Gold (XAU/USD) trades under pressure on Thursday after hitting a fresh two-month high of $4,449 during Asian trading hours. The metal fails to capitalise on softer-than-expected US Producer Price Index (PPI) data, even …
Deutsche Bank strategists highlight that the S&P 500 closed just below its record high as US CPI data reduced urgency for further Federal Reserve hikes. Front-end Treasuries rallied and semiconductor strength supported …
United Overseas Bank’s (UOB) Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann note GBP/USD briefly traded above 1.3535 to 1.3540 before slipping back to close at 1.3496. Intraday, the pair is seen range-trading between 1.3475 and 1.3525.…
The action in financial markets remains relatively subdued early Thursday, with major currency pairs fluctuating within their narrow weekly ranges. In the second half of the day, weekly Initial Jobless Claims and Produc…
BNY’s Geoff Yu argues that the July Fed meeting marked a peak in Dollar dehedging rather than an end to U.S. exceptionalism. Cross-border investors are rebuilding USD hedges, reducing effective unhedged U.S. exposure wh…
TD Securities’ Bart Melek notes Gold extended gains after the July Consumer Price Index (CPI) matched expectations, reinforcing a dovish narrative around Fed Chair Warsh. With prices near $4,434/oz and resistance just b…
USD/IDR gains ground for the third consecutive day, trading around 17,920 during the early European hours on Thursday. The pair appreciates as the US Dollar (USD) recovers its daily losses amid escalating geopolitical t…
The USD/CAD pair builds on the previous day's bounce from the 1.3900 neighborhood, or a two-month low, and gains follow-through positive traction for the second straight day on Thursday. The momentum lifts spot prices t…
Geoff Yu at BNY says a less hawkish Fed has weakened the Dollar, but this has not translated into a broad commodity rally. Institutional investors remain sellers of metals and miners, while EM commodity sovereign debt c…
The GBP/JPY holds firm on Wednesday at around 215.00, as neither buyers nor sellers are reluctant to open fresh directional bets amid fears of renewed intervention in the FX markets by US and Japanese authorities to pro…
Sterling spent the London morning building a case for a break and the rest of the session dismantling it, trading near 1.3495 after a high just short of 1.3550 and a loss of not quite a tenth of a percent. The mid-July …
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Assistant Governor Chris Kent said on Thursday that interest rate hikes are producing the expected effect.
The United States (US) and Iran remain at loggerheads over efforts to agree a permanent end to the war in the Middle East, Reuters reported on Wednesday. A senior Iranian source said that there had been no progress in …
Gold price (XAU/USD) declines to around $4,400 during the early Asian session on Thursday, pressured by escalating geopolitical tensions between the United States (US) and Iran. However, the potential downside for the p…
The Dollar has spent Wednesday grinding higher against the Yen with no headline to carry it, trading near 159.50 after a low just beneath 158.60 and a gain of under a tenth of a percent. Close to two Yen have been added…
DBS Group Research’s Radhika Rao reports that Indonesia’s onshore markets welcomed President Prabowo’s nomination of Deputy Governor Destry Damayanti as the next Bank Indonesia Governor. She stresses that an experienced…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Oil trades in a narrow range on Wednesday as traders weigh a sharp rise in US crude inventories against persistent supply risks in the Middle East. At the time of writing, WTI trades around…
NZD/USD retreats to around 0.5865 on Wednesday at the time of writing, down 0.25% on the day. The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) remains under pressure against the US Dollar (USD), while inflation data from the United States …
The July Consumer Price Index (CPI) landed at 12:30 GMT on every line the consensus had written for it, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) has spent the hours since handing back the few minutes of enthusiasm th…
The Pound Sterling (GBP) holds firm within familiar levels on Wednesday after the US inflation report was in line with estimates, a relief for the Federal Reserve (Fed), which is laser-focused on tackling higher prices.…
AUD/USD is trading near the 0.7070 zone, holding onto a minority of Wednesday's gains after the pair touched a session high near 0.7090.
BNY notes Crude Oil prices remain elevated as doubts over a US–Iran deal heighten supply concerns. The International Energy Agency (IEA) reports global Oil markets tightened further in July, with demand, supply, refinin…
Chris Turner at ING notes EUR/USD remains lacklustre despite better Eurozone data and upside surprises, as high European natural gas prices and Gulf tensions weigh on the Euro. He argues that a soft US CPI print could a…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) US Oil reverses lower on Wednesday and trades around $81.60 at the time of writing, down 0.77% on the day.