EUROPEAN SHARES Uncertainty reigns on risky assets in the middle of the week as investors around the world are now torn between contrasting drivers. On the one hand traders know that the peak of the virus is likely to have passed and the end of the crisis may be in sight, paving the way for…
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UK STOCKS Investors are set for a trading day lacking any clear direction as most financial places around the world will be closed for Labour Day. However, there remains considerable volatility on UK stocks, which have had many drivers to shake their prices recently. From the reassuring news on the virus front to the mixed…
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Derek Sammann, Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Commodity and Options Products, CME Group commented: This time of unprecedented market conditions has led to growing demand for a broader range of delivery needs for our clients worldwide. By offering a choice of delivery sizes as well as inter-commodity spreads with our benchmark gold futures,…
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GOLD Volatility remains the dominant scenario on markets with gold proving no exception. The price jumped to $1,550, before collapsing again below $1,500. In this phase, we are seeing a positive (direct) correlation between stock markets and gold, which should not be a big surprise as every time there is a market sharp fall, many traders…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts prepared their daily commentary on traditional markets for March 17, 2020. This is not a trading advice. See details below: GOLD Despite the rebound of European stocks, gold is unable to sustain any solid recovery and is still trading below $1,500. Yesterday we had a first attempt at a recovery, as the…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts prepared their daily commentary on traditional markets for March 16, 2020. This is not a trading advice. See details below: GOLD The gold price jumped up to $1,570 on today’s open, far higher than Friday’s close, before returning to $1,535. Despite the huge liquidity that the Federal Reserve is splashing into markets,…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts prepared their daily commentary on traditional markets for March 6, 2020. This is not a trading advice. See details below: FOREX The dollar’s debacle continues, with losses of almost 3.5% in the last two weeks on the index that tracks the greenback's performance . The threat posed by coronavirus to the growth…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts prepared their daily commentary on traditional markets for March 5, 2020. This is not a trading advice. See details below: FOREX The US dollar is once again recording losses to other major currencies, especially in the case of the traditional safe haven yen, which traded at 107.27 versus the greenback during the…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts prepared their daily commentary on traditional markets for March 4, 2020. This is not a trading advice. See details below: FOREX Yesterday the dollar lost more than 1% to the Japanese yen, reflecting the Fed’s emergency rate cut of half a point, as well as a flight to safety with investors seeking…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts prepared their daily commentary on traditional markets for March 3, 2020. This is not a trading advice. See details below: FOREX The US Dollar Index gains of less than 0.1% during early Tuesday are modest but still remarkable when you consider the greenback’s losing streak of more than 2% over the previous…
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