US equities surged in late trade after a broadly positive session as Fed bets eased after softer wage data. The S&P 500 lept to close above the 4400 level again to close 2.4% higher and end the week positive. Apple led the charge after positive Q4 earnings and record iPhone sales. US equity markets posted
There’s an old saying in markets: So goes January, so goes the year. Investors better hope it’s not true. The S&P 500 currently sits higher by 36 points on the day to 4362. That puts the month-to-date move at -8.47%. The all-time worst January was in 2009, which produced an 8.6% decline. To beat that,
AUDUSD moves below the 2021 low The AUDUSD fell to a new low going back to July 2020. In the process, the price fell below the 2021 low at 0.6992. The low price reached 0.69669 and stayed below that level for around three hours before rebounding back above. The last 5 hourly bars has seen
NEW DELHI: Gold prices were flat on Friday, marginally higher, but the yellow metal is set for its sharpest weekly decline since November 2021. Markets digested the US Federal Reserve’s policy tightening plans for 2022 that propelled the dollar index to a multi-month peak. Gold futures on MCX gained 0.10 per cent or Rs 46
In this article MCD Signage outside a McDonald’s Corp. fast food restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images McDonald’s is expected to report its fourth-quarter earnings before the bell Thursday. Here’s what Wall Street analysts surveyed by Refinitiv are expecting: Earnings per share: $2.34 expected
The USD/JPY slides 0.15% as investors prepare for the weekend. The greenback finished the week above 97.00 for the first time since June 2020. USD/JPY is upward biased, but the pair could print a leg-down before resuming the uptrend. As Wall Street closes, the USD/JPY slides ahead of the weekend, spurred by the US 10-year
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MUFG Research maintains an EUR/CAD short and they’re doubling down in their weekly trade of the week. They are short the pair targeting 1.3500 with a stop at 1.4670. Spot is currently at 1.4257. “We are maintaining a short EUR/CAD trade idea. The trade idea is to reflect widening policy divergence between teh BOC and
Today is the seventh consecutive day of declines in NZD/USD. Even with a better mood in markets today, the pair is down 40 pips to 0.6542. Yesterday it was largely a broadly strong US dollar pushing the pair down but the kiwi is uniquely soft today, along with the Australian dollar. The weekly NZD/USD chart
Mumbai: India’s gold consumption surged to 797.3 tonnes in 2021, on the back of recovery in consumer sentiments and pent-up demand post COVID-19-related disruptions and the bullish trend is set to continue this year as well, according to the World Gold Council (WGC). WGC in its Gold Demand Trends 2021 Report said India’s total gold
In this article LUV Passenger wait in-line in front of Southwest Airlines counters at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on October 11, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia. Alex Wong | Getty Images Southwest Airlines expects to lose money in the first quarter after the omicron variant of Covid-19 hurt staffing and bookings, but it said profits
As the two-year anniversary of the global COVID-19 pandemic begins to hurtle toward us, we are no closer to knowing when our social lives will return to normal or what will the new normal be. The effect this has had on businesses like nightclubs, music venues and musicians have been immeasurable. With crowded in-person events
The Australian dollar fell off the cliff against the Japanese yen, down 0.77%. Market sentiment has improved in the session, but in the FX market, safe-haven peers rise. AUD/JPY bears look forward to a Weekly/Friday close below 80.70, which would increase the odds for a fall towards 78.78. On Friday, as the North American session
The 3 major indices (Dow, S&P and Nasdaq) rode a wave of buying higher on the day, closed at the highs and just like that, erased the declines for the week. The Dow, S&P and Nasdaq each had best day of the new year Dow and S&P posted their first weekly gain in four weeks
The FOMC meeting turned out to me more hawkish than expected and markets are now pricing in four to five hikes this year, instead of three. Dollar was given a strong boost and surged broadly to end as the strongest one. Nevertheless, reactions in the stock markets, while wild, were not pessimistic. Sterling followed as
EURGBP bounces off the low from last week The EURGBP bottomed last week at 0.8305 (on Thursday), and shot higher peaking at 0.84218 on Monday of this week. The high price on Monday, was able to extend briefly above the 38.2% retracement of the move down from the December 8 high to the low price
Oil posted its sixth straight weekly gain, with prices trading near a seven-year high as crude makes a roaring start to 2022. West Texas Intermediate rose 2% for the week as robust demand tightened global markets. As supply remains constrained, a chorus of Wall Street banks and oil executives are forecasting a return to $100
The seal for the International Monetary Fund is seen near the World Bank headquarters (R) in Washington, DC on January 10, 2022. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images The International Monetary Fund has downgraded its global growth forecast for this year as rising Covid-19 cases, supply chain disruptions and higher inflation hamper economic recovery.