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Markets: WTI crude oil up $0.21 to $85.30 US 10-year yields down 1 bps to 3.45% Gold up $10 to $1673 S&P 500 down 28 points to 3873, or 0.7% — down 4.8% on the week NZD leads, GBP lags It could have been worse. The FedEx warning late yesterday boosted the dollar and weighed

The Canadian dollar is at an interesting spot on the global spectrum of risk assets at the moment. Domestically, it’s been a good year with strong GDP growth as the economy reopened from covid. Commodity investment has picked up and terms of trade have improved. For much of the year, that kept the loonie neck-and-neck

Oil prices dipped in early trade on Friday, extending the week’s losses as concern over tight supply was outweighed by escalating fear of sharp interest rate hikes slamming global growth and hitting fuel demand. Brent crude futures fell 22 cents, or 0.2%, to $90.62 a barrel as at 0052 GMT after sliding 3.5% to a

Gold prices hovered near a two-year low on Friday and were set for a weekly fall as an elevated dollar and prospects of aggressive U.S. rate hikes dented bullion’s appeal. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold was unchanged at $1,664.48 per ounce, as of 0030 GMT, and was down 3% for the week so far. Prices hit

Selloff in Pound catches most currency related headlines today, as it slumped to a 37-year low against Dollar. The decline came after data showed retail sales contracted in both volume and value term in August, indicating that inflation was already biting into spending. In the background, the UK economic is already in recession. Still for

The stronger than expected consumer inflation data from the US basically sealed the case for a 75bps hike by Fed next. Dollar ended as the strongest one last week, as supported by risk aversion too. But the greenback could only close above prior week’s high against Canadian and New Zealand Dollar, suggesting that momentum was

A ‘not awful’ read on King Dollar from Goldman Sachs – And even if you are of the ‘always do the opposite to GS’ persuasion, you at least have to know what it is they are doing!! Full Article Summary: The U.S. dollar is on a roll. Even as the American economy shows signs of

NEW DELHI: Gold prices continued to bleed on Friday tracking the trend in global markets. Prospects of aggressive rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve lifted bond yields and took the shine off bullion. Markets are pricing in a 75-basis-point rate hike by the US central bank. Gold futures on were trading lower by 0.18

Overall, Dollar remains the strongest one for the week, followed by Swiss Franc and then Yen. Risk aversion support these currencies, on the expectation of another jumbo rate hike by Fed next week. Commodity currencies are the worst performers with Kiwi having an underhand. Euro and Sterling are mixed for now, with Euro having a

The US had a data dump today with Retail sales being the highlight. After all the dust settled with that report with the various breakdowns and revisions which were fairly impactful (headline was -0.4% from +0.0% initially reported and core revision to 0.0% from +0.4%. The control group this month came in flat vs 0.5%

Gold prices inched lower on Thursday, as a firmer dollar and expectations of big interest rate hikes from the U.S. Federal Reserve diminished the metal’s appeal. FUNDAMENTALS Spot gold fell 0.1% to $1,693.81 per ounce, as of 0110 GMT. U.S. gold futures were down 0.3% at $1,704.4. The dollar index edged 0.1% higher towards recent

Dollar is staying largely in range after mixed retail sales data from the US. Today’s focus turns to selloff in Sterling, in particular against Swiss Franc and Euro. Yen weakens mildly after yesterday’s rebound quickly lost momentum. Commodity currencies are trading on the soft side. In other markets, major European indexes are mixed while US

As usual, when I’m on deck, I try and get a few far more intelligent people than me, who owe me favours, to give you guys some writeups.. So here is my friend, and Nat Gas expert, Andrea Paltry of NatGasWeather.com with a great note: TTF and European natural gas Supply/Demand balance Finally, we’ve overtaken

NEW DELHI: Gold prices slipped sharply on Thursday as the strong US dollar weighed on the sentiment. Expectations of another big rate hike from the US Federal Reserve further dented the yellow metal. The dollar index edged towards recent peaks as hotter-than-expected inflation data boosted bets for even more aggressive monetary policy tightening by the

The markets are overall steady in Asia today. Yen attempted a rebound yesterday but there was no follow through buying so far. Dollar’s rally also lacks sustained push. While commodity currencies are staying as the worst performer for the week, there is sign of some live against Euro. But that’s probably more due to Swiss

Reuters monthly poll of Japanese firms taken August 31 – September 9: three quarters of Japan firms concerned about Taiwan crisis; slim majority have no plan to respond 58% of Japan firms see Taiwan crisis to affect their business relations with china only 13% of Japanese firms expect yen at 141 or more vs dollar

Gold price in the national capital declined Rs 265 to Rs 50,616 per 10 grams on Wednesday despite rupee depreciation, according to HDFC Securities. The price of the yellow metal had touched Rs 50,881 per 10 grams on Tuesday. However, the COMEX spot price of gold was marginally higher at USD 1,705 per ounce compared

Yen is shrugging off rally in US and European benchmark yields today, and rebound on threat of intervention in Japan. European majors are also finding some foots while Dollar turned mixed. Still commodity currencies are under broad based selling pressure. While US futures might point to a flat open, selling could come back later in