Wall Street’s main indexes trade in the positive territory on Friday. Tech shares push higher after the opening bell.Major equity indexes in the U. S. started the last day of the week in the positive territory on the back of improving market sentiment. The CBOE Volatility Index, Wall Street’s fear …
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Gold has shifted after the latest round of hot than expected U.S. inflation data and here’s what to watch with the latest surge higher.There’s a fundamental change of language as solid CPI data previously meant faster tapering schedule, consequently lower gold, the new prevalent language has become: strong CPI = …
Read More »S&P 500 Stabilizes With Gains
Trading conditions on Thursday were limited, with many investors away for Veteran’s Day. Bond markets have been closed. The S&P 500 index started the U. S. session above 4660 but has gradually been lower to around the 4650 mark, where it trades with one the day gains of about 0.1%. …
Read More »Evergrande, Inflation Data Pull U. S. Shares Down
Hotter than expected Consumer Price Index reading for October and news that Evergrande again defaulted debt payment grace period were factors that pulled U. S. stocks down on Wednesday.The S&P 500 index is down 0.7%, CPI has jumped 0.9% after climbing 0.4% in September, the Labor Department said. This was …
Read More »Market Drivers – U. S. Session – 09-11-2021
Bitcoin’s rally weakened on Tuesday, suggesting that buyers took some profits at around the $68,500 all-time price high. Despite a short-term retreat, upward price targets are expectedfor both BTC and ETH over the next month.There is a positive sentiment that often prevail the crypto markets near every year’s end. Price …
Read More »U. S. Shares Threaten to End 8 Day Gains
U.S. shares retreated back from record levels on Tuesday’s U. S. session, threatening to disrupt an eight-day gaining sessions for the S&P 500 Index, the first time since 1955. The benchmark index fell by 0.5% in afternoon trading. The S&P 500 pulled back to end an 8-session winning line of …
Read More »Market Drivers – U. S. Session – 08-11-2021
Weaker USD profile prevailed all through the U. S. trading session on Monday. The GBP/USD pair has jumped to 1.3530-35 by weaker USD and EUR/USD was another pair that similarly benefited from the same reason, while Treasury yields continued surging and Gold touched fresh highs. Inflation is still impacting monetary …
Read More »U. S. Shares Jump Over Improved sentiment
The S&P 500 has edged higher in the New York session, up by 0.08%, to settle at 4,701.The Dow Jones Industrial has added 0.23%, up to 36,412, while the Nasdaq has fallen by 0.01%, at 16,358. Positive U. S. jobs data last Friday, in addition to tapering by the U. …
Read More »S&P 500 Touches Further Record
The S&P 500 Index as well as other major U. S. equity indices witnessed a strong end to a strong week. The S&P 500 clinched a seventh successive record session close at 4697 after briefly surpassing the 4700 level intraday.The index ended the week up over 2.0% on the week, …
Read More »Wall Street Shares Surge After Solid NFP Report
Stocks broadly surged on Friday afternoon trading on Wall Street as investors and traders welcomed news of rebounding hiring by U.S. employers throughout October.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 225 points, or 0.6%, to 36,347 and the Nasdaq rose 0.6%, whereas S&P 500 rose 0.6%. More than 80% of stocks …
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