Gold prices continued to climb to a two-month high on Monday, as investors maintained their view that central banks will continue to maintain low interest rates for the time being. Investors are turning their attention to core inflation data in the US due later this week. And the spot price …
Read More »Market Drivers – U. S. Session – 05-11-2021
The KSA boosted prices just after refusing to bend to U.S. pressure to pump more crude oil. With OPEC unanimously agreeing to stick to its plans, attention now turns to whether U.S. President Joe Biden will respond.The total active U.S. rig count, which includes those drilling for natural gas, climbed …
Read More »The Dollar Rises by NFP Data Before Retreating
The U. S. dollar jumped on Friday to hit highest level in a year, after official data revealed more solid U.S. job growth in October, but the American currency retreated in late trading as risk appetite improved and stocks surged.NFP increased by 531,000 jobs last month, above expected 450,000, as …
Read More »Silver Higher, Gold retests $1,800 after Positive NFP Data
Silver (XAG/USD) advances for the second successive session, up 1.08% trading at $24.02 during the New York session. On Friday, the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed its Nonfarm Payrolls report for October, which reported the creation of 531000 new jobs added to the U. S. economy, higher than …
Read More »EUR/USD declines below 1.1520 after NFP data
The EUR/USD pair slid under renewed pressure and touched its weakest record level of 2021 below 1.1520 on Friday after the US jobs report showed that Nonfarm Payrolls rose by 531,000 in October, surpassing the market consensus of 425,000.The latest rebound in EUR/USD seems to be a technical correction with …
Read More »U. S. Dollar returns with retribution
On Thursday’s session, the U. S. dollar is the unchallenged winner. The USD was able to resume its advance and reached fresh weekly highs against high yielding rivals.On the other hand, safe-haven assets edged higher against the USD, although without breaking any critical level.The Bank of England had a monetary …
Read More »GBP Hammered After BoE’s Statement
The British pound was hit rather hard during the course of the trading session on Thursday as the Bank of England has decided not to raise interest rates. Although the market had been trying to price in some type of hike, the question now is whether or not 1.35 can …
Read More »Domestic Demand Boosts U. S. Imports
Solid domestic demand in the U. S. has caused import growth to outpace exports for the most of the past year, according to Wells Fargo.Analysts pointed out that with consumption slowly rebalancing back toward services spending, imports should eventually slow and provide some relief at U. S. largest ports. Industrial …
Read More »USD/CAD touches fresh high around 1.2450 ahead of FOMC
USD/CAD surges during the New York trading session, up 0.06%, trading at 1.2424 as portrayed by European and US equity indices fluctuating between gainers and losers, the market sentiment is subdued ahead of the Federal Reserve’s November meeting.Retreating crude oil prices, with WTI falling by almost 3.5%, impacted the oil-linked …
Read More »How will Wednesday Fed’s Meeting Impact the markets?
Wednesday will bring decisions of the Fed’s November meeting to the financial markets, and Friday will bring Non-farm Payrolls, so financial markets rre amid some heavy drivers for the USD.It is expected that this is the rate decision at which the Fed will announce their intentions to begin tapering asset …
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