On Wednesday, the non-yielding metal is almost flat as investors assess the pace of the Fed’s tightening. A buoyant US Dollar keeps gold defensive, though holding above $1800. Gold ETF holdings have fallen for a ninth consecutive day.The Gold Index is trading negatively in the day, though it remains at …
Read More »US Dollar Further Declines As Sentiment Improves
The US dollar edged lower across the board as the American currency extended the bearish corrective decline that began on Monday. Positive US data has helped the case for a better market sentiment, with global indexes closing in the green.The underlying concerns remain the same. Tensions between Europe and Russia …
Read More »Risk assets return into positive territories on Powell’s Comments
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday that US central bank officials will keep tightening policy until inflation comes down in “a convincing way.”“There have been some promising signs you can point to,” Powell said at a Wall Street Journal conference. But, he added, “There are some signs that …
Read More »Euro Benefits From Risk Appetite Ahead of Powell’s Speech
The euro is higher versus the US dollar by 1.13% rallying on wider risk-on from 1.0428 to a high of 1.0555. The euro has extended the rebound from a five-year low touched last week while the US dollar is down against its major trading partners.The euro benefited at the start …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – May 16
The US dollar briefly edged higher at the beginning of the week but closed with modest losses against most rival currencies as equity markets changed direction. European indexes closed mixed, but Wall Street managed to post gains. Safe-haven currencies posted modest gains against the US dollar as well.Economic DataThis week, …
Read More »Silver rallies above $21.50 on sliding Treasury yields
Silver price is rallying more than 2% in the day amidst falling US Treasury yields. Market sentiment has improved during the US session, a headwind for the dollar.Silver holds ground for the last two trading days and advances firmly in the US session, almost 2% up, and is closing at …
Read More »GBP/USD targets upside correction
The GBP/USD is higher by 0.17% in midday US trading session, pulling away from the consolidation between 1.2150 and 1.2250 after travelling from a low of 1.2216 to a high of 1.2296 so far on the day. Global growth concerns have been the main focus at the start of the …
Read More »Fed has new plan to avoid recession
Earlier this month Fed Chair Jerome Powell announced a half-percentage-piont increase in interest rates, the largest hike in over two decades. Powell also indicated that he wouldn’t hesitate to do it again — a move straight out of the central bank’s 1994 playbook, when the Fed last tempered the US …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, 9 – 13 May
The US inflation data dominated the markets in the week ending May 13th. The safe-haven assets ended the trading in a bearish direction led by gold as a result of the rise in the US dollar. Wall Street ended trading higher on Friday, ending a week of wild market volatility, …
Read More »US: UoM Consumer Sentiment Index falls to 59.1 in May
The preliminary estimate of the University of Michigan’s (UoM) Consumer Sentiment Index for May fell to 59.1 versus an expected fall 64.0 from 65.2 in April, its lowest since August 2011, data released on Friday showed. UoM’s Consumer Expectations Index fell to 56.3 from 63.0 in April, larger than the …
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