Dollar and Yen are both recapturing some ground as risk appetite cools slightly in European session. Still, US stocks futures point to more record runs today while yields are firm. We’ll see if the greenback to ride on the trend to resume near term rebound. Canadian Dollar is currently the stronger commodity currencies, as supported
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The report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that total crude oil and petroleum products (ex. SPR) stocks gained +2.92 mmb to 1324.8 mmb in the week ended January 29. Crude oil inventory slipped -0.99 mmb (consensus: +0.45 mmb) to 475.66 mmb. Stockpile decreased in 4 out of 5 PADDs. PADD 2 (Midwest)
Rapidly rising oil prices are signalling the need for more production in the second half of the year to halt the fall in global inventories and satisfy recovering consumption as epidemic-related travel restrictions ease. Global petroleum stocks have fallen by almost 600 million barrels since May 2020, after rising by over 1.2 billion barrels in
Sterling jumps sharply after BoE indicated that it didn’t want to send a signal to the market on adopting negative rates. Dollar is also firm on overall mixed market sentiments. Thanks to the selloff against both the Pound and the greenback, Euro is currently the worst performing one for the day, trailed closely by the
US CPI Wednesday. Fed chair Powell speaks in New York Looking at the calendar for next week, there is not a lot of releases and events. On Monday. Swiss unemployment rate is expected to stay steady at 3.4% German industrial production (2 AM ET/0700 GMT) is expected to rise by 0.1% On Tuesday, German trade
Copper prices rose on Friday, boosted by a weak dollar and hopes for better metals demand due to improved vaccine rollout and as the U.S. stimulus looked set to be approved. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose 1.9% to $7,970 a tonne by 1740 GMT. The metal, used in the power and
Dollar was in a pole position to end as the strongest major currency. But disappointing non-farm payroll report gave dollar bulls a reality check as the greenback ended mixed, after late selloff. Australian and New Zealand Dollar have indeed closed as the best performers, followed by Sterling. Euro, Swiss Franc and Yen were the weakest.
Forex news for North American trading on February 5, 2021 It was unemployment day in the US and Canada, and both reports came in weaker than expectations: US nonfarm payroll rose by 49K, which was less than the 105K expected. However the prior to month revised down -159K. The unemployment rate did fall fairly sharply to 6.3% from 6.7%, but the decline was
Oil hit its highest level in a year on Friday, closing in on $60 a barrel on economic revival hopes and supply curbs by producer group OPEC and its allies. New orders for U.S.-made goods rose more than expected in December, pointing to continued strength in manufacturing. The U.S. Congress is also moving ahead on
Dollar drops broadly in early US session after much smaller than expected non-farm payroll job growth, even though unemployment dipped notably. Canadian Dollar is some what pressured today after larger than expected job losses. But Yen is the one following the greenback as second weakest. Australian Dollar and Euro are trying to regain some grounds
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Falling for the fifth consecutive day, gold prices on Friday declined Rs 163 to Rs 46,738 per 10 gram in the national capital amid rupee appreciation, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 46,901 per 10 gram. Silver, however, gained Rs 530 to Rs 67,483 per kg,
Return of risk-on markets, after some solid economic data, pushed S&P 500 and NASDAQ to new record highs overnight. Yen and Swiss Franc trade broadly lower naturally but Euro was not far behind. Commodity currencies, while firm, are so far overwhelmed by Sterling and Dollar. In particular, the greenback will look into today’s non-farm payroll
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Oil prices extended gains on Thursday after the OPEC+ alliance of producers stuck to its reduced output policy and U.S. crude stocks fell, with optimism over a new U.S. pandemic relief bill adding further price support. Brent crude futures gained 25 cents, or 0.43%, to $58.71 a barrel by 1025 GMT, having earlier hit their
As expected, BOE left the Bank rate unchanged at 0.1%. Meanwhile, the QE program also remains at 875B pound worth of government bonds, and 20B pound of corporate debt. The economic projections reveal that policymakers are more optimistic about inflation projecting it to reach the +2% target this year. This signals that further rate cut
US weekly initial jobless claims 779K vs. 830K estimate Coming Up! Title text for next article LON SDNY+11 NY -5 TYO +9 GMT US initial jobless claims and continuing claims prior report initial jobless claims 779K vs. 830K estimate. Prior week revised down to 812K from 847K four-week average of initial claims 848.25K vs 849.50K last week