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Gold rose marginally on Tuesday on the back of a weaker dollar, but the upside was capped as investors refrained from taking bigger bets ahead of the US Fed’s meeting over interest rate hikes. Expectations of around a 100-basis point rate hike surged after US annual consumer prices saw their sharpest spike in more than

Euro is under heavy selling pressure today on renewed worries over cut off of Russia gas supply. It’s additionally pressured and Germany 10-year yield breaks below 1% handle again. For now, Sterling appears to be a distant second. On the other hand, Dollar and Yen are gaining most, followed by Swiss Franc. Commodity currencies are

Headlines: Markets: USD leads, EUR lags on the day European equities lower; S&P 500 futures down 0.3% US 10-year yields down 6 bps to 2.76% Gold down 0.1% to $1,717.41 WTI crude up 1.6% to $98.27 Bitcoin down 4.8% to $21,106 There weren’t much key headlines on the session as the dollar stood its ground

New Delhi: Gold in the national capital on Tuesday fell by Rs 28 to Rs 51,192 per 10 grams, according to Securities. In the previous trade, the yellow metal finished at Rs 51,220 per 10 grams. Silver also declined by Rs 203 to Rs 55,297 per kg from Rs 55,500 per kg in the previous

Markets continue to be very quiet in Asian session today. Investors are clearly holding their bets ahead of tomorrow’s FOMC rate hike. Dollar is a softer one together with Yen and Swiss Franc. On the other hand, Canadian Dollar is firmer together with Aussie. Euro and Sterling are mixed. Generally speaking, most major pairs and

Q2 GDP from the US is due on Thursday. Reuters polling shows that despite the consensus being for q/q growth 28% of the respondents are predicting a contraction. Ben Harris, Treasury assistant secretary for economic policy and Neil Mehrotra: said while second quarter GDI data will not be available until the end of August, some

Oil prices rose on Monday, bolstered by a slightly weaker U.S. dollar and stronger equity markets in a session that seesawed between supply fears and expectations that rise in U.S. interest rates would weaken fuel demand. Brent crude futures for September settlement rose 68 cents, or 0.66%, to $103.88 a barrel by 1402 GMT, while

Overall sentiment appears to be positive in very quiet trading today. Major European indexes are trading higher while US and Germany benchmark yields are recovering mildly. Aussie is leading commodity currencies higher, as well as Sterling. Yen is currently the weaker one, followed by Swiss Franc and Dollar. Euro is mixed despite poor Germany business

Headlines: Markets: GBP leads, JPY lags on the day European equities higher; S&P 500 futures up 0.4% US 10-year yields up 6.8 bps to 2.820% Gold flat at $1,726.73 WTI crude up 1.1% to $95.75 Bitcoin down 2.8% to $21,966 Welcome to Fed week. It’s all about the anticipation towards the FOMC meeting now and

Gold prices declined marginally to Rs 51,145 per 10 grams while silver plunged by Rs 1,331 per kg in the national capital on Monday, according to Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal settled at Rs 51,150 per 10 grams. Silver fell sharply by Rs 1,331 to Rs 54,351 per kg from Rs 55,682

Dollar recovers mildly in quiet Asian session today, but it’s bounded inside Friday’s range except versus Canadian. The greenback will most probably wait until Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s comment, after another 75bps this week, before taking another firm move. As for today, Euro is so far the firmer ones, follow by Yen. New Zealand Dollar

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Gold prices were flat on Friday, pressured by an uptick in the U.S. dollar and fears over aggressive rate hikes, although heightened slowdown worries kept safe-haven bullion on track for its first weekly gain in six. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold held its ground at $1,717 per ounce, as of 0114 GMT, after rising more than

Societe Generale Research discusses the EUR/USD outlook and maintains a bearish bias into year-end. “Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see; Europe’s caught in a landslide: The ECB’s monetary policy matters less, than President Putin’s gas export strategy. Nordstream 1 came back online yesterday, but markets aren’t comforted. Not when even the

Gold prices edged lower on Friday due to an uptick in the US dollar and fears over aggressive rate hikes by major central banks to tame inflationary pressures dented bullion’s appeal. The dollar rose 0.2 per cent against its rivals, making greenback-priced bullion more expensive for buyers holding other currencies. The US Fed’s meeting is

With the Bank of Canada hiking rates more aggressively, Canada’s largest bank new sees a deeper correction in the nation’s housing market. They now project home resales to fall nearly 23% this year and 15% next year in Canada, and the national benchmark price to drop 12.4% from peak to trough by the second quarter

Gold slumped to a 16-month low last week but managed to recover and end the week with a 1.1 per cent gain bringing a halt to its five week losing streak. Despite the recovery, there is little encouragement for yjegold bulls as they face the next big challenge which is the Fed‘s monetary policy decision

The economic data today was all about global PMIs from S&P Global and there was a similar theme in all of them: Germany July flash manufacturing PMI 49.2 vs 50.6 expected France July flash services PMI 52.1 vs 52.7 expected Eurozone July flash services PMI 50.6 vs 52.0 expected UK July flash services PMI 53.3