Spot gold closed with a loss of 0.20% on the week as the yellow metal closed at $2004.26. The US Dollar Index at 101.58 was nearly 0.45% lower, while US ten-year yields closed around 3.10% higher at 3.515%. The yellow metal tumbled 1.74% Friday. The University of Michigan’s one-year consumer inflation expectations served as a
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USDCAD daily MUFG Research maintains a short USD/JPY exposure (spot ref: 134:70) in its TOTW portfolio with a target at 129.00, and a stop at 138.50. “We are maintaining a short USD/JPY trade idea. While there are risks of further increases in US short-term yields, we doubt USD/JPY will gain to the same extent of
VoVL, the oil and gas exploration company of Videocon Industries, Thursday approved a conditional sale of two oil basins to Eneva S A and one to PetroRio, said people aware of the development. However, before selling the oil basins to the Brazilian gas operators, the lenders must give VoVL’s joint venture partner Bharat Petroleum Corp
Dollar fell to its lowest level of the year and breached a critical support, after being under pressure for most of the week. Yet, it staged a recovery towards the end, closing mixed only. Decelerating US inflation data was welcomed by risk market investors, but a lower terminal rate may not necessarily lead to an
I love a chart out today from Dario Perkins and MD Global Macro highlighting that there’s no single playbook for reacting to Federal Reserve rate cuts. Assuming that May is the final hike, the next trade will be reacting to cuts. “When the Fed cut rates, history says the stock market can go up, down,
COMEX Gold prices started the week on a bearish note, as last week’s NFP data showed that US economy added 236k jobs in March with the unemployment rate dropping to 3.5%, underscoring Fed’s calls for further rate hikes and increasing the odds of 25 basis points in May FOMC meeting. The dollar index also edged
Retail sales in the US were weaker than expectations but it was Fed’s Wallers comments which surprised the markets more. Waller said that recent data show Fed hasn’t made much progress on inflation , and followed that up with more hikes are needed. That was hikes…not another hike. So although the market has been tolerating
Gold prices held near one-year highs on Friday as recent U.S. economic data reinforced hopes that the Federal Reserve was close to the end of its rate-hiking cycle, which drove non-yielding bullion towards a second straight weekly rise. Spot gold was down 0.2% at $2,034.89 per ounce by 1108 GMT, with prices hovering below last
Dollar is attempting to rebound in early trading sessions, as market sentiment is shaken by disappointing US retail sales data. Furthermore, a top Fed official has cautioned that interest rates could remain high for a more extended period than previously anticipated by the market. Nevertheless, the greenback continues to be one of the week’s worst
The major US stock indices are closing the day lower but recovered nicely off of session lows. The final numbers are showing Dow industrial average -143.22 points or -0.42% at 33886.48. The Dow industrial average was down -298.85 points at session lows.. S&P index -8.58 points or -0.21% at 4137.63. The S&P was down -33.01
New Delhi, The gold price jumped Rs 480 to touch a lifetime high of Rs 61,780 per 10 gram in the national capital on Friday amid a strong global trend, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal ended at Rs 61,300 per 10 grams. Silver also climbed Rs 410 to Rs
As disinflation process in the US picks up steam, Dollar continues its relentless descent, fueling the belief that Fed’s tightening cycle is close to its curtain call. This evolving sentiment has not only lifted US stocks overnight but also spilled over into Asian session, painting a positive picture for the markets. Despite its recent woes,
Eurostoxx +0.3% Germany DAX +0.4% France CAC 40 +0.3% UK FTSE +0.2% Spain IBEX +0.3% French stocks are the standout as highlighted here yesterday, as the optimism continues to build with the CAC 40 at fresh record highs. The mood here carries over from the positive gains in Wall Street yesterday, though US futures are
Gold rose to a more than one-year high on Thursday as more weak U.S. economic readings bolstered bets for a pause in interest rate hikes, with prospects of a mild recession also sending investors scurrying for the safe-haven metal. Spot gold was up 1.3% to $2,040.10 per ounce by 9:31 a.m. EDT (1331 GMT), its
Dollar’s decline continues in early trading, fueled by weaker-than-expected upstream inflation and job data, pushing the greenback to its lowest level against Euro this year. The Swiss Franc emerges as today’s biggest winner, bolstered by falling benchmark yields in Germany and the UK. Meanwhile, Euro benefits from hawkish remarks by ECB officials, while Australian dollar
US Attorney General Merrick Garland says that a 21-year-old man named Jack Texeira has been arrested in connection with leaking classified information online. He is an Air National guardsman suspected of leaking classified Pentagon documents who lived in Massachusetts. The Washington Post report today detailed how he leaked the documents to a group of around
Gold prices rallied on Thursday, building up on gains as the US dollar index slipped below the 102 mark. The major spoilsport for the greenback was the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes of the March meeting released on Wednesday which indicated that the US central bank was worried about high inflation and the banking
Dollar remains somewhat soft in the Asian trading session, though it hasn’t seen any follow-through selling. Hawkish FOMC minutes have partially offset the impact of consumer inflation data on the currency. The broader financial markets also lack a clear direction, as US stock indexes closed lower after initial rally. Benchmark treasury yields mostly reversed their