Asian markets are trading in strong risk-on mode today, with particular strength seen in Hong Kong. DOW future is also currently up 150 pts, as markets look forward to US Treasury nominee Janet Yellen’s confirmation hearing. Yen is back under heavy selling pressure, followed by Dollar and Swiss Franc. Australian Dollar is leading commodity currencies
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The vote was 321-259 There’s always a political crisis in Italy right around the corner, but not today. I don’t think the latest drama has had much of an effect on the euro but keep an eye on Italian bonds this week. For bank trade ideas, check out eFX Plus
Oil prices fell on Monday as a stronger dollar, fears over soaring COVID-19 cases around the world and the slow pace of vaccination against the virus outweighed a better-than-expected quarterly rebound for China’s economy. Brent crude was down 16 cents, or 0.3%, at $54.94 per barrel at 1445 GMT, and West Texas Intermediate U.S. crude
Commodity currencies remain generally weak today on mixed market sentiments. On the other hand, Yen, Swiss Franc and Dollar are the strongest. Euro remains soft too, but recovery in crosses, in particular against Sterling, is limiting its downside for the moment. Gold also stabilizes back in prior range after initial selloff. With US markets on
Comments by UK vaccine deployment minister, Nadhim Zahawi Vaccine rollout is going well We are vaccinating 140 people per minute on average Letters are going out to those over 70s today For bank trade ideas, check out eFX Plus That’s some encouraging news but we’ll see how things go in the coming weeks/months to be
NEW DELHI: Gold futures prices in the domestic market continued to slide in the morning trade for another day on Monday as a stronger US dollar made bullion expensive for other currency holders, despite expectations of a large Covid-19 relief package in the United States. US President-elect Joe Biden said on Friday that he wants
Dollar opens the week generally higher, as supported by comments from former Fed chair Janet Yellen. Though, at this point, Yen mildly stronger while Swiss Franc is also firm. The triple argues that there is some underlying cautiousness in investor sentiments, despite solid Q4 China data. That’s also reflected in the general weakness in commodity
What the turn lower in UK cases means The UK reported 38,598 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, which is the lowest since December 27 and the clearest sign yet that the UK has gotten the upper hand on the worrisome variant that caused the latest round of lockdowns. It’s a sign that either the variant
BOC is widely expected to leave its overnight rate at the effective lower bound of 0.25% in January. The size of asset purchases will also stay unchanged at CAD4B/week. Over the past month, there has been market speculations about the possibility of a micro rate cut since November. While such a move is unlikely at
As suggested in the CFTC Commitments of Traders report in the week ended January 12, NET SHORT of USD Index futures fell -1 045 contracts to 14 952. Speculative long positions dropped -941 contracts, and short positions decreased -1 986 contracts. USD rebounded as talks about Fed’s balance sheet tapering rekindled. However, we do not
CFTC commitments of traders: EUR longs move back up to December highs Coming Up! Title text for next article LON SDNY+11 NY -5 TYO +9 GMT Weekly forex futures positioning data from the CFTC EUR long 156K vs 143K long last week. Long increased by 13K GBP long 13K vs 4K long last week. Longs
Media reports on moves from the European Union to lay out plans to limit its reliance on the USD Citing a draft policy paper from the European Commission that will be adopted on January 19. The paper points to the EU’s vulnerability to US sanctions and to financial risks. Measures proposed include tighter controls on
Gold prices gained Rs 286 to Rs 48,690 per 10 gram in the national capital on Friday following recovery in international price of the precious metal and rupee depreciation, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the yellow metal had closed at Rs 48,404 per 10 gram. Silver prices also jumped Rs 558 to
Sterling ended the week as the best performing one. But the late selloff, and rejection by resistance against Dollar and Yen, suggest that the latter too were in the driving seat. Weakness was apparently see in Euro, New Zealand Dollar, and to a lesser extent Australian. Dollar could be further building up the case for
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By Swansy Afonso, Haslinda Amin and Rishaad Salamat Gold demand in the world’s second-biggest user will rebound this year after collapsing in 2020 as the rollout of vaccines pushes life back closer to normal, according to the World Gold Council. Some of the weddings and festive buying that had been postponed because of the pandemic
Dollar at the best levels of the day The US dollar has climbed to the best levels of the day as broader selling seeps into equities. The commodity currencies are particularly hard hit with AUD/USD down 92 pips to 0.7687. The low of the week was 0.7666. The bond market will act like an automatic