Group says ‘time is right’ to move on VodafoneThree less than a year after combining, buying out CK Hutchison and bulking up in its home market. Management cites progress on synergies, but jury’s out on ‘success’ of mer…
Gold (XAU/USD) trades under pressure on Thursday after hitting a fresh two-month high of $4,449 during Asian trading hours. The metal fails to capitalise on softer-than-expected US Producer Price Index (PPI) data, even …
The PBoC will announce China's benchmark lending rates on Monday, after keeping them unchanged for 12 consecutive months, with the 1-year Loan Prime Rate at 3.00% and the 5-year Loan Prime Rate at 3.50%. The rates are u…
Richmond Federal Reserve (Fed) President Thomas Barkin highlighted on Thursday the persistent uncertainty surrounding the US inflation outlook and monetary policy. According to Reuters, Barkin said it remains an open qu…
Commerzbank's Dr. Marco Wagner analyzes how Donald Trump’s past and potential future attacks on the Federal Reserve (Fed) affect its independence. Using the Central Bank Pressure Index, he notes that Trump’s criticism s…
The USD/CAD pair builds on the previous day's bounce from the 1.3900 neighborhood, or a two-month low, and gains follow-through positive traction for the second straight day on Thursday. The momentum lifts spot prices t…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI), futures on NYMEX, trades 0.5% higher at around $82.10 during the European trading session on Thursday. The oil price reflects strength as fears of a prolonged energy supply disruption cont…
The action in financial markets remains relatively subdued early Thursday, with major currency pairs fluctuating within their narrow weekly ranges. In the second half of the day, weekly Initial Jobless Claims and Produc…
TD Securities’ Bart Melek notes Gold extended gains after the July Consumer Price Index (CPI) matched expectations, reinforcing a dovish narrative around Fed Chair Warsh. With prices near $4,434/oz and resistance just b…
USD/IDR gains ground for the third consecutive day, trading around 17,920 during the early European hours on Thursday. The pair appreciates as the US Dollar (USD) recovers its daily losses amid escalating geopolitical t…
United Overseas Bank’s (UOB) Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann note GBP/USD briefly traded above 1.3535 to 1.3540 before slipping back to close at 1.3496. Intraday, the pair is seen range-trading between 1.3475 and 1.3525.…
August 13, 2026, 3:58 AM EDT. The UAE has reportedly unlocked billions of dollars in previously frozen Iranian assets, including 1.5 tonnes of gold flown out on UAE Royal Jet aircraft. This move saw Bitcoin rebound by 1…
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Assistant Governor Chris Kent said on Thursday that interest rate hikes are producing the expected effect.
Sterling spent the London morning building a case for a break and the rest of the session dismantling it, trading near 1.3495 after a high just short of 1.3550 and a loss of not quite a tenth of a percent. The mid-July …
Gold price (XAU/USD) declines to around $4,400 during the early Asian session on Thursday, pressured by escalating geopolitical tensions between the United States (US) and Iran. However, the potential downside for the p…
Geoff Yu at BNY says a less hawkish Fed has weakened the Dollar, but this has not translated into a broad commodity rally. Institutional investors remain sellers of metals and miners, while EM commodity sovereign debt c…
The United States (US) and Iran remain at loggerheads over efforts to agree a permanent end to the war in the Middle East, Reuters reported on Wednesday. A senior Iranian source said that there had been no progress in …
The Dollar has spent Wednesday grinding higher against the Yen with no headline to carry it, trading near 159.50 after a low just beneath 158.60 and a gain of under a tenth of a percent. Close to two Yen have been added…
The GBP/JPY holds firm on Wednesday at around 215.00, as neither buyers nor sellers are reluctant to open fresh directional bets amid fears of renewed intervention in the FX markets by US and Japanese authorities to pro…
The Pound Sterling (GBP) holds firm within familiar levels on Wednesday after the US inflation report was in line with estimates, a relief for the Federal Reserve (Fed), which is laser-focused on tackling higher prices.…
AUD/USD is trading near the 0.7070 zone, holding onto a minority of Wednesday's gains after the pair touched a session high near 0.7090.
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Oil trades in a narrow range on Wednesday as traders weigh a sharp rise in US crude inventories against persistent supply risks in the Middle East. At the time of writing, WTI trades around…
The July Consumer Price Index (CPI) landed at 12:30 GMT on every line the consensus had written for it, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) has spent the hours since handing back the few minutes of enthusiasm th…
BNY notes Crude Oil prices remain elevated as doubts over a US–Iran deal heighten supply concerns. The International Energy Agency (IEA) reports global Oil markets tightened further in July, with demand, supply, refinin…
