Oil prices touched multi-month highs on Monday on expectations OPEC and allied producers may cap output at current levels in February and on hopes that coronavirus vaccines may help curb the spread of the virus and drive a strong economic rebound in the new year. Prices rose in line with broader financial markets with Brent
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Dollar’s selloff intensifies somewhat today, with solid risk appetite in the background. Though, Sterling is slightly weaker entering into US session. On the other hand, Euro and Swiss Franc are the strongest for now. Commodity currencies are also struggling to pick up buying despite rally in oil prices and Gold. Nevertheless, a busy week with
Fuji News Network reports on the matter This seems more of an inevitability now, with the expected start date said to be on 9 January i.e. this coming Saturday and last for about a month. The state of emergency will cover Tokyo and its neighbouring prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama, and Chiba. The other details are
NEW DELHI: Gold and silver futures prices in the domestic market traded with gains on Monday as covid-19 cases continued to surge forcing many countries to mull tougher restrictions. Global coronavirus cases continued to climb, with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hinting at tougher lockdown restrictions, while Japan considered declaring a state of emergency for
Dollar trades generally lower today as Asian markets ex-Japan open the year on strong footing. Investors are generally riding on optimism of vaccine rollouts and an eventual sustainable global recovery. Though, for the short term, Japan is facing risk of more lookdowns while coronavirus infections in the US could still surge again. The forex markets
It’ll take a few days for the data agenda to ramp up but to kick off the new year: 2200 GMT Australia – Markit Manufacturing PMI for December (final) 2300 GMT Australia CoreLogic House prices for December 0030 GMT Japan – Jibun Bank/Markit Manufacturing PMI (final) for December For bank trade ideas, check out eFX
Silver prices rose by Rs 92 to Rs 68,197 per kg in futures trade on Friday as participants widened their bets on firm spot demand. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, silver contracts for March delivery gained Rs 92, or 0.14 per cent, to Rs 68,197 per kg in 14,044 lots. Analysts said the rise in
Kyodo News reports on the matter It will be the first time that the Japanese capital exceeds the 1,000 mark and it adds to more uncertainty in the country as the new year approaches. Despite the Japanese government throwing massive amounts of stimulus at the problem, the health crisis is still the main problem that
Crude oil prices rose by Rs 16 to Rs 3,540 per barrel on Friday as participants widened their positions on firm spot demand. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, crude oil for January delivery traded higher by Rs 16, or 0.45 per cent, at Rs 3,540 per barrel in 1,222 lots. Analysts said raising of bets
The winners and losers among the major currencies space in 2020 It has been a long and weary year with plenty of twists and turns along the way but here we are, wrapping up the final day of a historic 2020. Everything that we knew about the year was completely eviscerated in the first three
oil’s history ends, a delicate task now confronts OPEC+. The alliance of producers led by Saudi Arabia and Russia must decide whether it can continue to restore crude supplies without capsizing the price recovery they spent most of 2020 working to achieve. Moscow believes that the group — which slashed output during the pandemic —
Weekly US initial jobless claims data Prior was 803K (revised to 806K) Continuing claims 5219K vs 5390K expected Prior continuing claims 5337K PUA claims 308K vs 397K prior Total claims 19.564K vs 20.368K prior Full report This is for the week ending December 26, which is obviously impacted by holidays and very tough to forecast
LONDON: Members of the OPEC group of oil producers and their partners will meet via videoconference on Monday to decide on production levels for February, hoping to turn the corner on a difficult year. The OPEC+ ministerial meeting comes after oil consumption tanked in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic and a price war between
2020 was a wild year in European equity trading European bourses closed out the year with a whimper, falling across the board: UK FTSE 100 -1.45% German DAX -0.3% French CAC 40 -0.9% Italy MIB -0.1% Spain IBEX -1.0% On the year, there was some wide divergence in performance,, with UK stocks posting the worst
Gold was marginally down Rs 20 to Rs 49,678 per 10 gram in the national capital on Friday, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 49,698 per 10 gram. Silver also declined Rs 404 to Rs 67,520 per kilogram from Rs 67,924 per kilogram in the previous
Everyone goes back to zero 2020 was a year of incredible opportunities in financial markets but the FX market was more of a sideshow than the main participant. I think that chances in 2021. There are going to be some of the big trends that make for big trades that last months. We’ve seen the
Oil prices are unlikely to mount much of a recovery in 2021 as a new coronavirus variant and related travel restrictions threaten already weakened fuel demand, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday. The poll of 39 economists and analysts conducted in the second half of December forecast Brent crude prices would average $50.67 per barrel
A last-minute Brexit trade deal has been reached just before the Christmas. the outcome is largely inline with our expectations. As a no-deal Brexit is avoided, BOE should be able to keep its powder dry for the year to come. The chance of negative interest rate has also been reduced, barring unanticipated bad news related