Gold eased on Monday, resuming a broad decline from the previous week, as the dollar has firmed and risk sentiment recovered with markets weighing how severe the economic impact would be from the Omicron coronavirus variant.Spot gold fell 0.4% to $1,784.41 per ounce by 11:17 a.m. ET (1617 GMT) after …
Read More »October’s US Pending Home Sales Rises By 7.5%
Pending Home Sales in the US jumped by 7.5% on a monthly basis in October following September’s 2.3% drop, data published by the US National Association of Realtors showed on Monday. That saw the Pending Home Sales index jump to 125.2 in October from 116.5 in September. On a YoY …
Read More »Gold Rises as Fears of Omicron Boost Its Allure
Gold prices rose on Monday after concerns about the impact of the potentially vaccine-resistant Omicron strain of coronavirus boosted gold’s safe-haven appeal. Spot gold rose 0.1 percent to $1,793.72 an ounce. US gold futures rose 0.4 percent to settle at $1,793.2. Actual demand for gold in major Asian hubs increased …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – 26-11-2021
The US session did not witness the release of any remarkable economic data, rather it has been dominated by concerns of probable lockdowns in Europe, the emerging new virus strain.On Friday, oil prices recorded their largest one-day drop since April 2020 by falling about $10 a barrel, as a new …
Read More »Virus Variant Impacts T-Yields, USD
On Friday, US Treasury yields experienced sharpest drop since the pandemic began as investors rushed toward safe haven assets following the emergence of a new coronavirus variant in South Africa.The two-year Treasury yield, which typically moves in step with interest rate expectations, was down 14.2 basis points at 0.502, the …
Read More »AUD/USD Continues To Trade Heavily With Consolidation
AUD/USD is consolidating in the mid-0.7100s having nearly hit the 0.7100 level earlier in the session. The pair is on course for steep daily losses amid heightened pandemic fears.A break of 0.7100 could see the pair drop quickly to 0.7000. The pair also tumbled below key support in the form …
Read More »Why Gold Prices Have Surged?
Gold rose Friday morning in Asia, poised for its worst week in five months on growing bets. The US Federal Reserve will begin to taper and raise interest rates faster than expected to stem rising inflation. Gold futures rose 0.76% to $1,797.80. The yellow metal fell more than 2.8% during …
Read More »USD Retains Strength
US markets were closed due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Markets will work shortened hours on Friday, and muted trading is expected to continue. The bullish dollar’s momentum took a breather, but it was able to maintain its leadership. The EUR/USD pair surged to 1.1229, ending the day just above the …
Read More »USD Continues Corrective Movement
The US dollar’s current slight retreat comes as a result of a corrective movement in the bearish direction after several sessions of surging trend.The US Dollar Index (DXY) heads into the Thanksgiving holiday on track for a third consecutive strong weekly gain. The US economy’s Q4 is shaping up as …
Read More »Turks Switch Savings to US Dollars as Lira Collapses
Turkish companies tap foreign reserves as market access weakens. The Turkish currency was trading around 12 lira to a dollar on Thursday.Turks abandoned their local currency savings for US dollars and other foreign currency deposits over concerns about the country’s faltering economy, propelling the Turkish lira to its worst slide …
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