As US session gets underway, Dollar is declining broadly, influenced by a series of lackluster economic reports. US GDP growth for Q3 was revised downward to annualized rate of 4.9% in the final estimate. Additionally, Philadelphia Fed business outlook survey for December showed a drop from -5.9 to -10.5, signaling deeper contraction in regional manufacturing
Month: December 2023
The U.K. and Switzerland are deepening the ties between their financial services sectors with a new post-Brexit deal. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. and Switzerland on Thursday will sign a post-Brexit financial services deal designed to bring two of Europe’s largest banking centers closer together. British Finance Minister Jeremy
In this article FDX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A FedEx plane lands at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in Shanghai on April 27, 2023. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images FedEx shares tumbled 8% in after-hours trading Tuesday after the package delivery giant lowered its revenue forecast as weaker demand hit sales.
The AUDUSD moved sharply higher the last two days and in the process moved above the 50% of the 2023 range at 0.67134 on both trading days. Both days also stalled at 0.6728. Buyers of the shot on a number of attempts above the 50% midpoint, and each time they missed. On the downside, the
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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set Monday, December 18 as the date for premature redemption of SGB 2017-18 Series XII of the sovereign gold bond. The price for premature redemption is Rs 6,199 per gram. Premature redemption in the SGB scheme is permitted after the completion of the fifth year from the date of
Share: USD/JPY is down almost 2% from Monday’s opening bids. A pivot from the Fed saw the US Dollar decline sharply across the broader forex market. Next week pits the BoJ’s last rate call of the year against US GDP & PCE figures. The USD/JPY wrapped up the trading week struggling to develop momentum in
The financial markets concluded last week on a robust risk-on sentiment, driven primarily by the flurry of central bank activities. The stock markets, in particular, resonated with a bullish tone, cementing their position after Fed’s dovish shift. This sentiment propelled key indices like the DOW, DAX, and CAC to new record highs. Despite a mild
Consumers showed unexpected strength in November, giving a solid start to the holiday season as inflation showed signs of continued easing. Retail sales rose 0.3% in November, stronger than the 0.2% decline in October and better than the Dow Jones estimate for a decrease of 0.1%, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. The total is adjusted
In this article DRI Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An Olive Garden restaurant in Fremont, California, US, on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Darden Restaurants Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on September 21. Bloomberg | Getty Images Darden Restaurants on Friday reported quarterly earnings that beat expectations and raised its annual guidance, helped
US 2 year yield is trading at lowest level since June The US 2-year yield is now down -29 basis points at 4.439%. That is the lowest level since June and the largest one-day decline since March. Looking at the daily chart the prices approaching its 50% midpoint of the move up from the March
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BEIJING – Oil prices consolidated losses on Wednesday in Asian trade, after falling by more than 3% to six-month lows in the previous session on oversupply and demand concerns. Brent crude futures for February inched down 1 cent to $73.23 a barrel by 0207 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures for January dropped 2
Share: Kit Juckes, Chief Global FX Strategist at Société Générale, analyzes the sequencing and extent of easing to come by the Federal, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank. Fed to ease before the BoE or the ECB The market prices the ECB cutting before the Fed, which cuts before the UK MPC.
The currency markets are currently in a state of anticipation, with Dollar trading within familiar range as investors await FOMC rate decision. The critical question facing the markets is whether Fed will signal the pace of rate cuts in its updated dot plot. In September, the median projection indicated the federal funds rate would remain
Wholesale prices were flat in November, providing a leading indicator that inflation is easing, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. The producer price index, which measures a broad range of prices on final demand items, was unchanged for the month, following a 0.4% decrease in October but less than the Dow Jones estimate for a 0.1%
In this article ORCL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Larry Ellison, co-founder and executive chairman of Oracle Corp., speaks during the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Oct. 22, 2018. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oracle shares dropped more than 9% in extended trading Monday after the software company reported
The price of WTI crude oil futures are settling the week at $71.23. That’s up $1.89 or 2.73%. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday saw the price tumble from Friday’s close of $74.07 to a low-price reached yesterday (before rebounding) at $68.80. The rebound today retraced some of the declines. However, for the week, the price is