Gold price builds on Monday's gains and rises toward $2,630 as risk-aversion grips markets amid intensifying geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Meanwhile, the 10-year US Treasury bond yield is down more than 1% on the day, further supporting XAU/USD. GOLD Buy NOW 2630 TP 2635 TP 2640 TP 2645 TP 2650 TP. 2660 SL 2610 100% CONFIRM...
GBP/USD declines toward 1.2650, erases UK CPI-led gains GBP/USD loses its traction and retreats toward 1.2650 on Wednesday. Although the stronger-than-expected inflation data from the UK helped Pound Sterling gather strength, the risk-averse market atmosphere caused the pair to reverse its direction. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) indicator on the 4-hour chart...
The Japanese Yen (JPY) extends its steady intraday descent against its American counterpart, pushing the USD/JPY pair to a fresh weekly top, closer to mid-155.00s heading into the European session on Wednesday. This comes on the back of the previous day's turnaround and supports prospects for a further JPY depreciation on the back of the uncertainty over the...
West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US crude oil benchmark, is trading around $69.30 on Wednesday. The WTI price trades flat after Ukraine used US ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory for the first time. On Tuesday, Russia’s defense ministry said that Ukraine hit a facility in the Bryansk region with six ATACAMS missiles. In response, Russian President...
The US Dollar (USD) holds ground at rather elevated levels on Monday with a very calm start of the week, with the US Dollar Index (DXY), which gauges the Greenback’s value against six major currencies, slightly in the red near a fresh year-to-date high reached last Thursday above 106.50. The main driver for the currency on Monday is the green light from the Biden...
Gold price (XAU/USD) struggles to capitalize on its modest intraday gains to the $2,600 neighborhood, though it manages to hold in positive territory through the early part of the European session on Monday. Investors remain hopeful that US President-elect Donald Trump's touted expansionary policies will boost inflation and limit the scope for further interest...
Bitcoin prices have continued their impressive run today breaching the 90000 mark for the first time. The world’s largest cryptocurrency is now up around 30% since election day and a 121% YTD as the new generations ‘digital gold’ continues its ascent. The greed around crypto markets is evident at present, can you blame the hodlers? There does seem to be somewhat...
Gold extended its decline, breaking below a major trendline and reaching new lows in the $2,530s on Thursday, after a combination of higher US factory-gate inflation data, lower US unemployment claims data and upbeat commentary from Fed Chairman Powell. Gold bounces off its (blue) 100-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) and attempts a recovery. Still, the precious...
EUR/USD remains in positive ground on Friday, as profit-taking hit the US Dollar ahead of the weekend. Still, Powell's hawkish shift and upbeat United States data keeps the Greenback on the bullish pathFurther losses could see EUR/USD testing its 2024 low at 1.0495 (November 14), before the 2023 bottom at 1.0448 (October 3). On the upside, immediate resistance...