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Gold prices rose slightly on Wednesday as U.S. Treasury yields eased from their recent highs, reducing the metal’s opportunity cost, while investors looked ahead to key inflation data that could settle the course of interest rates. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold rose 0.1% to $1,785.48 per ounce by 0029 GMT. U.S. gold futures were up 0.1%

Just as the world is concerned and confused with the newly discovered Omicron, Fed Chair Jerome Powell stirred up the markets further, by talking up faster tapering. The biggest reactions were found in US treasury yields on strong safe-haven flows. Major stocks indexes also turned sharply lower, solidifying the case of medium term correction. In

Forex news for North American trading on December 3, 2020 It will be an early close for Forexlive this weekend as our technology staff takes over with some changes.   Today the focus was on the US jobs report and although payrolls was much less than expectations at 210K vs 550 estimate, there was nevertheless some underlying strength.  Prior month revisions

NEW DELHI: Gold prices were trading higher on Friday, but were set for a third weekly fall, weighed down by hawkish signals from the Federal Reserve officials. The central bank hinted that it could end its pandemic-era asset purchases and raise interest rates faster than expected to combat surging inflation. Reduced stimulus and interest rate

Overall market sentiment is stable, with major Asian indexes mixed, following the recovery in US stocks overnight. Yen and Dollar soften slightly after turning into consolidations, but Swiss Franc is still strong. Commodity currencies are mixed with no follow through buying with the current rebound attempt. In other markets, Gold is struggling in tight range

Forex news for Asia trading on Tuesday 30 November 2021 The USD was weaker across much of the major FX board with AUD, EUR, NZD, GBP all up. USD/JPY has been more mixed and as I post is little net changed on the session. The dissipation of Omricon fears continued during the Asia session, but

New Delhi: Gold in the national capital on Thursday rose by Rs 65 to Rs 46,012 per 10 gram in line with a jump in international precious metal prices, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had settled at Rs 45,947 per 10 gram. Silver also gained Rs 490 to Rs

Risk-aversion dominates Asian markets today as new coronavirus variant sinks investor sentiment. Australian Dollar is leading other commodity currencies lower. Yen and Swiss Franc surge sharply, followed by Euro and Dollar. Overall, it’s flight to safety. The question now is, whether Aussie or Kiwi would eventually end as the worst performing one for the week,

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SINGAPORE: prices slid more than 1% on Friday on concerns that a global supply surplus could swell in the first quarter following a coordinated release of crude reserves among major consumers, led by the United States. Brent crude futures extended declines for a third session, falling 96 cents, or 1.2%, to $81.26 a barrel by

The forex markets are generally staying in tight range in Asian session, digesting last week’s moves. Euro remains generally soft and looks vulnerable to extend the near term decline, in particular against commodity currencies and Yen. Sterling is so far resilient, awaiting more BoE officials to speak up their mind regarding the chance of an

Forex news for Asia trading on Monday 22 November 2021 Oil news – Japan reserves (read from the bottom up for chronology): Yuan news: Other: While the forex space was fairly sedate to open the week crypto was more active. BTC/USD traded up to US$60K over the weekend but has since given back some ground

South China Sea coast from Ho Chi Minh City sit giant mounds of raw metal shrouded in black tarpaulin. Stretching a kilometer in length, the much-coveted hoard could be worth about $5 billion at current prices. In the esoteric world of aluminum, those in the know say the stockpile in Vietnam is the biggest they

New Zealand Dollar trades mildly higher today, after an RBNZ survey shows firm expectation of more rate hike ahead. On the other hand, Canadian Dollar weakens broadly as WTI crude oil’s pull back extends below a near term support level. Overall, Sterling and Dollar remain the strongest ones for the week. Euro is recovering slightly

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New Delhi: Gold in the national capital on Wednesday declined by Rs 402 to Rs 48,116 per 10 gram, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had settled at Rs 48,518 per 10 gram. Silver also dipped Rs 528 to Rs 65,218 per kilogram from Rs 65,746 per kilogram in the

Traders added to the bet of a June rate hike by Fed after stronger consumer inflation reading. Dollar surged across the board with Dollar index taking out an important fibonacci level. Benchmark currency yields staged a strong rebound. But stocks were very resilient despite intensify speculation of an early Fed hike and rising yields. Gold

Forex news for North American trade on November 12, 2021: Markets: Gold up $3 to $1865 US 10-year yields up 2 bps to 1.57% WTI crude oil down 78-cents to $80.81 S&P 500 up 32 points to 4681 AUD leads, EUR lags The UMich survey has a spotty recent history but a 10-year low is