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BNY’s Geoff Yu notes that Iran’s signals of continued military response alongside active mediation keep the Middle East conflict in a managed but unstable phase. This backdrop leaves Oil prices higher after recent strik…
OCBC strategists Sim Moh Siong and Christopher Wong argue recent British Pound (GBP) strength looks stretched as markets price in fiscal discipline from the new UK government under Andy Burnham. They note OECD warnings …
The US stock market surge today is not just about one earnings beat or one piece of economic data. It is the product of a very strange, very specific moment in financial history — where geopolitical chaos, an oil shock,…
USD/CAD edges higher on Monday as softer-than-expected Canadian inflation data and a firmer US Dollar (USD) weigh on the Canadian Dollar (CAD), while tensions in the Middle East keep financial markets volatile. At the t…
TD Securities expects the Federal Reserve to keep the Fed funds rate unchanged through 2026, as inflation stays above target and the labor market stabilizes. The bank notes a mixed Fedspeak backdrop, a blurrier reaction…
NZD/USD moves higher on Monday and trades around 0.5850 at the time of writing, up 0.14% on the day, as the US Dollar (USD) weakens following the latest US inflation data. Investors have scaled back expectations of furt…
July 17 (Reuters) - Railpen, the largest shareholder in Britain's IP Group, said on Friday it has made a sweetened takeover offer for the early-stage science investor, nearly a month after IP Group rejected an earlier a…
Gold (XAU/USD) shows marginal gains on Monday, as the US Dollar recovery stalled and Oil prices pulled back from highs. The precious metal remains capped below a descending trendline resistance, but downside attempts re…
GBP/JPY wavers around 218.50, with bears contained above previous highs at 218.00.
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad expects Japan’s June Consumer Price Index (CPI) to edge higher across headline and core measures, with core ex fresh food and energy steady at 1.8%. Swaps discount a 25 bps B…
Commerzbank’s Thu Lan Nguyen expects EUR/USD to see limited drivers from United States (US) data or Federal Reserve (Fed) communication this week, putting focus on the European Central Bank (ECB). With markets already p…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) US Oil trades around $81.30 on Monday at the time of writing, down 0.54% on the day as investors take some profits following the commodity's sharp rally in recent weeks. Despite the modest …
Oil prices climb higher at the beginning of the week as there are no signs of a de-escalation of the crisis in the Middle East. In the second half of the day, Statistics Canada will publish the Consumer Price Index (CPI…
EUR/CAD remains in negative territory after paring daily losses, trading around 1.6030 during the early European hours on Monday. The currency cross depreciates as the Euro (EUR) struggles following the release of Germa…
Silver (XAG/USD) sticks to its modest intraday gains during the early European session on Monday and currently trades just below the $57.00 mark, up over 1.50% for the day. The white metal, however, remains within strik…
Societe Generale technical analysts highlight that USD/CAD failed to sustain a break above 1.4130, triggering a deeper pullback. The pair is drifting towards the 50-DMA and March peak near 1.3970, seen as key support. A…
The Australian Dollar (AUD) trades 0.12% higher to near 0.6995 against the US Dollar (USD) during the Asian trading session on Monday. The AUD/USD pair bounces back after a weak opening, as the US Dollar faces selling p…
Silver price (XAG/USD) gains ground for the second successive day, trading around $56.80 per troy ounce during the Asian hours on Monday. However, the non-interest-bearing white metal could face tough sledding ahead as …
The USD/JPY pair seesaws between tepid gains/minor losses during the Asian session on Monday and currently trades just below mid-162.00s amid relatively thin liquidity on the back of a holiday in Japan. Nevertheless, sp…
US President Donald Trump said that the latest US strikes on Iran were being carried out in honour of US service members killed in recent days, the Guardian reported on Monday.
Amid a nationwide rise in cases of cyclosporiasis — the illness caused by the “explosive diarrhea” parasite — officials have identified one possible source of an outbreak spanning Michigan and several other states.
NZD/USD remains in negative territory for the third consecutive day, trading around 0.5840 during the Asian hours on Monday. The pair holds losses as the New Zealand Dollar (NZD) remains subdued after the People’s Bank …
The USD/CAD pair extends its downside to near 1.4005 during the Asian trading hours on Monday. Rising crude oil prices provide some support to the commodity-linked Canadian Dollar (CAD) against the US Dollar (USD). Trad…
The United States (US) has launched the ninth night of Iran strikes. Washington said that airstrikes on Sunday aimed to "punish" Iran over the first US military deaths since renewed hostilities with Tehran, Bloomberg re…
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