Gold rose on Tuesday, with prices finding support after posting two consecutive sessions of losses. Traders eyed the potential for a U.S.-China trade deal and awaited the outcome of the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting, which ends Wednesday. February gold lost $3.20, or 0.2%, to settle at $1,468.10 an ounce. Source: marketwatch
Gold futures settled higher on Wednesday, then inched lower in electronic trading after the Federal Reserve held a key U.S. interest rate steady at a range of 1.5% to 1.75%, as expected. Following the Fed news, which came after gold futures settled, February gold was at $1,473.10 an ounce in electronic trading. It had ended the session up $6.90, or 0.5%, at $1,475 an ounce. Source: Marketwatch
Oil prices inched up on Tuesday as OPEC™s deal with associated producers last week to deepen output cuts in 2020 continued to provide a floor for prices, but U.S.-China trade tensions clouded the demand outlook. Brent crude was up 7 cents to $64.32 a barrel, and West Texas Intermediate oil settled up 22 cents at $59.24 a barrel. The benchmarks fell 0.2% and 0.3% respectively on Monday. Last week, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and associated producers like Russia...
Gold prices rose again on Tuesday as fears spread that the U.S. and China won™t sign an interim trade deal before the next round of U.S. import tariffs kicks in on Sunday. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who already said last week that it would be better to postpone a trade deal with China until after next year™s election, told Fox Business News that it was more important to get a good deal than to get a quick one. Markets have taken the near-complete silence from Beijing and Washington...
Gold was trading in a tight range on Tuesday ahead of a two-day rate-setting meeting by the U.S. central bank, with investors awaiting clarity on whether a next round of U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods will come into effect this weekend. Spot gold was up 0.1% to $1,462.97 per ounce by 07:34 GMT. U.S. gold futures rose 0.2% to $1,467.30. Both the United States and China have adopted a reconciliatory tone, with China saying it hoped to make a deal as soon as possible. President Donald Trump has...
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Monday that the possibility of Britain leaving the European Union next month without a transition deal ranked as the riskiest Brexit scenario for the stability of the financial services industry.
œThe biggest issue from a financial stability perspective, from a market integrity perspective, from a continuity perspective, is a no-deal scenario by the end of March, Carney said at a news conference.
Brexit is scheduled to take place on March 29 and lawmakers in London have yet to approve a deal that would smooth Britain's departure from the EU, leaving open the prospect of a disorderly departure or a delay.
Source : Reuters
The euro zone economy has performed worse than expected in recent months and global uncertainty is weighing on economic sentiment, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said on Monday, repeatin...
Gold rose on Tuesday, with prices finding support after posting two consecutive sessions of losses. Traders eyed the potential for a U.S.-China trade deal and awaited the outcome of the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting, which ends Wednesday. February gold lost $3.20, or 0.2%, to settle at $1,468.10 an ounce. Source: marketwatch
Gold futures settled higher on Wednesday, then inched lower in electronic trading after the Federal Reserve held a key U.S. interest rate steady at a range of 1.5% to 1.75%, as expected. Following the Fed news, which came after gold futures settled, February gold was at $1,473.10 an ounce in electronic trading. It had ended the session up $6.90, or 0.5%, at $1,475 an ounce. Source: Marketwatch
Oil prices inched up on Tuesday as OPEC™s deal with associated producers last week to deepen output cuts in 2020 continued to provide a floor for prices, but U.S.-China trade tensions clouded the demand outlook. Brent crude was up 7 cents to $64.32 a barrel, and West Texas Intermediate oil settled up 22 cents at $59.24 a barrel. The benchmarks fell 0.2% and 0.3% respectively on Monday. Last week, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and associated producers like Russia...
Gold prices rose again on Tuesday as fears spread that the U.S. and China won™t sign an interim trade deal before the next round of U.S. import tariffs kicks in on Sunday. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who already said last week that it would be better to postpone a trade deal with China until after next year™s election, told Fox Business News that it was more important to get a good deal than to get a quick one. Markets have taken the near-complete silence from Beijing and Washington...
Gold was trading in a tight range on Tuesday ahead of a two-day rate-setting meeting by the U.S. central bank, with investors awaiting clarity on whether a next round of U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods will come into effect this weekend. Spot gold was up 0.1% to $1,462.97 per ounce by 07:34 GMT. U.S. gold futures rose 0.2% to $1,467.30. Both the United States and China have adopted a reconciliatory tone, with China saying it hoped to make a deal as soon as possible. President Donald Trump has...