NEW YORK: Oil prices rose for a second day on Friday as the market reacted to falling US inventories, and signs of strong Asian demand from both China and India added support. Brent crude oil futures were up $1.43, 1.93%, at $75.55. US West Texas Intermediate futures were up $1.62, or 2.2%, at $74.56. “The
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Market bears had multiple chances to probe a bearish reversal last week, riding on talks like Fed’s tapering, spread of Delta variants, and China’s crackdown on its own technology stocks, as well as foreign IPOs. Yet, the optimists just refused to give up and pushed US indexes to new record closes, after all the volatility.
Events to watch out for It’s a slow start to the week but there is some top-tier data on inflation and the consumer and both will be market movers. Monday: US 10-year note sale Kashkari comments Tuesday: US CPI US 30-year bond sale Wednesday: Powell: Day 1 of Humphrey Hawkins Beige Book Kaskari PPI Thursday:
Gold rose on Friday, heading for its best week in seven, bolstered by a weaker dollar and concerns that the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus could slow a global economic recovery. Spot gold rose 0.5% to $1,810.99 per ounce by 2:44 p.m. (1844 GMT), and was up 1.4% for the week. US
The FOMC minutes for the June meeting confirmed more optimism over the economic outlook. Unwinding of stimulative monetary policy would likely begin earlier than previously anticipated. As the members would begin tapering discussions in coming months, we expect an announcement would be made by end of the year. Meanwhile, the first rate hike could come
Forex news for North American trade on July 9, 2021: Markets: Gold up $6 to $1808 US 10-year yields up 7.2 bps to 1.32% WTI crude up $1.71 to $74.65 S&P 500 up 49 points to 4369 AUD leads, JPY lags For a holiday-shortened week at a time of year that can be absolutely dead,
Mumbai: The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) on Friday said its average daily turnover value (ADTV) has increased more than two-folds in June to Rs 1,945 crore compared to the same month in 2020. In June 2020, NCDEX had posted an ADTV of Rs 860 Crore, NCDEX said in a statement. “Continued trade disruptions
The markets are now reversing prior moves in the week, with Dollar, Yen and Swiss Franc trading generally lower. Canadian Dollar is supported by strong job data, while Aussie and Kiwi also recover. Major European indexes are trading slightly up as DOW futures is also up over 260 pts. US 10-year yield is back above
Latest Chinese credit data for June has been released – 9 July 2021 Prior +8.3% New yuan loans ¥2.1 trillion vs ¥1.8 trillion expected Broad money growth came in a little above expectations with new yuan loans coming in at a beat, underscoring that China is still trying to maintain the recovery pace in the economy, though
NEW DELHI: Gold edged higher on Friday and was set for its third straight weekly gain, as concerns over the fast-spreading Delta variant of Covid-19 and a drop in US Treasury yields lifted the safe-haven metal’s demand. The yellow metal posted mild gains in domestic markets. Sentiment in wider equity markets remained fragile as Delta
Yen and Swiss Franc turn softer today as overall sentiments stabilized. US stocks once again pared back much of earlier losses overnight and closed just slightly down. Asian markets were just mixed only, with Nikkei also reversing most of earlier losses. Dollar is currently the stronger one for today, followed by commodity currencies. As for
EMSC report a M5.4 quake in Nevada, USGS say California. The map (see below) has it close to the border but in Cali depth 10km USGS revise magnitude to 5.9. There are a number of quakes in the area, all up around M5. Folks in the area (and Japan!) will shrug off earthquakes of that
NEW DELHI: Gold in the national capital on Thursday was marginally up by Rs 9 to Rs 46,981 per 10 gram with firm global trends and rupee depreciation, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 46,972 per 10 grams. Silver, however, declined Rs 902 to Rs 67,758
Risk aversion generally dominates the global markets today. Following selloff in Asia, major European indexes open lower and are trading down around -2%. DOW future is also losing around -500pts. Swiss Franc and Yen are overwhelmingly the strongest ones for the day, as followed by Euro and Dollar. Commodity currencies are the worst performing, Focus
10-year Treasury yields down by nearly 7 bps today to 1.25% That’s the lowest since 16 February as bonds continue to rally and that is arguably sparking jitters in the market, with no clear cut answers floating around. A key question that is being posed by the bond market right now is, are we seeing
NEW DELHI: Gold held steady on Thursday as lower US Treasury yields countered a stronger dollar after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s last meeting showed that the central bank is moving towards tapering its asset purchases as soon as this year. The yellow metal traded marginally lower in the domestic market. Fed officials last month
US stocks surged to new record overnight, shrugging off FOMC minutes. But Asian markets are walking another path, as led by the free fall in Hong Kong stocks. Yen surges broadly on risk aversion, followed by Swiss Franc. Commodity currencies are generally pressured, with Aussie weighed down by dovish RBA comments too. Euro, Sterling and
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