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daily market analysis
July 15, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daily market commentary: Gold is rising, continuing the momentum

GOLD Gold is rising, continuing the momentum of the previous session when the precious metal gained more than 1% following Jerome Powell’s testimony to Congress where he defended the continuation of the current Fed’s accommodative policies to support the economic recovery and described inflationary pressures as a temporary issue. Such remarks penalised the dollar, cancelling…

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July 14, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daily market commentary: Gold rose with its safe-haven appeal increasing as several countries in the APAC region continue to tighten restrictions

GOLD Gold rose during early Wednesday trading, with its safe-haven appeal increasing as investors reacted to news that several countries in the Asia-Pacific region continue to tighten restrictions in efforts to halt rising COVID cases. However, the precious metal’s gains were capped by the strengthening of the dollar, that followed the publication of US inflation…

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July 13, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Weekly forex data: inflation and retail sales in view

While a retest of the multi-year low around ¥6.36 doesn’t seem likely in the immediate future, a movement above the 200 SMA is also unfavourable. With no sign of saturation and the significant low quite close, consolidation with the value area between the 50 and 100 SMAs seems to be possible in the absence of…

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daily market analysis
July 13, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daily market commentary: Price gains for oil are likely to be capped by anxiety amongst investors due to the Covid Delta strain

OIL Oil traded higher during early Tuesday, with most of Monday’s losses already cancelled. The price of the barrel remains conditioned by tight supply, with the markets expecting a continuation of the declines in US crude stockpiles, which have been on a downward trend since February. However, further price gains for oil are likely to…

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July 09, 2021 BY Alan Sayer

Banks increase FX market share

The main reason for this was the impact of Covid-19 across the world. Because a large proportion of the population were in some form of lockdown, it meant that traditional trading wasn’t as viable. As such, traders with a superior technological platform saw a sharp increase in their own FX trading volume. There were none…

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daily market analysis
July 09, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daily market commentary: Bullion’s trend continued to slow-down as the “risk-on” mood remained

GOLD Bullion’s trend continued to slow-down for the end of the week as the “risk-on” mood remained, and the US dollar stayed flat. Technically speaking, the bullish break-out registered on Tuesday remains valid despite the lack of directionality of the end of the week, due to lingering uncertainty over many asset classes. Indeed, investors have…

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