Dollar bids coming through It’s tough to find a fundamental underpinning to the latest move in the US dollar. It’s more likely flows or position squaring ahead of Powell. IF anything, the bond market is dollar negative at the moment as US 10-year yields trail down to 1.299% from 1.310% earlier and that brings rates
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NEW DELHI: Following global trends, gold prices moved lower on Wednesday as the US dollar ticked up and investors awaited for possible guidance on tapering of the pandemic-era stimulus. Gold futures on MCX were down 0.56 per cent, or Rs 265, at Rs 47,347 per 10 gram. Silver futures declined 0.65 per cent, or Rs
Dollar recovers mildly in Asian session today as selling lost some momentum. On the other hand commodity currencies are turning softer. Australian Dollar continues to be weighed down by surging coronavirus cases, as the State Premier also warned of “lots of pressures” on hospitals. But overall, traders are starting to turn cautious ahead of Jackson
State media in China report the shuttered terminal is to resume operations August 25. Meishan terminal was shut down after Covid-19 infections among workers at the port. Ningbo is the world’s third-largest container port, the Meishan terminal is one of its biggest box terminals amongst the 7 at the port. The halting of operations there has seen
NEW DELHI: Gold prices edged lower on Tuesday, bucking the trend of gains in global markets as early taper worries eased. However, a weaker dollar capped the decline. Gold futures on MCX were down 0.18 per cent, or Rs 84, at Rs 47500 per 10 gram. Silver futures declined 0.23 per cent, or Rs 147,
Commodity currencies suffered last week but Canadian dollar was the worst performer. Loonie declined -2.93% in the past week, making it the weakest amongst major currency pairs. Other than the broad-based strength in US dollar amidst speculations of early taper by the Fed, the sharp selloff in crude oil price was the ultimate reason driving
Philadelphia-area service sector data Prior was 53.8 Firm-level activity 37.2 vs 44.8 prior New orders 27.4 vs 31.8 prior Wage and benefit cost index 43.0 vs 50.2 prior Full time employment index 8.2 vs 24.8 prior This is a low-tier indicator. Here was the special question, which relates back to inflation expectations — something the
New Delhi: Gold in the national capital on Tuesday jumped Rs 170 to Rs 46,544 per 10 grams despite rupee appreciation, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 46,374 per 10 grams. Silver also gained Rs 172 to Rs 61,584 per kg, from Rs 61,412 per kg
New Zealand Dollar rises broadly today after a top RBNZ official indicated that the decision to refrain from rate hike was mainly due to communication difficulty. Instead, the central bank is actively considering a 50bps hike. Strong rebound in Asian stocks also supported other commodity currencies, but positive sentiment is not much carried through to
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NEW DELHI: After a sharp correction, if you are looking to buy gold and silver at the current levels then it may be better to wait as analysts believe precious metals will remain under pressure. Silver prices have seen a sharp plunge from Rs 69,000 a kg to Rs 62,000 in the last one month.
Following the FOMC minutes, the attention turns to the Jackson Hole symposium later this week. We expect that the Fed would make formal announcement of QE tapering at the November meeting. With a tapering size of US15B at each meeting, the entire QE program would be complete by September 2022. As the big picture of
Composite reading from the Chicago Fed Prior was +0.09 (revised to -0.01) Was +0.26 in May (revised to +0.15) This report is a composite reading of 85 already-released economic indicators. Anything above zero is positive and is broken into four broad categories: production and income; employment, unemployment, and hours; personal consumption and housing; sales, orders,
NEW DELHI: After seven straight months of net inflows, gold exchange traded funds witnessed a pullout of over Rs 61 crore in July as investors diverted their money to equity and debt funds that generated attractive returns. Despite the negative flows in the category, the number of folios went up to 19.13 lakh in July
Markets continue to reverse some of last week’s move, as seen in the rebound in European and Asian equities. Dollar, Yen and Swiss Franc all turned weaker while commodity currencies strengthened. PMIs from Eurozone and UK are all solid, despite mild pull back. Yet, both are outshone by commodity currencies. Sterling is currently having a
Jibun / Markit flash manufacturing PMI for August, wilting from July but still in expansion. Services: 43.5 (vs. July’s 47.4) Composite: 45.9 (July 48.8) Commentary from the report, in brief: weaker demand to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, coupled with sustained supply chain pressures decline in overall private sector activity was led by the larger services sector,
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Feds Powell to speak at 10 AM ET on Friday August 27 Next week’s key events and releases will be highlighted by the Jackson Hole symposium which will take place from August 26 through August 28. The main speech made by Fed chair Powell, will take place on August 27 at 10 AM ET/1400 GMT. The market will be