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LONDON: Hedge funds boosted their position in petroleum for the fourth week running, as bullishness about oil consumption and prices rebounded after the setback in March. Hedge funds and other money managers purchased the equivalent of 40 million barrels in the six most important petroleum futures and options contracts in the week to May 4.
Sterling rises strongly today, and overpowers Australia and New Zealand Dollar. On the other hand, Yen’s selloff continues while Dollar is following closely behind. Despite strong investor confidence data, Euro is indeed under heavy selling pressure against the Pound and Aussie. Comments from ECB chief economist Philip Lane suggests that the central bank is still
Does the market really care about one bad miss on payrolls? As we get into trading today, it is still all about digesting and gauging the reaction to the surprisingly poor US jobs reports on Friday here. Invest in yourself. See our forex education hub. However, taking the numbers at face value, what does it
TOKYO: Crude prices rose on Monday after a major cyberattack forced the shutdown of critical fuel supply pipelines in the United States and highlighted the fragility of its oil infrastructure. Brent crude was up by 57 cents, or 0.8 per cent, at $68.85 a barrel by 0645 GMT, having risen by l.5 per cent last
The recent rally in copper price has been driven by potential supply deficit in coming years. Stimulus measures rolled by major economies, such as the US, the UK and China, have put strong focus on green energy. Developments of which are expected to significantly raise demand for copper. Meanwhile, issues in major copper producers, especially
Goldman Sachs on the Colonial Pipeline gasoline network shut down – brief disruption Coming Up! Title text for next article LON +1 SDNY+11 NY -4 TYO +9 GMT A weekend note from Goldman Sachs on the cyberattack on the gasoline and diesel US east coast distribution network disruption likely to be brief falling inventories to
NEW DELHI: Aluminium prices rose 0.6 per cent to Rs 201 per kg in the futures trade on Friday as speculators built up fresh positions amid a positive trend in the spot market. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, aluminium contracts for the May delivery gained Rs 1.20, or 0.6 per cent, to Rs 201 per
The report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that total crude oil and petroleum products (ex. SPR) stocks plunged -5.58 mmb to 1279.94 mmb in the week ended April 30. Crude oil inventory slumped -7.99 mmb (consensus: -2.35 mmb) to 485.12 mmb. Stockpile declined in 2 out of 5 PADDs with PADD 3
NEW DELHI: Copper prices on Friday traded up by 0.77 per cent at Rs 776.55 per kg in the futures market on the back of a pick-up in the spot demand. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, copper contracts for delivery in May traded higher by Rs 5.90, or 0.77 per cent, at Rs 776.55 per
Swiss Franc and Euro jump in overall mixed markets. There were little reaction to better than expected job data from the US. BoE’s slowing of asset purchases, and surprising voting prompted brief rally in the Pound, but there is no follow through momentum. Australian Dollar quickly pared back the losses on increasing tension with China.
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Copper soared this week to an all-time high, continuing a sizzling rally that’s seen prices double in the past year. The previous copper record was set in 2011, around the peak of the commodities supercycle sparked by China’s rise to economic heavyweight status — fueled by massive amounts of raw materials. This time, investors are
Return of risk-appetite pushed DOW to new record overnight while Asian markets also firm up. Dollar was under some selling pressure, but it’s still kept in range against except versus Swiss Franc and Canadian Dollar. Focus will turn to non-farm payroll report from today. A strong set of data would prompt more risk-on sentiments and
Treas Sec. Yellen: April jobs report underscores the long climb back to US Coming Up! Title text for next article LON +1 SDNY+11 NY -4 TYO +9 GMT Treasury Secretary Yellen speaking at the White House we knew it would be a long road to recovery April jobs report underscores the long climb back to
Domestic gold futures swung between gains and losses with a positive bias on Friday as spot gold hit a more than two-month high above the $1,800 per ounce mark amid weakness in the dollar. With a weekly gain of almost 3 per cent so far, bullion was on track to clock its best week since
Dollar dropped broadly last week and ended sharply lower, as the huge non-farm payroll miss gave a strong node to Fed’s patient approach. Progress could only be consider substantial as seen in realized economic data, rather than projected outlook. It’s right that Fed is not even in a position to consider tapering. The expectation that
Forex news for New York trade on May 7, 2021: Markets: Gold up $16 to $1832 US 10-year yields up 1 bps to 1.58% WTI crude flat at $64.67 S&P 500 hits record 4328 EUR and AUD lead, USD lags The non-farm payrolls report certainly made for an interesting trading day and the repercussions of