Dollar firms up again entering into US session, but it’s so far held below yesterday’s high against all but Swiss Franc. There is little reaction to weaker than expected growth in durable goods orders. New Zealand Dollar is surprisingly the strongest on for today, while Yen is the third. Euro is currently the weakest one
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The Spanish government recommends Madrid to extend lockdown restrictions to all parts of the region Madrid just announced that they are raising the number of areas under lockdown to 45 from 37 moments ago, adding that about 1 million people in the region are reported to be in lockdown based on the latest restrictions. But
New Delhi: Copper prices on Friday rose by 0.21 per cent to Rs 518.75 per kg in futures trade on pick-up in spot demand. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, copper contracts for October delivery traded higher by Rs 1.10, or 0.21 per cent, at Rs 518.75 per kg in a business turnover of 3,592 lots.
Dollar and Yen retreat mildly today risk aversion recedes slightly. But as Asian markets struggle to find momentum for a rebound, risk aversion could come back any time before weekly close. As for the week, the greenback remains the strongest one, followed by Yen. Australian Dollar is the worst performing, followed by New Zealand Dollar.
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LONDON: Oil prices steadied on Thursday, as a fall in U.S. inventories last week was tempered by a stronger dollar and a renewed wave of COVID-19 cases in Europe that led several countries to reimpose travel restrictions. Brent crude futures were up 10 cents, or 0.2%, to $41.87 a barrel by 1100 GMT, while U.S.
Dollar remains the strongest one for the week, followed by Yen, as risk aversion continue to dominate. The recovery attempts in European stocks appeared to have faded very quickly while DOW futures point another day of lower open. Sterling is relatively resilient, with some support from the new jobs support scheme announced by UK Finance
UK finance minister, Rishi Sunak, to speak later today He will also be speaking in parliament later in the day as he will deliver a statement on the economy, which should encompass his plans on the new wage support scheme: The pound is finding some bids on the session currently, with cable pushing to fresh
New Delhi: Guar seed prices on Thursday went down by Rs 6 to Rs 3,973 per 10 quintal in futures trade. On the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange, guar seed contracts for October delivery was trading at Rs 3,973 down by Rs 6, or 0.15 per cent per 10 quintal with an open interest of
Risk aversion continues to dominate the markets, on concern of another wave of coronavirus infects, as the Northern Hemisphere is entering in fall and winter. US stocks closed notably lower after brief initial rebound. Asian markets follow with heavy selling, with major indices in deep red. In the currency markets, commodity currencies are extending decline
Reporting that Congress is readying to leave Washington as soon as this week until after the election. Congress is breaking for the rest of September and for most of October. Link here for more. — Yesterday we got the news that a government funding bill is likely to be completed, thus ensuring they all get paid! But for
LONDON: Oil edged up to around $42 a barrel on Wednesday after a report said U.S. fuel inventories fell, although rising crude supply and growing numbers of coronavirus cases that raise concern of stalling demand capped gains. The American Petroleum Institute, an industry group, said stocks of gasoline and distillate fuel dropped, while crude inventories
Dollar remains the strongest one for today but Swiss Franc and Sterling have overtaken as the next strongest. Sterling is some what helped by solid PMIs but Euro shrugged off the disappointing PMI readings. European stock markets are having a solid rebound today while US equities might further pare back recent losses. We’ll see if
UBS’ asset management arm weighs in on the market outlook later in the year The firm says that they expect some form of emergency approval of between one to three coronavirus vaccines during Q4 2020, adding that they expect “full approval for broad inoculation to begin by the middle of next year”. Considering such a
New Delhi: Copper prices on Wednesday slipped by Rs 3.70 to Rs 527.65 per kg as participants cut down their positions amid muted demand in domestic market. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, copper contracts for the September delivery eased by Rs 3.70, or 0.7 per cent, to Rs 527.65 per kg in a business turnover
As widely anticipated, RBNZ left the OCR unchanged at 0.25% today. The cap of Large Scale Asset Purchase (LSAP) program, a.k.a. QE, also stays at NZD 100B. Meanwhile, the central bank reiterated the forward guidance that the OCR will be “held at 0.25% in accordance with the guidance issued on March 16”. The overall tone
JPM looking at month-end flows as a bullkiush factor next week. Citing past research showing: rebalances from fixed-weight asset allocation portfolios, along with the reversion of option rolling-driven expiry week momentum, tended to cause the market to mean-revert into month-and quarter-end. JPM say that equities have underperformed bonds month-to-date (but outperformed quarter-to-date) (by -5%) a
MUMBAI: The country’s largest commodities exchange MCX on Tuesday announced formal launch of its base metal futures indices from October 19. To be called MCX iComdex base metals index futures, the new indices will start trading from October 19, the bourse said in a statement. The exchange got Sebi approval on June 29, 2020, and