Sterling overtakes Euro as the strongest currency for today, as cross buying against the latter resumes after brief consolidation. However, Swiss Franc is clearly left behind and it’s trading as the worst performing one. Rallies in Gold and Silver are a factor pressuring the safe haven Franc. Yen is following as the second weakest currencies.
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A more positive tilt in early trades German DAX futures +0.8% UK FTSE futures -0.3% Spanish IBEX futures +0.8% European stocks look set to bounce back after a disappointing start to the week yesterday, though the early gains here may be fleeting as US futures aren’t showing the same degree of enthusiasm as we get
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures rose to their highest level in nearly a month on Tuesday and are set to extend a three-day winning streak, tracking higher rival soy oil and crude prices. The benchmark palm oil contract for November delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange rose 58 ringgit, or 2.12%, to 2,796
Euro trades broadly higher in Asian session as it finally takes out near term resistance against Dollar and Yen. Swiss Franc is following the common currency closely as second strongest. Gold is also tracking the Euro higher too. Dollar and Yen continue to stay under broad based pressure. The limelight is currently off Australian Dollar
AUD/JPY is the best trade this month The Australian dollar is up another 25 pips today to cap an impressive month. AUD/USD came into August riding a four-month winning streak and had closed out July with an impressive rally to 0.7200 from 0.7000. It started the month with a sideways move and was down month-to-date
KOLKATA: Indian exporters of non-basmati rice have seen a surge in orders after the price of the grain increased in Vietnam and Thailand. Indian rice is now cheaper than the Southeast Asian varieties by almost $100 per tonne. “Export demand for non-basmati rice remains robust due to price rise in Vietnam and Thailand. Their rice
Yen is trading with an undertone today despite mixed risk markets. Treasury yield is a factor weighing on Yen again, with US 10-year yield staying firm around 0.73 handle. Germany 10-year is also back above -0.4% handle. US stocks open slightly lower, following mild weakness in Europe, but that’s just a mild retreat. Euro and
Asian equities climb to start the week But the mood has been slightly tempered with going into the closing stages, with gains losing steam a little. That said, the performance on the day is solid – especially for Japanese stocks after the beating last Friday due to Abe’s resignation. The Hang Seng and Shanghai Composite
NEW DELHI: Gold and silver prices advanced on Monday as spike in Covid-19 cases in India threatens to derail the economic recovery. India is also scheduled to report its GDP print later in the day, which is expected to be the worst in decades. Global coronavirus cases surged past 25 million on Sunday as India
We expect RBA would leave the monetary policy unchanged in September. Since March, RBA has been adopting a number of measures to lower the borrowing costs and provide liquidity to the market. These include keeping the cash rate at record low of 0.25%, targeting 3- year government bond yield at 0.25%, a Term Funding Facility
The Oracle of Omaha turns 90 today Warren Buffet celebrates his 90th birthday today as the world’s sixth-richest man. At $82.1 billion, he’s done well for himself. Around the age of 10, he read a book about how to make $1,000 and intuitively grasped the importance of time. In five years, $1,000 earning 10% would
NEW YORK: Refiners have always produced fuel using crude oil. Now some are using grease. A slump in demand for gasoline since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic has several refining companies accelerating their plans to retrofit facilities to produce so-called renewable diesel made from, among other things, used cooking oil from fast-food restaurants. The
Dollar tumbled sharply, and broadly last week as markets perceive Fed’s adoption of average inflation targeting as a dovish move. Nevertheless, selloff were mainly against commodity currencies and, to a lesser extent, Sterling. The greenback ended in range against Euro, Swiss Franc and Gold. Even Gold just gyrated inside recently established range. Yen had every
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HOUSTON: US energy companies on Saturday continued to restaff offshore oil and gas production facilities in the US Gulf of Mexico, according to data released by the US Department of Interior. There were 122 facilities that were reoccupied as of midday, the data showed. Crude oil production was off 82%, or 1.5 million barrels per
As suggested in the CFTC Commitments of Traders report in the week ended August 25, NET SHORT for USD Index futures added +258 to 7 773 contracts. Speculative long positions declined -5 005 contracts and short positions fell -4 747 contracts. There can be more downside to greenback. Fed Chair Jerome Powell, at the annual
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MELBOURNE: Oil prices fell in early trade on Friday as a massive hurricane raced inland past the heart of the US oil industry in Louisiana and Texas, with a storm surge weaker than predicted. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell 16 cents, or 0.4 per cent, to $42.85 a barrel as of 0014