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The dollar index held onto modest gains by late US trading session on Monday but was well off its highs as Treasury yields slid in the face of falling stocks, while Omicron uncertainties and Fed event risks also loomed over markets.Omicron fears increased after the WHO said the variant poses …

The US Dollar Index (DXY) which measures the performance of the US dollar against major currencies, has slid by 0.19%, settling at 96.04 during the New York trading session.The market sentiment was positive as the Wall Street session closed, with major US shares finishing in the green territory recording gains …

Traders await a very big week witnessing major regular monetary policymaking meetings by both the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank to decide the direction of their future monetary policy.Financial markets closely follow the upcoming outcomes of those two meetings, as they can turn out to be real …

Gold prices rose on Friday, but are heading for a fourth consecutive weekly decline, as investors stay away from big bets ahead of inflation data in the United States that may prompt the Federal Reserve to reduce its bond purchases at a faster pace. Spot gold rose 0.2 percent to …

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 …

The dollar reaped some strength during London trading hours but finished the day down against most major currencies. The US dollar fell despite European and American indexes closed mostly in the red territory, and while government bond yields extended gains to fresh weekly highs.Some profit-taking and the opinion that the …

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 …

Fed is often in the headlines whenever talk is about interest rates. Lenders know that its primary goal is to promote a strong US economy using monetary policy, with maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates as goals.When prices are stable, long-term rates remain at moderate levels, so …

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 …

Although gold markets firstly fell during trading on Tuesday, the precious metal found enough buyers underneath to push it up. Spot gold was up 0.2% to $1,782.39 per ounce by 01:40 p.m. ET (1840 GMT). U.S. gold futures settled up 0.3% at 1,784.70. Gold is trying to stay in the …