Gold prices on Friday were heading for their biggest weekly percentage fall in over four months, weighed by a stronger dollar and hawkish comments by Federal Reserve officials. Spot gold rose 0.3% to $1,919.99 per ounce as of 2:19 p.m. EDT (1819 GMT), after adding as much as 1.2% on a retreat in U.S. bond
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Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said he gave the order to return convoys headed to Moscow back to their bases in order to avoid bloodshed. Belarus President Lukashenko, acting with Putin, said he spoke to Prigozhin and put an agreement on the table that would guarantee the safety of Wagner fighters. To me, this sounds more
Spot gold closed the week with a loss of 1.90% at $1921.47. The highlight of the week was the UK’s core CPI inflation rising to a 31-year high, which stoked concerns among investors as elevated inflation calls for further aggressive rate hikes by the Bank of England amid slowing growth. Bank of England (BoE) hiked
A cloud of recession fears dominated a week full of significant events, with disappointing PMI data, particularly from Eurozone and US, dampening sentiment towards the end. Investors also grappled with mismatched expectations concerning Chinese fiscal stimulus, which added additional pressure on global stock indexes, driving them lower by the end of the week. Nevertheless, the
The Kremlin says Yevgeny Prigozhin will leave for Belarus is a deal that was brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. He agreed to leave the country in exchange for charges being dropped. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also said that Wagner fighters who didn’t take part in the uprising will sign contracts with the Ministry of
COMEX Gold prices are poised for the steepest weekly decline since January, as major central banks keep hiking rates and markets are pushing back against rate cuts later this year. The move came against the backdrop of elevated core inflation and a tight jobs market in most economies. Earlier in March, interest rate swaps were
There was a very late bid in the oil market today that may have materialized as major events started to unfold in Russia. In a video last week, Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin appeared to say that his 25,000 strong militia was heading to Moscow to oust the leadership of the defense ministry. “Those who destroyed
Oil prices settled lower on Friday, posting a weekly decline as traders worried interest rate hikes could sap demand despite signs of tighter supplies including lower U.S. crude stocks. In a second straight day of losses, Brent crude closed down 29 cents, or 0.4%, to $73.85 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell
Nasdaq weekly chart I would attribute a big chunk of this week’s equity selling to quarter-end rebalancing flows and/or the front-running of those flows. There were plenty of dip buyers in Nasdaq stocks, particularly in the magnificent seven mega stocks that have been responsible for nearly all of the equity market rally this year. On
Gold prices on Friday were on track for their biggest weekly drop since February as prospects of additional interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve this year weighed on bullion’s appeal. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold was up 0.1% at $1,915.39 per ounce by 0040 GMT, although prices hovered close to a three-month low. U.S.
Dollar has launched a broad-based rebound in today’s market. However, momentum appears to be faltering against its European counterparts in early U.S. trading session. Although it continues to perform strongly against Yen and Australian dollar, the greenback has been struggling to break last week’s high against other key currencies. Consequently, this rebound seems to be
The UK PMI data here was weaker than estimated and that is reaffirming the sort of risk averse mood we’re seeing so far on the session. Similar to the euro area readings earlier, this just prompts further questions about the resolve of the BOE and it comes just a day after they raised the bank
Bullion traded in the red on Friday on account of a strong dollar index (DXY), which was trading positive above the 102.50 mark against a basket of six top currencies. Both gold and silver futures were in the red in the opening trade on the MCX. The August Gold futures were trading at Rs 58,114
Dollar saw a significant rebound overnight, a rally that carried on into the Asian trading session today. This surge is mainly attributable to short covering, particularly as central bank rate hikes this week failed to drive an extended selloff in the greenback. In fact, Dollar is currently the second strongest performer for the week, closely
The inflation data for the Tokto area was published around 4 weeks ago, showing still surging prices: Today we’ll get the national level data for that month. The Bank of Japan have been repeating, over and over, that they expect inflation to fall from around September/October this year and hence are holding onto ultra-loose policy.
Gold prices declined by Rs 200 to Rs 59,550 per 10 grams in the national capital on Thursday amid weak global cues, according to HDFC Securities. The precious metal had ended at Rs 59,750 per 10 grams in the previous trade. Silver also tumbled Rs 800 to Rs 71,500 per kilogramme. “Gold prices weakened on
The market witnessed some ups and downs today with BoE and SNB rate decisions stirring the waters. However, these movements failed to usher in a sustainable trend, as both currencies remain shackled within yesterday’s range against most major counterparts. BoE’s larger than expected rate hike sparked initial momentum but the impact quickly faded quickly. The
The selling is continuing in equities today, as it has been all through this week. Here’s a look at how European indices are performing on the week, taking into account the losses at the moment: Eurostoxx -2.8% Germany DAX -2.5% France CAC 40 -3.1% UK FTSE -2.3% This isn’t only isolated to Europe, with Wall