Australian Dollar is trading broadly lower after RBA opted to keep interest rates on hold. However, the currency’s losses remain contained was not too much out of expectations. RBA’s continued bias towards tightening, albeit arguably less emphatic than before, is currently helping to limit Aussie’s downside, keeping it within Monday’s trading range, waiting for a
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Gold prices fell by Rs 100 to Rs 60,350 per 10 grams in the national capital on Monday amid a decline in the precious metal in global markets, according to HDFC Securities. The precious metal had closed at Rs 60,450 per 10 grams in the previous trade. Silver also dropped by Rs 300 to Rs
On the final day of each month the US Energy Information Administration releases monthly demand figures and they continue to stress that the weekly data can’t be trusted. Today’s report pegs US total demand at 20.776m bpd in May using monthly data, that’s up 973,000 bpd from the 19.803m bpd using the weekly data. More
Commodity currencies are trading generally higher today on mildly positive market sentiment. Australian Dollar is the stronger one among them, ahead of RBA’s rate decision tomorrow. Opinions on whether RBA would hike by 25bps next month (i.e. August 1 tomorrow) are divided . Major local banks exhibit this split sentiment, with Commonwealth Bank and Westpac
Goldman Sachs on Sunday revised up its global oil demand forecast for the year while sticking to its 12-month Brent price projection of $93 per barrel as higher realized inventories offset the demand boost from a less pessimistic growth outlook. Goldman analysts estimate global oil demand climbed to an all-time high of 102.8 million barrels
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COMEX Gold prices started the week on a negative note as mixed data from the US coupled with weak economic data from the European peers bolstered the greenback. US Services activity slowed more than forecast in July, however, manufacturing activity rebounded to a three-month high. At the same time, European and UK Services activity eased
MON: Japanese Retail Sales (Jun), Chinese Official PMI (Jul), German Flash GDP (Q2), New Zealand Labour CostIndex (Q2) TUE: RBA Announcement, Chinese Caixin Manufacturing Final PMI (Jul), German/EZ Unemployment Rates (Jul), EZ/UK/US Final Manufacturing PMIs (Jul), US ISM Manufacturing PMI (Jul), New Zealand Jobs Report (Q2) WED: BCB Announcement, US ADP Employment (Jul) THU: BoE
Oil prices rose on Thursday as investors focused on expectations of tighter supplies from top oil producers, helping reverse earlier losses that were driven by worries that the hike in interest rates by the U.S. will hurt demand. The promise of economic stimulus in China, the world’s second-biggest oil consumer, also lent support to the
The Fed is out with a report with some suggestions for banks in raising liquidity. Banks should ensure they are familiar with the pledging process for different collateral types and be aware that pre-pledging collateral can be useful if liquidity needs to arise quickly Banks should consider small value discount window transactions at regular intervals
Oil prices fell in early Asian trade on Friday as demand concerns weighed against strong economic data. Brent crude fell 59 cents, or 0.7%, to $83.65 a barrel by 0027 GMT, but was on track for a weekly 5% increase. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell 51 cents, or 0.6%, to $79.58 a barrel,
The major indices are ending the day with solid gains. The gains are led by the NASDAQ index which surged by 1.86%. The Dow industrial average was the laggard today, but still rebounded by 0.50% on the day. All the major indices are closing higher for the week. The final numbers for the day are
The global financial markets found themselves in a flurry of volatility in the past week, underpinned by policy decision of three major central banks in North American, Europe, and Asia. Yen and Nikkei had the wildest roller-coaster ride in reaction to BoJ’s tweak to their Yield Curve Control. In the end, Yen crosses are maintaining
Spot gold closed with a loss of $1 at $1959.20 in an eventful week. Gold got some boost from the peak rate narrative as both the European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve made it clear that they would adopt a data-dependent approach in deciding their monetary policies going forward. However, the much anticipated
Markets: Gold up $14 to $1958 US 10-year yields down 4.9 bps to 3.96% WTI crude oil up $0.33 to $80.42 S&P 500 up 45 points, or 1.0%, to 4608 GBP leads, JPY lags The Bank of Japan offered plenty of volatility and drama to wrap up a busy week for central bankers but as
Yen was already rallying ahead of BoJ policy decision, and managed to maintain most of its advances, despite some post-announcement jitters. Initial reactions saw some gains pared back as the policy appeared largely unchanged on the surface. However, some key alterations, including the central bank’s decision to buy 10-year JGB yields at 1% in fixed-rate
Gold prices held near two-week lows on Friday after strong U.S. economic data spurred the dollar and bond yields in a high interest rate environment that dragged the non-interest bearing metal towards its biggest weekly decline in five. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold was up 0.2% at $1,948.24 per ounce by 0126 GMT, after earlier hitting
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