.79, and the Nasdaq Composite was up 2.2% to …
Read More »US Shares Sharply Surge After Three Day Drop
Markets staged a considerable comeback on Tuesday, with all three major averages up more than 1% as investors weighed news of federal involvement to mitigate Omicron and imminent authorization of an at-home Covid-19 treatment.In a turnaround from earlier losses, the Dow rallied more than 500 points during intraday trading, up …
Read More »Us Dollar Index Remains Steady Amid BBB Row
The US Dollar Index, DXY, drops by 0.33%, settling at 96.48 during the day as the New York session. The market sentiment is relaxed, with major US shares falling between 1.51% and 2.86%.Factors like US President Biden’s failure to get his $2 trillion BBB project backed by Democrat Senator Joe …
Read More »US Shares Fall Amid Omicron, Stimulus Pessimism
US shares are lower on the first trading day of the new week. The S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 and Dow all down more than 1.0% on the session. Shares’ performance comes amid fears about the rapid spread of the Omicron.The S&P 500 gapped below the 4600 level on Monday and …
Read More »S&P 500 Bounces On Quad Witching day
US stock markets have maintained uneven performance on the final trading day of the week as traders still busy digesting this week’s Fed’s hawkish signals pivot and a continued rise in global Omicron Covid-19 variant infections.The S&P 500 was last down 0.1%, though it bounced from earlier session lows in …
Read More »US Stocks Jump, Apple Nears New Milestone
US stocks rose for a second session after the Federal Reserve said it will accelerate the withdrawal of its economic stimulus and even as weekly jobless claims moved higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 146 points or 0.4%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite gained 0.45% and 0.39%, …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 15-12-2021
Wednesday was the Fed’s big day. US stocks rose after Federal Reserve officials approved plans to speed up the withdrawal of the pandemic stimulus efforts, giving investors and traders more insight into the central bank’s response to hot inflation.All three major indexes turned higher after the afternoon release of a …
Read More »S&P 500 drops As Traders Focus on Fed
The S&P 500 falls during the New York session, it is traded is at 4,615.85, down by almost 1.02%, after the US Producer Price Index for November rose the most since 2010, on the footsteps of the last week’s CPI, as more pressures build up on the Federal Reserve Bank …
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