The USD/CAD pair is holding to gains as traders await clues by Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech later on Tuesday. At the time of writing, the pair is trading at 1.3463, registering 0.12% gains versus the previous closing at 1.3445.On Tuesday, the US trade deficit widened, though market participants ignored …
Read More »US Stocks Edge Lower On Accelerating Rate-linked Woes
Wall Street’s indexes edged lower on Monday as investors await the US central bank’s Chair Jerome Powell’s speech for direction as well as clues on when the Fed could start interest rate cuts. The latest non-farm payrolls report highlighted the robust situation of the labour market in the United States …
Read More »Wall Street plunge in reaction to NFP data
US stocks plunged lower on Friday morning as traders digested the much stronger than expected jobs report for January, but recovered a little bit by midday trading after the US jobs report far exceeded expectations while the unemployment rate fell to a historic low of 3.4%. Stock market’s steep decline …
Read More »Wall Street’s rally continues on tech stocks
Wall Street is rallying on Thursday, led by enthusiasm mainly stirred by tech stocks and a significant surge of Meta; Facebook’s parent company.The S&P 500 was 1.5% higher in midday trading a day after hitting its highest level since August. The Nasdaq composite was 3.1% higher, as of 12:35 p.m. …
Read More »Market Drivers On Fed’s Day – US Session 01/02/2023
The US Dollar weakened after the US Fed’s monetary policy decision. The FOMC policymakers decided to hike rate by 25 basis points in line with wide expectations. The FOMC statement indicated that policymakers changed the wording on inflation, noting that it “has eased somewhat but remains elevated,” although there were …
Read More »Has FOMC Decision Dragged US Dollar Index Lower?
The US Dollar Index hit lowest level in almost three weeks on Fed’s dovish hike. The Federal Reserve’s decision came in line with 0.25% rate hike expectations but the dovish signals came in Jerome Powell’s remarks about easing inflation in the United States, these signals were most welcome by DXY …
Read More »Wall Street’s Optimism Faces FOMC’s Test
Strong January as well as latest gains in the stocks market are driven by hope that the US interest rate hiking cycle is close to its end and that a pause is on the cards. If investors’ expectations are eventually found mistaken about this hope, a drop could be very …
Read More »Wall Street Celebrates Strong January With Gains
US Stocks are edging higher on Tuesday ahead of what many investors hope will be one of the Fed’s last rate hikes to interest rates as well as anticipated pause of quantitative tightening.The Standard & Poor’s 500 was 0.3% higher as of 9:36 a.m. Eastern and on pace to close …
Read More »Wall Street closes higher with weekly gains as Fed’s decision eyed
US equities advanced on Friday, marking the end of trading week that was full of key economic data as well as earnings results signaling weakening demand but also economic flexibility with only a few days apart from Fed’s policy decision next week.All three major US stock indexes ended Friday’s US …
Read More »Losses of Southwest cast heavy shadows on US airliners
Southwest Airlines reported deeper losses than Wall Street’s dimmer expectations predicted, throwing heavy shadows on the reporting season for US major air carriers.Earlier on Thursday, Southwest and American Airlines reported their Q4 results, with Southwest losing an adjusted 38 cents a share, compared with consensus adjusted losses of around 7 …
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