Yen is showing broad-based recovery today, although the momentum remains weak, following its decline to the lowest level against Dollar since 1986. Japan has finally stepped up its verbal intervention efforts again, with Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki expressing a “high sense of urgency” regarding Yen’s depreciation. Suzuki pledged to “take necessary action as needed” and
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Fundamental Overview Crude oil managed to eventually break above the key $80 resistance as the market has finally started to catch up to positive drivers. In fact, we got the recent OPEC+’s extension of voluntary output cuts, and we are seeing a pickup in economic activity as the US PMIs showed once again last Friday.
The dollar is holding in a decent spot on the week but is marginally lower today against the likes of the euro and sterling. The ranges for the day are still relatively narrow, so I wouldn’t look much into that. Instead, the focus stays on USD/JPY as it trades to its highest levels in more
Gold prices held steady on Thursday after falling to a two-week low in the previous session as the dollar and Treasury yields held firm ahead of a key inflation reading due later this week. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold was unchanged at $2,298.88 per ounce, as of 0127 GMT. Bullion was at its lowest since June
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Mexican Peso falls for second consecutive day against US Dollar. USD/MXN hits a daily high of 18.33 before trimming gains as Wall Street turns green. Banxico expected to keep interest rates unchanged at 11.00% amid sharp Peso depreciation and recent inflation spike. Fed Governor Michelle Bowman’s hawkish comments support USD. The Mexican Peso extended its
Yen is drawing significant attention again today as it plummeted past the crucial 160 mark against Dollar, and hit its lowest level in over 37 years. Market participants are vigilantly watching for any signs of intervention from Japanese authorities, yet no action has been taken so far. It should be emphasized again that the tone
Fundamental Overview The USD continues to be backed by good economic data as we have also seen recently from the US PMIs last Friday and the US Consumer Confidence report yesterday. Although such data keeps the interest rates expectations stable around two cuts by the end of the year, it also supports the risk sentiment
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Oil prices inched up on Wednesday nearing their highest level in almost two months, driven by forecasts for an eventual inventory drawdown during the third quarter peak summer demand season and geopolitical risks from the Middle East conflict. The American Petroleum Institute (API) on Tuesday reported U.S. crude oil stocks rose by 914,000 barrels, market
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In this article LUV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Southwest Airlines jet is parked Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Kehole awaiting passengers on January 20, 2024 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Kevin Carter | Getty Images Southwest Airlines shares fell roughly 4% in premarket trading on Wednesday after the carrier cut its second-quarter revenue
ASX: V300AEQ ETF UNITS – VAS Elliott Elliott Wave Technical Analysis TradingLounge (1D Chart). Greetings, Our Elliott Wave analysis today updates the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) with V300AEQ ETF UNITS – VAS. We see that wave 2-grey has ended and wave 3-grey is unfolding to push higher, sub waves are developing in the form of wave ((i)),((ii))-navy and have ended, Wave ((iii))-navy may be unfolding to push higher. ASX: VAS Elliott Wave technical analysis Function: Major trend (Minor degree, grey). Mode: Motive. Structure: Impulse. Position: Wave ((iii))-navy of Wave 3-grey. Details: The short-term outlook shows that wave ((ii))-navy has just ended and it seems that wave ((iii))-navy is opening to push higher, while price must always maintain above 94.64 to maintain this outlook. Invalidation point: 94.64. ASX: VAS four-hour chart analysis Function: Major trend (Minute degree, navy). Mode: Motive. Structure: Impulse. Position: Wave c-grey of Wave (ii)-orange of Wave ((iii))-navy. Details: The shorter term outlook shows that wave ((i))-navy has just ended at 94.64 and wave ((iii))-navy is unfolding, it is subdividing into wave (i)-orange and it’s over, now it’s time for wave (ii)-orange to open up to push a little lower, after which
Trading in the Asian session has been quiet today and is expected to remain so during the European session, given the empty economic calendar. However, Yen continues to be a significant focus among market participants. Discussions are emerging about the possibility of USD/JPY surging through the 160 level, which is currently perceived as the intervention
Fundamental Overview We got a bit of a pullback in the S&P 500 in the last few days. If we were to try to find a catalyst, the second miss in a row in the US Jobless Claims last Thursday could be it, but the data was still pretty good and not worrying in the
The aussie is the main mover so far today, pushing higher after hotter May inflation numbers here. That is reigniting talks of an RBA rate cut heading into August, with the Q2 CPI report at the end of July going to be a big one to watch. Besides that, major currencies are mostly little changed
Gold prices were flat on Wednesday as the dollar and Treasury yields held firm ahead of a key inflation reading due later this week, which could provide more clarity on the Federal Reserve‘s interest rate path. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold was unchanged at $2,319.14 per ounce, as of 0128 GMT. U.S. gold futures were flat
In this article FDX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A pedestrian walks by a parked FedEx delivery truck on March 21, 2024 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images FedEx shares soared more than 15% after hours Tuesday after the company reported results that topped analysts’ estimates in both earnings and revenue.