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Jibun/Markit Manufacturing PMI for July, out  earlier Still showing contraction for the sector. Comments from Markit: “Japan’s manufacturing sector remained severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent downturn in worldwide economic conditions. However, the headline PMI recovered some of the ground lost in the second quarter, helped by the smallest declines in output and

By James Attwood and Jackie Davalos Authorities in Chile are cracking down on water use by mines in the driest desert on earth, threatening future supply in the top copper-producing nation. On Friday, Chile’s environmental agency SMA charged BHP Group’s Escondida for allegedly drawing more water than allowed for almost 15 years in a move

According to the CFTC Commitments of Traders report for the week ended July 28, NET LENGTH for crude oil futures plunged -16 307 contracts to 532 569 for the week. Speculative long position slumped -11 088 contracts, while shorts gained +5 219. For refined oil products, NET LENGTH for gasoline decreased -1 628 contracts to

Weekly FX speculative positioning data from the CFTC EUR long 157K vs 125K long last week. Longs increased by 32K GBP short 25K vs 15K short last week. Shorts increased by 10K JPY long 29K vs 19K long last week. Longs increased by 10K CHF long 8K vs 7K long last week. Longs increase by

NEW YORK: Oil prices rose on Friday and were on track for monthly gains, benefiting from news that U.S. oil output cuts in May were the largest on record. Brent crude LCOc1 settled up 37 cents, or 0.9%, at $43.31 a barrel. US. crude CLc1 was up 35 cents, or 0.9%, at $40.27 after dropping

Dollar’s selloff extended last week, after rather uneventful Fed meeting. The decline was particularly serious against generally strong European majors. Sterling ended as the strongest one this time, followed by Euro and Swiss Franc. While the greenback was weak, New Zealand and Canadian Dollar were even worse, with the latter weighed down by pull back

Forex news for North American trading on July 31, 2020: Markets: Gold up $16 to $1972 WTI crude oil up 44-cents to $40.35 US 10-year yields down 1 bps to 0.5347% CAD leads, NZD lags The big story was the move in USD/JPY. It came after some serious jawboning and threats from top Japanese officials

LONDON: Oil prices rose on Friday and were on track for monthly gains, boosted by a weaker dollar in the face of continuing concerns over the recovery of the U.S. economy as the coronavirus ravages the world’s biggest economy and oil consumer. Brent crude was up 31 cents, or 0.7%, at $43.25 a barrel by

The Fed sent a more dovish message at the July meeting, although the monetary policy, as well as the accompanying statement, stayed largely unchanged. Despite improvement of data flow, the members warned that the pace of recovery is depending on the developments of coronavirus pandemic. Fed Chair Jerome Powell at the press conference also reiterated

Dow, S&P, NASDAQ close higher for the 4th consecutive month the month of July is over and all the major indices closed higher for the 4th consecutive month. The S&P index had its second-best July performance since 2010. Apple, Amazon, Facebook all of the way after their earnings release last night. Apple rose up 10.47%.

NEW DELHI: There was a sea of green in the commodities market bullion, base metals and bullion futures rose in tandem as central banks backed the falling economy. Gold rose 0.85 per cent while silver gained 1.72 per cent. Base metal counters climbed up to a per cent. Meanwhile, crude oil added 0.43 per cent

Dollar’s broad based selloff continues in Asian session today. There are increasing concerns that momentum of US economic recovery is starting to falter. The pessimism is somewhat reflected in persistent decline in treasury yields too. Though, Canadian Dollar is even worse as pressured by sharp decline in oil prices. Euro and Sterling continue to stay

Bold move by the rating agency The rating was affirmed at AAA but lowered to negative from stable. That’s how you get yourself a lawsuit. Cites ongoing deterioration in public finances Sees general debt to GDP above 130% by 2021 Expects deficit to narrow to 11% of GDP in 2021 Expects US economy to contract

Pune: The Solvent Extractors Association (SEA), which represents the entire edible oil industry, has opposed the proposal of Soyabean Processors’ Association (SOPA) to put quantitative restrictions on import of soyabean and sunflower oil. SEA has claimed that putting quantitative restrictions will lead to flooding of the palm oil imports into the country. “We understand from

Dollar recovers mildly as markets turned mixed ahead of monthly close, but remains the second weakest for the week. Canadian Dollar is currently still the worst performing, as dragged by oil selloff. But we’ll see if better than expected GDP data could give the Loonie a lift before the final hours. Euro is paring some

Politico has some of the details Democrats blocked a week-long extension Republicans hinted at a four-month extension Pelosi said an extension need to go to Q1 or at least through January Debate for money for state and local governments was ‘contentious’ Democrats looking for nearly $1 trillion for state/local governments There was common ground on

Gold rose on Friday and headed for its biggest monthly gain in 8-1/2 years as the impact of the worsening coronavirus pandemic on the U.S. economy hammered the dollar, prompting investors to seek refuge in bullion. Spot gold was up 0.8% at $1,975.30 an ounce by 0927 GMT, while U.S. gold futures rose 1.5% to

China’s official PMI report reveals that economic activities continued to expand in July. However, the pace of recovery varied across sectors. Manufacturing and construction activities improved faster than expected, thanks to better overseas demand government’s stimulus measures. However, the services sector was dragged as household demand remained weak. Although PBOC has left the policy rate