NEW DELHI: The US Federal Reserve’s announcement to start tapering its bond purchase programme “soon” and the probability of earlier-than-expected rate hike have come as a big blow to bullion investors. In its policy statement on Wednesday, the US central bank said it could start paring bond purchases as soon as November and that half
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House majority leaders says the vote will take place Moderate Democrats met with House Dem leaders in Pelosi’s office for an hour and 15 minutes, and afterward they were was high expectation the vote on the Senate’s infrastructure bill would still occur on Monday. “I’m bringing the bill to the floor on Monday,” Hoyer told
Sept 24: Gold prices edged higher on Friday after falling more than 1% in the previous session, helped by a subdued , although Federal Reserve‘s plans on reducing stimulus to the U.S. economy kept the bullion on track for a third straight week of declines. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold rose 0.2% to $1,746.84 per ounce
Yen’s fortune reversed last week as US treasury yields accelerate up after hawkish FOMC meeting and projections. US stocks also display strong resilience and closed generally higher, reversing prior losses. Sterling, on the other hand, shrugged off hawkish BoE voting and ended as second weakest. Aussie and Kiwi were not too far away with concerns
US stocks finish largely unchanged Futures pointed to a 25 point decline in the S&P 500 at the open but after some early softness the market quickly firmed. Closing changes: S&P 500 +7 points to 4455 or +0.1% Nasdaq -0.1% DJIA +0.1% Russell 2000 -0.5% On the week: S&P 500 +0.5% Nasdaq +0.1% Here’s the
TOKYO: prices rose for a fourth day on Friday, taking Brent towards three-year highs, as investors focused on tighter supplies amid strong appetite for riskier assets like crude and high hopes for recovery from the pandemic. Brent crude was up 40 cents, or 0.5% at $77.65 a barrel, by 0037 GMT, after touching a two-month
Sterling rebounds strongly after two BoE MPC member voted for tapering. Also, recent developments strengthened the case of modest tightening. Commodity currencies are also firmer following mild rebound in the stock markets. On the other hand, Yen, Swiss Franc and Dollar turned softer on improvement overall risk sentiment. But for now, the Pound is still
Forex news for North American trading on September 24, 2021 The CAD and the USD is ending the day as the strongest of the major currencies as the flow of funds into the CAD were by higher oil prices, and the US dollar continues to be supported by higher yields and perhaps a little flight to
New Delhi: Gold in the national capital on Friday declined by Rs 365 to Rs 45,141 per 10 grams reflecting an overnight plunge in international precious metal prices, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had settled at Rs 45,506 per 10 grams. Silver gained marginally by Rs 21 to Rs
Market sentiment took a big turn overnight with strong rally in US indexes. Nikkei follows in Asia and reclaimed 30k handle, but other Asian markets are soft. Yen dropped notably following return of risk appetite while Dollar also weakened. On the other hand, commodity currencies rebounded notably. Yen is now the worst performing one for
Adds that there is no sign that the shortages will ease Supply crisis to last until at least the end of the year This just adds to more of a passive outlook on the economy towards Q4 and more so for Germany, which relies heavily on its industry/manufacturing sector. Not only that, as long as
NEW DELHI: Gold and silver futures continued to be under pressure on Friday following the Fed announcement of tapering. Gold is often considered a hedge against higher inflation, but a Fed rate hike would increase the opportunity cost of holding gold, which pays no interest. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said the tapering process could conclude
The BOE voted 9-0 to leave the Bank rate at 0.1% at the September meeting. The members voted 7-2 to keep the QE program at 895B pound. Deputy governor Dave Ramsden and external member Michael Saunders favored lowering the amount of asset purchase to 840B pound. Policymakers warned that inflation could rise above +4% by
Forex news for US trade on Sept 23, 2021: Markets: Gold down $21 to $1747 S&P 500 up 53 points to 4448 WTI crude oil up $1.00 to $73.22 US 10-year yields up 9.2 bps to 1.42% NZD leads, JPY lags With the Fed out of the way and more indications that China is prepared
New Delhi: Gold in the national capital on Thursday declined Rs 294 to Rs 45,401 per 10 gram reflecting overnight fall in international precious metal prices and rupee appreciation, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had settled at Rs 45,695 per 10 gram. In contrast, silver gained marginally by Rs
Dollar initially dipped after FOMC overnight, but quickly found its footing. Overall market reaction was positive, but insufficient to alter the near term outlook. Sterling remains the worst performing one for the week while Swiss Franc is the strongest. Both will look into BoE and SNB policy decision today. Commodity currencies are on the softer
Latest data released by Markit – 23 September 2021 Prior 59.0 Manufacturing PMI 58.7 vs 60.3 expected Prior 61.4 Composite PMI 56.1 vs 58.5 expected Prior 59.0 The downside misses were already telegraphed by the German report earlier but this reaffirms a loss in growth momentum in the euro area as supply bottlenecks arguably a