European Shares Stocks traded sideways, flirting with their opening level in Europe on Wednesday, as investors brace for today’s FOMC meeting. While Fed chairman, Jerome Powell, is widely expected to announce an historical 50-basis point rate hike in the end of the afternoon, investors will scrutinize his speech, looking for more clues on tapering and…
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Gold Gold prices remain under pressure during early Tuesday trading, close to the multi-week minimums reached during the previous session. Despite the precious metal’s role as a hedge against inflation and haven during times of geopolitical instability - two factors that remain very much in the picture - gold prices remain subdued as the dollar…
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However, the rand has remained strong in the last few weeks as the South African Reserve Bank also appears to be in a cycle of tightening. On the whole, the outlook for South Africa’s economy seems to be stronger now than it was at the start of 2022: prices of important commodities, key to South…
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Oil WTI crude oil prices hedged down during early Thursday trading, following the release of US stocks, which read above expectations. The market was less active than usual, due to the long weekend in Europe, America and most of Asia, with the reduction in the number of active buyers also contributing to the easing in…
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The technical picture remains unambiguously negative, with a fresh two-year closing low of $1.0825 on Tuesday. The next key support is the psychological area of $1.07 near the 100% Fibonacci retracement, i.e. full retracement of all the euro’s gains since March 2020. To the upside, any possible bounce in the next few weeks would probably…
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Gold Gold prices are flat during early European trading, following Tuesday’s rise which reached the highest level since mid-March. Gold’s gains came as US yields eased down, following the release of US inflation data, which despite reaching a fresh 40-year high, also gave signs that it may have peaked. The markets have been pricing-in the…
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European shares Stock benchmarks opened without clear direction while market volatility was on the rise on Monday as investors digested a batch of mixed economic news from different regions. Despite positive CPI data that topped estimates in China overnight, the Asian trading session was marked by lingering worries regarding the Covid resurgence in the area…
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European shares European shares climbed on Friday, alongside US Futures contracts, paring some of Thursday’s losses as market sentiment improved for the last trading session of the week. All European benchmarks were in the green on Friday morning, with the best performances brought by Athens, Milan, and Paris, mostly due to energy shares as investors…
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Gold Gold prices are almost flat during early Thursday trading, remaining within the same narrow range of the last few weeks. The value of the precious metal has been determined by the countering forces of, on one side, the geopolitical risk generated by the war in Ukraine, which enhances gold’s haven appeal, and the increasingly…
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European shares European shares followed the global “risk-off” trend on Wednesday with all benchmarks drifting lower from Frankfurt to Lisbon, as monetary policies and growth expectations keep on pressuring market sentiment. Today will be a key day for both stock and currency traders with the release of the minutes of the last FOMC meeting. While…
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