Fundamental Overview The USD weakened across the board since last Friday following the soft US NFP report. The data showed some more labour market cooling with an increase in the unemployment rate and a decrease in wage growth. We basically have an economy that is slowing but still growing. We will see if the market
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Gold August futures contracts at MCX opened at Rs 72,533 per 10 gram on Tuesday, showing a Rs 500 fall so far this week, while MCX silver September futures contracts traded flat, opening at Rs 93,133/kg, down by Rs 160 in the week. Gold and silver witnessed profit taking on Monday ahead of the Fed
Dollar is recovering mildly overnight, as traders prepare for Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s highly anticipated two-day Congressional testimony. Powell is scheduled to address the Senate today and the House tomorrow. Fed’s latest dot plot suggests median expectation of just one rate cut this year. However, recent soft economic data from June, including non-farm payroll numbers,
Dow Jones found early highs before settling back into the low end. New trading week kicks things off with a breather after Friday’s NFP. US consumer and wholesale inflation figures are due this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) whipped on Monday, briefly testing fresh highs and breaking out of Friday’s tight churn before
The NZDUSD rallied toward the end of last week’s trading, after sellers had their shot on the break of both the 100/200 day MAs earlier in the week. The move higher initially extended to the 200 bar MA on the 4-hour chart, before correcting lower midweek. On Friday, buyers returned after the US jobs report
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Gold prices fell more than 1% on Monday, hurt by a risk-on rally in equities and profit-taking by investors after a sharp rally in the previous session over expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve could cut interest rates in September. Spot gold was down 1.5% to $2,354.59 per ounce as of 12:01 p.m. ET (1601
Sterling strengthened broadly today, support by comments from Jonathan Haskel, a known hawk on BoE’s MPC. Haskel indicated his preference to maintain interest rates until there is clear evidence that inflationary pressures have subsided sustainably. This stance has introduced some uncertainty regarding the widely anticipated BoE rate cut in August. While many economists still expect
Instead of declining further, the US Dollar (USD) is more likely to trade in a 7.2800/7.2970 range, or at least in a wider range between 7.2700 and 7.3100, UOB Group analysts note. USD/CNH can fall to 7.2700 24-HOUR VIEW: “While we expected USD to decline further last Friday, we were of the view that it
In the kickstart FX video from July 5, 2024, I take a technical look at the three major currency pairs – the EURUSD, USDJPY and GBPUSD. Today the US jobs report was mixed with the June non-farm payroll jobs higher than expectations but revisions to the prior two months of offsetting those gains. The unemployment
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Post a downbeat U.S. job data, prices of gold and silver steadied. Gold August futures contracts and silver September futures contracts on Monday opened flat at Rs 72,966 per 10 grams and Rs 93,380/kg respectively. Gold August future contracts at MCX opened flat today at Rs 70,977 per 10 gram, which is down by merely
Euro dips mildly a in Asian session after French parliamentary elections on Sunday delivered unexpected results. The markets had anticipated a challenging outcome for centrist President Emmanuel Macron, including a hung parliament. Yet, the outcome was particularly surprising for Marine Le Pen’s National Rally. Despite being a frontrunner, her party only secured the third spot.
EUR/USD clipped into 1.0840 after broad-market risk appetite rally after US NFP print. Sharp NFP revisions have reignited hopes for a September Fed rate cut. Coming up next week: Fed Chair Powell, US CPI print, German Retail Sales. EUR/USD whipsawed after a mixed US Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) print on Friday before settling on the high
When the market trends, traders are better served to understand when the market shifts the trend, versus trying to pick a top or bottom depending on which way the market is trending. For the GBPJPY, it has been trending over the last seven or so months. The price has also been above (and comfortably) its
As is usual for a Monday morning, market liquidity is very thin until it improves as more Asian centres come online … prices are liable to swing around, so take care out there. The mover in this very time is EUR, down from its level late Friday after the French election appears to have reulsted
Gold prices were flat near a two-week high on Thursday after softer-than-expected US economic data spurred hopes of interest rate cuts as early as September, and the market spotlight is now on Friday’s non-farm payrolls data. Spot gold edged 0.1% higher to $2,358.19 per ounce as of 9:53 a.m. ET (1353 GMT), after prices hit