The trading week started on a mostly positive note, despite the growing tensions between the US and China, rising political unrest in the US following George Floyd’s death and mounting pressure from Facebook employees on company’s inaction faced with President Trump’s comments...
WTI crude sputters following the surprise buildup in US oil inventories last week. The latest EIA data showed that the US stockpiles increased by 7.9 million barrels last week, versus a 2.5-mio barrel decrease penciled in by analysts, denting the appetite on lower-supply / better-demand dynamic...
The US stock indices turned negative in Thursday’s session as the rising tensions around Hong Kong’s new national security law and Donald Trump’s attacks on social media companies led to some profit taking after American stocks advanced to highest levels in almost three months...
The US dollar is weaker across the board on the back of a resilient risk appetite, but a worse than expected US GDP read could change the appetite for dollar. Demand in other safe haven assets, such as US treasuries and gold, remains solid...
US equities remained resilient to escalating US-China tensions, but trading was mixed in Asia. The Nikkei (+1.00%) and ASX (+1.40%) extended gains, while Shanghai’s Composite (-0.35%) and Hang Seng (-1...
US equities followed up on Asian and European gains on Tuesday. Major US indices rallied to highest levels since March. The S&P500 (+1.23%) traded above the 3000 mark, but closed a touch below this level...
Released this morning, the Gfk German consumer climate printed a slightly lower figure than expected in June, but the kneejerk retreat in the euro remained almost imperceptible. The single currency is capable of pulling out 1...
Asian equities gained as investors shrugged off worries regarding the escalating US-China tensions and raised their hopes on a potential Covid vaccine proposed by the American biotech company Novavax, which has just started human tests. The Nikkei and ASX 200 rallied 2.63% and 2.32% respectively...
Gold remains bid near the $1725 per ounce, as investors believe that the upside potential could be unlocked with a renewed landslide across global equities. Yet, anything less than a sizeable and durable risk sell-off should maintain the top-sellers in place approaching the $1750 mark...
Indeed, speculations of further stimulus actions from the Bank of England are rising after the batch of negative releases that started this week. Attention to labor data was not much on the unemployment rate for March, which held at 3...
The lack of positive catalysts finally seems to get the final word following the impressive bullish rebound seen on Monday globally...
What's the CAD (Canadian Greenback )? CAD, nicknamed the "loonie", is the forex abbreviation or forex image used to indicate the Canadian greenback...
So far, there is little evidence that a V-shaped recovery should be favored, as market outperformance is still being driven by a small number of stocks (i.e. technology and healthcare sectors...
Markets appear losing steam following yesterday’s gains motivated by Fed Chairman Powell comment that monetary stimulus is still on the table as well as headlines concerning the potential discovery of a vaccine by Moderna Inc that could create an immune-system response in the body, bringing extra...
Optimism over warm weather supporting the gradual return to normal activities following a more than two-month lockdown period globally holds equities in demand as commodity currencies hold to their gains with oil prices climbing above $30 for the first time since mid-March 2020 on hope of growing...
In the foreign exchange markets, the US dollar index consolidates above the 100 mark on firm safe haven demand. The US treasury yields retreat as investors continue piling into less risky US debt, despite the uptick in equities – a proof that the risk appetite remains brittle...
US equities rebounded; the Dow (+1.62%) and the S&P500 (+1.15%) gained on Thursday, as bank stocks rallied 2.64% as the Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell talked down the possibility of negative rates for the moment. Nasdaq advanced 0.91...
The global risk sell-off is picking up momentum on worries that the post-coronavirus economic recovery may be bumpy due to renewed contagion waves and that the tensions between the US and China could further dent the world economy from gaining a healthy pace of recovery...
