Gold lost some ground and settled around $1,820 per ounce, but crude oil prices kept rising amid supply concerns. G7 leaders discussed an agreement to impose a price cap on Russian oil, as sanctions on the crypto sent crude prices skyrocketing. WTI is now at around $111.60 a barrel.The US …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session – Monday, June 27
Gold advanced at the beginning of the day, but finishes it in the red at around $1,824.00 per ounce. WTI, records a solid bounce after testing the 100-EMA on the downside near $105.88 a barrel near the daily low and got bolstered late, as OPEC+ cuts 2022 market surplus from …
Read More »Wall Street falls after recent big gains
Monday witnessed a volatile trading session and US stocks ended slightly lower after posting sharp gains the week before, while oil prices and Treasury yields rose.Economic data on Monday showed new orders for US-made capital goods and shipments increased solidly in May, pointing to sustained strength in business spending on …
Read More »US Equities Open With Gains On Powell’s Remarks
US stocks indices recover some ground after registering minimal losses on Wednesday. The S&P Global PMIs indices missed expectations, dragging equities lower.US equities opened in the green territory as Wall Street began within familiar ranges, though S&P Global PMIs where the three indices missed expectations, stocks seesawed and pullback from …
Read More »Gold Holds Around $1833
At $1,833.90, gold trades flat by mid-day New York trading session and has stuck to a $1,830.83 and $1,843.66 range so far in a fickle trading environment. There has been some bargain hunting on Wall Street following last week’s sellofs in stocks as investors move in on the energy and …
Read More »What Wall Street is saying about May’s US shocking inflation report
The Consumer Price Index published on Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics hiked by 8.6% from a year ago, up from April’s reading of 8.3% and higher than economists had projected.Federal Reserve policymakers tasked with bringing prices back down could likely to take clues from May’s CPI report on …
Read More »NZD/USD slides to fresh lows as US inflation data awaited
New Zealand’s dollar slides for the fifth consecutive day after reaching a daily high at 0.6461. However, the NZD/USD is dipping below the 0.6400 figure amidst a risk-off market mood. The NZD/USD is trading at 0.6385, down by 0.86%.Before Wall Street opened, the US Department of Labor reported that Initial …
Read More »US Shares Retreat After Key Economic Data
The stock market fell Wednesday following still-strong economic data and the start of the Federal Reserve’s QE. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 177 points, or 0.5%, while the S&P 500 dropped 0.8%, and the Nasdaq Composite declined 0.7%. Stocks tried to rally in the afternoon but ultimately stumbled into …
Read More »US equities subject to losses until readiness to stop QT declared by Fed
There are signs of easing inflationary pressures and moderating growth but not enough to prompt a shift by the Fed yet. The Fed is expected to raise interest rates by another 0.5 percentage point in June.The stock market sell-off will end when the Fed signals it’s done tightening monetary policy, …
Read More »S&P 500 Dips As Selloff Continues
Friday’s drop is conceived of as a bad omen for the economy as a whole. Only one bear market in the last 50 years, the market crash of 1987, was not accompanied by a recession. For the majority of the bull market since the March 2020 low, investors have had …
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