What™s bad for trade is good for gold. The yellow metal found favor again with haven investors on Monday, flirting with the key bullish level of $1,500 per ounce, on news of fresh troubles in U.S.-China trade negotiations. Gold rebounded after a Bloomberg report that China had more demands from the Trump Administration over tariffs and wanted more talks to reach a trade deal. The Chinese stance appeared to contradict the U.S. president™s contention on Friday that the two sides were closer...
Shares rallied on Monday in Hong Kong after China and the United States announced a partial trade deal that eased tensions between the economic superpowers. The Hang Seng Index jumped 0.81 percent, or 213.41 points, to 26,521.85, marking a third straight advance. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index climbed 1.15 percent, or 34.22 points, to 3,007.88, while the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second exchange, jumped 1.43 percent, or 23.37 points, to...
Wall Street edged lower on Monday as uncertainties following recent U.S.-China trade negotiations clouded sentiment and investors turned their focus on the third-quarter earnings season, which begins in earnest on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 29.97 points, or 0.11%, to 26,786.62, the S&P 500 lost 4.07 points, or 0.14%, to 2,966.2 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 8.39 points, or 0.1%, to 8,048.65. Source : Reuters
Gold futures rose Monday, looking to post their first gain in three sessions, finding support as the so-called ''phase one'' of the U.S.-China trade deal reportedly hit a snag and after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced last week that it will start expanding its balance sheet next week. On Comex, December gold climbed by $5.70, or 0.4%, to $1,494.40 an ounce. On Friday, it posted its lowest finish month to date and the most-active futures contract lost 1.6%. December silver added 10.6...
One session is all it took for the optimism over U.S.-China trade talks to turn into pessimism. Crude oil prices settled down 2% on Monday after a Bloomberg report that China had more demands from the Trump Administration over tariffs and wanted more talks to reach a trade deal. That contrasted with the U.S. president™s contention that the two sides were closer to an agreement. Just on Friday, U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude U.K. Brent oil settled up more than 2% each, finishing last...
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
A key measure of U.S. consumer prices rose by less than expected in September as used-car costs fell by the most in a year, likely bolstering the case for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates for...
The UK GDP monthly release showed 0.1% contraction in August versus 0.0% expected and +0.4% previous. Meanwhile, Index of services (August) arrived at +0.4% 3m/3m vs. +0.1% expected and +0.3% last. ...
U.S. private hiring was less than forecast in September as wage gains cooled, offering a warning that the record-long expansion may be starting to falter even as the jobless rate fell to a half-centur...
Service-oriented companies that employ the vast majority of Americans registered the weakest growth in September in three years, adding to a cacaphony of reports showing a broad slowdown in the U.S. e...
U.S. private sector hiring slowed more than expected in September a report by a payrolls processor ADP showed Wednesday. Private sector payrolls increased by 135,000, vs 140,000 forecast, prior month...
What™s bad for trade is good for gold. The yellow metal found favor again with haven investors on Monday, flirting with the key bullish level of $1,500 per ounce, on news of fresh troubles in U.S.-China trade negotiations. Gold rebounded after a Bloomberg report that China had more demands from the Trump Administration over tariffs and wanted more talks to reach a trade deal. The Chinese stance appeared to contradict the U.S. president™s contention on Friday that the two sides were closer...
Shares rallied on Monday in Hong Kong after China and the United States announced a partial trade deal that eased tensions between the economic superpowers. The Hang Seng Index jumped 0.81 percent, or 213.41 points, to 26,521.85, marking a third straight advance. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index climbed 1.15 percent, or 34.22 points, to 3,007.88, while the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China's second exchange, jumped 1.43 percent, or 23.37 points, to...
Wall Street edged lower on Monday as uncertainties following recent U.S.-China trade negotiations clouded sentiment and investors turned their focus on the third-quarter earnings season, which begins in earnest on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 29.97 points, or 0.11%, to 26,786.62, the S&P 500 lost 4.07 points, or 0.14%, to 2,966.2 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 8.39 points, or 0.1%, to 8,048.65. Source : Reuters
Gold futures rose Monday, looking to post their first gain in three sessions, finding support as the so-called ''phase one'' of the U.S.-China trade deal reportedly hit a snag and after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced last week that it will start expanding its balance sheet next week. On Comex, December gold climbed by $5.70, or 0.4%, to $1,494.40 an ounce. On Friday, it posted its lowest finish month to date and the most-active futures contract lost 1.6%. December silver added 10.6...
One session is all it took for the optimism over U.S.-China trade talks to turn into pessimism. Crude oil prices settled down 2% on Monday after a Bloomberg report that China had more demands from the Trump Administration over tariffs and wanted more talks to reach a trade deal. That contrasted with the U.S. president™s contention that the two sides were closer to an agreement. Just on Friday, U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude U.K. Brent oil settled up more than 2% each, finishing last...