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ING’s Warren Patterson notes that ICE Brent has repeatedly dipped below $100/bbl but continues to settle above this level as the market weighs conflicting supply and geopolitical factors. Higher oil flows through the St…
The Euro has fallen to its weakest level in over seven months against the US dollar, slipping below 1.1440 on Friday amid fresh escalations in the US-Israel-Iran conflict, sending energy markets into turmoil. Brent crud…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) – the benchmark US Crude Oil price – attracts sellers for the second straight day on Monday and sticks to its intraday losses around the $89.00 mark through the early European session. The …
The Euro (EUR) underperforms its major currency peers at the start of the week, weighed down by increased fiscal risks in France amid surging costs on public finances and political instability.
The Japanese Yen (JPY) nurses marginal losses against the US Dollar (USD) on Monday but remains trading within previous ranges, with downside attempts limited as Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged to keep pu…
The EUR/GBP cross attracts some sellers to around 0.8475 during the early European trading hours on Monday. The Euro (EUR) softens against the British Pound (GBP) as fiscal concerns in France in the wake of a steep bond…
The USD/JPY pair kicks off the new week on a subdued note, stalling Friday's modest bounce from sub-157.00 levels, touched in reaction to the weak US employment details. Spot prices, however, remain confined in a famili…
The Indian Rupee (INR) trades marginally higher against the US Dollar (USD) after an extended weekend. Indian markets were closed on Friday due to Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti.
The AUD/USD pair edges higher to around 0.6955 during the earlyAsian session on Monday. Weaker-than-expected US jobs data weighs on the US Dollar (USD) against the Australian Dollar (AUD). Traders await the release of t…
The EUR/USD pair loses momentum to around 1.1245 during the early Asian session on Monday. The Euro (EUR) weakens against the US Dollar (USD) amid fears over France's shaky fiscal trajectory. The US ISM Services Purchas…
WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - FBI data allegedly stolen by the hacking group ShinyHunters carries granular detail about scores of bureau officials’ job assignments, including sensitive work against Chinese spies, Russ…
Crude oil exports from the Middle East exceeded pre-war levels in four of the seven days of the final week of September despite attacks on vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, according to provisional data from…
Bank of Japan (BoJ) Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida said on Monday that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a major focus among central banks, including at BoJ monetary policy meetings.
Iran's rial fell to new record lows on Saturday, with the euro crossing 3 million rials for the first time and the US dollar hovering around 2.7 million rials on the open market.
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The Mexican Peso (MXN) recovers some ground versus the US Dollar (USD) on Friday, gaining 0.5%, but it remains poised to end the week with a 3% loss as investors exit the 'carry trade' amid a narrowing of the interest r…
Silver price retreats on Friday, dropping about 0.76% as US Treasury yields edged higher, capping US Dollar depreciation, while investors punished the Greenback following a soft US jobs report. The XAG/USD trades at $60…
Chicago Federal Reserve (Fed) President Austan Goolsbee said in an interview with Fox Business that the labor market is steady and that “the inflation side of the Fed’s job is more important.”
Gold prices dropped on Friday, with the yellow metal struggling to decisively break the $4,200 milestone. The precious metal is down nearly 1% as US Treasury yields edge higher following a less-than-stellar US employmen…
NZD/USD advances on Friday and trades around 0.5610 at the time of writing, up 0.12% on the day. The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) benefits mainly from the decline in the US Dollar (USD), which comes under pressure following…
The Pound Sterling (GBP) rises by over 0.41% against the US Dollar (USD) on Friday, as the US Unemployment Rate rises amid a worse-than-expected Nonfarm Payrolls report for September. At the time of writing, GBP/USD tra…
TD Securities' Macro Research’s FX team notes the softer US payrolls data is only marginally negative for the Dollar, with the labor market still described as buoyant and neither overheating nor deteriorating. They argu…
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