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Middle Eastern media citing the Financial Times Saudi Arabia plans to continue its Opec+ partnership with Russia despite western pressure on Moscow and a potential EU ban on Russian oil imports. Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, the energy minister, told the Financial Times that Riyadh was hoping “to work out an agreement with Opec+ . . . which includes Russia”,

Incumbent Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceded defeat Saturday evening. His LNP coalition lost 20 seats, including several high profile MPs. Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg lost his seat, a seat held by the conservatives for generations; for 120+ years up until Saturday. Frydenberg lost to an independent. Labor leader Anthony Albanese will form a new Australian

Russia has banned nearly 1,000 Americans, including President Biden, Vice President Harris, and many others from the US administration, from entering the country. This comes in response to the US support of Ukraine. From a Foreign Ministry news release: “In the context of response to the constantly imposed anti-Russian sanctions by the United States and

It was another roller-coaster week. Swiss Franc ended as the strongest one after SNB Chairman Thomas Jordan surprisingly said it’s ready to act if inflation solidified. But it should reminded that he reiterated the readiness on intervention too. Euro was somewhat pressured due to selling in crosses. Dollar, Canadian and Yen were the worst performing

There’s a consistent theme of US dollar weakness across the board this week. That goes along with falling yields and rising gold. It’s a picture that looks more like a broader turn than anything we’re seeing in the stock market, though some of the strength into Friday’s close is promising. I’m not a fan of

SINGAPORE – Oil prices rose more than $1 a barrel in early Asian trade on Wednesday on hopes of demand recovery in China as the country gradually eases some of its strict COVID-19 containment measures. Brent crude futures were up $1.15, or 1.0%, at $113.08 a barrel at 0042 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate

Markets: Gold up $3 to $1844 US 10-year yields down 7 bps to 2.79% WTI crude oil up 95-cents to $110.83 S&P 500 up 0.1% Nasdaq -0.3% NZD leads, EUR lags The weekly decline in the S&P 500 was the seventh in a row, which is the longest streak since 2001. The worst-ever streaks were

Gold prices were flat on Thursday, as an elevated dollar weighed on greenback-priced bullion and countered support from lower Treasury yields, with the metal’s outlook already dulled by an aggressive Federal Reserve stance on inflation. FUNDAMENTALSSpot gold held its ground at $1,816.63 per ounce at 0047 GMT. U.S. gold futures edged 0.1% lower to $1,814.10.

The forex markets are treading water today. Sentiments were lifted by China’s rate cut. UK retail sales came in stronger than expected. ECB officials continued to talk up the prospect of a July hike. But none of these triggered any meaningful moves in the markets. For the week, Swiss Franc is still the best performer,

From earlier this week: It seems like we might have found the line where Chinese authorities are comfortable drawing for now and that seems to be around 6.80 as the yuan battles back this week, poised for its strongest weekly showing since 2005 – when China de-pegged the yuan from the dollar. That may be

TOKYO – Oil prices rose on Thursday, recovering from early losses, as lingering fears over tight global supplies outweighed fears over slower economic growth as highlighted by slumping global shares. Brent crude futures for July were up 97 cents, or 0.9%, at $110.08 a barrel at 0220 GMT, after falling by more than $1 earlier

Dollar and Yen traded with an undertone in Asian session today but Aussie is also mildly weaker. On the other hand, Swiss Franc is the stronger one, followed by Kiwi and Canadian. Sterling is treading water despite strong UK retail sales data. Swiss Franc is staying at the winner for the week, on talks that

The USD was the weakest of the major currencies today. The CHF was the strongest. The strongest to weakest of the major currencies The declines in the greenback were supported by the US yields which moved lower (and are well off their recent cycle highs). Admittedly, the yields are off the lows for the day

Gold and silver have witnessed a sharp rally following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But the prices soon cooled off as a firm US dollar and upside in bond yield eroded the bullion’s sheen. Currently, gold is down 10 per cent from its record peak, having breached the Rs 50,000 mark on . Against the backdrop

Risk aversion is once again a clear main theme of the day, with European indexes in deep red while US futures point to extended selloff. Safe-haven flows are also pushing benchmark global yields lower, with Germany 10-year yield back at 0.9% while US 10-year yield is back below 2.8%. Swiss Franc is the overwhelming winner

NEW DELHI: Gold prices were trading flat with a negative bias on Thursday as steady US dollar and elevated Treasury yields weighed on greenback-priced bullion. Gold’s performance and outlook have also been under the cloud amid aggressive Fed monetary policy stance on rate hikes as the bank pushes to rein in soaring inflation. Gold futures

The franc is starting to gather some solid momentum in the past few sessions, helped by the more dour risk sentiment in trading yesterday – which seems to be continuing to today – and also from a subtle nudge by the SNB in viewing the inflation situation in Switzerland. On the latter, SNB chief Thomas

Markets are back in risk-off mode as down dropped more than -1100 pts overnight. Dollar and Yen tried to rebound but there was no follow through buying. Indeed, both remain the worst performing ones for the week. Instead, safe-haven flow seems to be benefiting Swiss Franc more this time. Franc is also helped by buying