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Global equities fell and the US dollar advanced on Wednesday after stronger-than-expected economic data helped assuage concerns of high inflation and an impending recession driven partly by rising oil prices.The data released by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) showed US manufacturing activity picked up in May as demand for …

Gold prices fell on Tuesday after rising dollar and US bond yields offset support for the precious metal on rising inflation fears and appeared to be on track for a second consecutive monthly decline. Spot gold fell 0.4 percent to $1,848.60 an ounce at 1025 GMT, and was down 2.5 …

The US dollar remains under pressure in the first trading day of the week, sliding against most major rival currencies. The USD/JPY pair, however, edged higher amid the better tone of stocks markets.Economic Data No remarkable economic data was released on Monday. Other Developments EU representatives are still discussing the …

Gold begins the trading week with relatively positive performance, up by 0.20%. the Holiday in the US is expected to keep the precious metal’s prices within a tighter range amid a busy US economic calendar week.An absent US economic docket on Monday keeps gold traders leaning on market sentiment and …

In an interview on Dubai TV, Mohammed Hashad, Head of Research and Development Department at Noor Capital and a member of the US Society of Technical Analysts, commented on the latest developments of the financial markets The fear of the shortage of supplies led the American crude oil to the …

Wall Street closed sharply higher on Friday, as signs of inflation peaking and then data on consumer spending increased investor optimism that the Federal Reserve would be able to tighten monetary policy without pushing the economy into recession. All three major US stock indexes halted their longest streak of weekly …

Data released on Friday has showed that US Personal Spending surged in April by 0.9%, above expectations. Wells Fargo’s analysts point out that for the first time since October 2021 income outpaced inflation. Analysts also forecast consumer spending will downshift over the next quarters. Key Quotes: “Personal income rose 0.4% …

The Canadian dollar edged lower against its US counterpart on Thursday as a move higher in oil prices was counterbalanced by domestic data showing that retail sales growth stalled in March, but the currency stuck to its recent sideways trading pattern, so details of the released data were stronger.Canadian government …

The Turkish lira fell by 0.5% Thursday, May 26, to 16.45 against the dollar, touching its weakest level since December, before a meeting of the Central Bank is expected to keep the benchmark interest rate at 14%. The lira has fallen about 20% this year, in addition to losing 44% …

The Federal Open Market Committee minutes have been released which are so far sending the US dollar DXY index a touch softer.At the May 3-4 meeting, the Fed hiked rates the expected 50 bp to 1.0% and laid out plans for aggressive Quantitative Tightening to begin in June. There is …