Gold shrugged off earlier gains to fall on Wednesday, as a report suggesting progress on the U.S.-China trade negotiations rekindled risk appetite, while palladium notched up a fresh peak. Spot gold slipped 0.3% to $1,472.26 per ounce. Prices had hit $1,484 earlier in the session, their highest level since Nov. 7. U.S. gold futures settled down 0.3% at $1,480.2. Elsewhere, platinum fell nearly 1% to $901.38 an ounce, while palladium rose 0.6% to $1,866.63. Elsewhere, silver shed 1.9% to...
Gold futures finished higher Thursday, recouping much of the losses suffered a day earlier, as traders awaited monthly domestic employment data due at the end of the week, which may influence haven demand for the precious metal. Gold for February delivery on Comex added $2.90, or 0.2%, to settle at $1,483.10 an ounce, following a loss of 0.3% on Wednesday. March silver rose 14.3 cents, or 0.9%, to $17.059 an ounce, on the back of a 1.9% loss a day earlier. January platinum declined 0.1% to...
Oil held firm in Asian trading Thursday after surging on increasing optimism for a U.S.-China trade deal, a sharp drawdown in U.S. crude inventories, and as OPEC and its allies prepared to discuss extending or possibly deepening output limits. Futures in New York were little changed after surging 4.2% on Wednesday. The U.S. and China are moving closer to agreeing on the amount of tariffs that would be rolled back in a phase-one trade deal, people familiar with the talks said. That...
Hong Kong stocks tumbled Wednesday after Donald Trump poured cold water on trade talks with China, indicating a hoped-for phase-one agreement might not be concluded until after next year's presidential election. The Hang Seng index sank 1.25 per cent, or 328.74 points, to 26,062.56. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.23 per cent, or 6.58 points, to 2,878.12 but the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second exchange, rose 0.20 per cent, or 3.19 points, to...
The US ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI for the month of November printed a 53.9 reading, half a point below the consensus expectation. The service sector business survey adds to the bunch of negative releases coming from the United States this week, after disappointments from the ISM Manufacturing PMI and the ADP Employment Report. The US dollar extended its losses after the release, with EUR/USD touching 1.1110 before retracing back just below 1.11 and GBP/USD making new multi-month highs at...
The UK GDP first estimate showed that the GDP figures came in at 0.2% q/q in the fourth quarter of 2018, down from 0.6% seen in the third quarter, while matching the consensus forecasts.
While on an annualized basis, the UK economy™s growth rate arrived at 1.3% in Q4, missing the expectations of 1.4% while decelerating from a 1.5% previous figure.
Source: FXstreet
AUD's marathon of data for the week has continued today with the release of the October Retail Sales and Trade Balance. Note: Retail Sales was the main focus in these releases. The data arrived as f...
The US ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI for the month of November printed a 53.9 reading, half a point below the consensus expectation. The service sector business survey adds to the bunch of negative releas...
ADP's Employment Change figures for November came out at 67,000, well below expectations for an increase of 140,00. Moreover, October's figure was revised down to 121,000 from 125,000. Some suspect t...
Australia™s Q3 national accounts in the Gross Domestic Product has been released. Prior to the data, analysts at Westpac had noted that," growth over the year to Q2 was just 1.4%, the slowest pace ...
The Institute for Supply Management said its manufacturing index sank to 48.1% in November from 48.3% in October. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch had forecast the index to total 49.2%. Readings be...
Gold shrugged off earlier gains to fall on Wednesday, as a report suggesting progress on the U.S.-China trade negotiations rekindled risk appetite, while palladium notched up a fresh peak. Spot gold slipped 0.3% to $1,472.26 per ounce. Prices had hit $1,484 earlier in the session, their highest level since Nov. 7. U.S. gold futures settled down 0.3% at $1,480.2. Elsewhere, platinum fell nearly 1% to $901.38 an ounce, while palladium rose 0.6% to $1,866.63. Elsewhere, silver shed 1.9% to...
Gold futures finished higher Thursday, recouping much of the losses suffered a day earlier, as traders awaited monthly domestic employment data due at the end of the week, which may influence haven demand for the precious metal. Gold for February delivery on Comex added $2.90, or 0.2%, to settle at $1,483.10 an ounce, following a loss of 0.3% on Wednesday. March silver rose 14.3 cents, or 0.9%, to $17.059 an ounce, on the back of a 1.9% loss a day earlier. January platinum declined 0.1% to...
Oil held firm in Asian trading Thursday after surging on increasing optimism for a U.S.-China trade deal, a sharp drawdown in U.S. crude inventories, and as OPEC and its allies prepared to discuss extending or possibly deepening output limits. Futures in New York were little changed after surging 4.2% on Wednesday. The U.S. and China are moving closer to agreeing on the amount of tariffs that would be rolled back in a phase-one trade deal, people familiar with the talks said. That...
Hong Kong stocks tumbled Wednesday after Donald Trump poured cold water on trade talks with China, indicating a hoped-for phase-one agreement might not be concluded until after next year's presidential election. The Hang Seng index sank 1.25 per cent, or 328.74 points, to 26,062.56. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.23 per cent, or 6.58 points, to 2,878.12 but the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second exchange, rose 0.20 per cent, or 3.19 points, to...
The US ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI for the month of November printed a 53.9 reading, half a point below the consensus expectation. The service sector business survey adds to the bunch of negative releases coming from the United States this week, after disappointments from the ISM Manufacturing PMI and the ADP Employment Report. The US dollar extended its losses after the release, with EUR/USD touching 1.1110 before retracing back just below 1.11 and GBP/USD making new multi-month highs at...