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Today’s Asian financial markets have shown signs of calmness, partly due to holiday in Japan that has likely tempered trading activities. Dollar and Euro were mildly softer, while Aussie, Kiwi, and Yen exhibited slight strength. However, the fluctuations were confined within the ranges observed last Friday, pointing to the low-volatility environment in currency markets. The

Gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) attracted Rs 1,028 crore in August, making it the highest inflow in 16 months, amid continued hikes in interest rates in the US, which led to a slowing down in growth rate there. With this, the year-to-date inflow in the category has reached more than Rs 1,400 crore, data with the

Closing changes: Stoxx 600 -1.2% German DAX -1.1% UK FTSE 100 -0.8% French CAC -1.5% Italy MIB -1.3% Spain IBEX -0.9% Midway through Friday it looked like European stocks might be turning the corner but one-and-a-half trading days later, it’s right back into the dead zone. The rise in European yields certainly hasn’t helped. German

In today’s rather subdued trading sessions, most of the movements in the financial markets are limited. European indexes are somewhat in red, albeit with contained losses for the time being. Meanwhile, yields in US and Europe have experienced a minor increase. In the currency sphere, Sterling is mildly weaker, closely followed by Dollar and Euro.

At the beginning of the week, COMEX Gold saw some positive movement as the greenback weakened, triggered by Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda’s remarks hinting at possible policy shifts based on wage data by year-end. This spurred a rally in the Yen and Japanese government bonds. However, the dollar index has since gained momentum,

This is via the latest publication from the Chinese central bank and it’s not entirely clear if they mean after the yuan has bottomed out or if they are hinting that it already has. But at least in the past week, they have shown that they are quite willing to stop the rot in the

Oil prices hit a 10-month high on Friday and posted a third weekly gain as supply tightness spearheaded by Saudi Arabian production cuts combined with optimism around Chinese demand to lift crude. Brent crude futures rose 23 cents, or 0.3%, to settle at $93.93 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures was up 61

UPCOMING EVENTS: Monday: NZ Services PMI, US NAHB Housing Market Index. Tuesday: RBA Meeting Minutes, Canada CPI, US Building Permits and Housing Starts. Wednesday: PBoC LPR, UK CPI, BoC Summary of Deliberations, FOMC Policy Decision. Thursday: NZ GDP, SNB Policy Decision, BoE Policy Decision, US Jobless Claims. Friday: Japan CPI, BoJ Policy Decision, UK Retail

As the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi will be celebrated on Tuesday, September 19 it will mark the beginning of a long festive season in India, gold could likely take a break from the ongoing bearish undertones in the medium term. The domestic prices are expected to remain steady on festive buying and a stronger dollar

The broader major indices closed sharply lower today led by the NASDAQ index which fell -1.56%. The S&P index fell -1.22%. The declines push the indices into the red for the trading week. The Dow industrial average fell -0.83%. For the trading week, Dow industrial average closed up 0.12% S&P index fell -0.16% NASDAQ index

Spot gold closed with a weekly gain of nearly 0.30% at $1,923.81. Two-year US bond yields rose by 5bps, whereas the ten-year yields were up 7bps on a weekly basis. The US Dollar Index closed the week with a gain of 0.20% at 105.33. The week ending September 15 was an eventful one. China’s PBoC,

General Motors is out saying that it expects to run out of parts at Kansas plant as soon as next week. This is because of the Missouri plant strike. The ship shortage from Covid, led to a shortage of autos for a few years and also to higher prices for used and new cars. The

Commodity currencies were the biggest winners last week as the global tightening cycle draw closer to a prolonged pause. There was some optimism that China’s economy is moving past the worst with improving economic data. The change in sentiment also lift oil prices, which was already lifted by tight supply outlook, and feed back into

Gold gained on Friday as the dollar eased against the yuan after promising China economic data boosted recovery hopes in the world’s top bullion consumer, although the possibility of further U.S. interest rate hikes kept investors on edge. Spot gold rose 0.4% to $1,917.59 per ounce by 0701 GMT. Bullion dropped to near $1,900 level,

The EUR is ending the day as the strongest of the major currencies. The USD is also mostly higher with gains vs all the major currencies with the exception of the EUR. The JPY and the NZD were the weakest of the majors. The strongest to the weakest of the majors. The gains in the

Australian Dollar advanced during Asian session, bolstered by stronger than anticipated data emanating from China and the injection of CNY 191B of fresh liquidity into the banking system by PBoC. The injection, which involved CNY 34B through 14-day reverse repos at a reduced rate of 1.95%, down from the prior 2.15%, followed the Chinese central

Oil was on track for a third weekly gain as supply tightness spearheaded by Saudi Arabian production cuts combines with optimism that the Chinese economy is finally turning a corner. Crude prices were little changed at 1248 GMT. Brent crude futures gained 8 cents to $93.78 a barrel while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was up

The price action in the Nasdaq is worrisome. TSLA started the week off with a 10% rally and hasn’t given any of it back yet the Nasdaq is now lower on the week and in danger of closing at the lows of the week. Maybe I’m reading too much into what’s largely been a lackluster