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Oil prices raised their gains by about 2% in trading today, Tuesday, with US crude rising near $ 80, as investors regained some of their appetite for risk, in conjunction with the continued struggle by some oil producers to increase production. This comes at a time when the crude markets are awaiting clues from the […]
Futures in the United States are higher ahead of Powell’s speech. US stock futures rose on Tuesday, led by a rebound in technology firms, as traders awaited Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s address. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1 % , S&P 500 futures jumped 0.2 % , and Nasdaq futures rose […]
Lucid (NASDAQ: LCID) stock is trading in the opening market, today, Monday, down 3.79%, to reach the level of $41.98 . The stock was up nearly 10% on Friday, as the electric car maker rebounded for a second session after the last big drop, and activity in the stock was strong, with more than 78 […]
EUR/USD falls down below 1.1300, returning to pre-NFP levels. On Monday, the EUR/USD reverted to, or even slightly below, its pre-US labor market data levels, where it traded last Friday, and has recently slipped below the 1.1300 handle. To summarize, the latest US labor market report showed a lower-than-expected headline payroll gain in December but […]
Nonfarm payrolls in the United States increased much less than expected in December, while the unemployment rate fell. The December employment data showed a 199,000 gain in nonfarm payrolls, significantly behind the 450,000 jobs growth projected in a Bloomberg survey, while November payrolls received a minor upward revision to a 249,000 increase. Private payrolls increased […]
Oil prices turned lower during trading on Friday, with Brent crude falling below $ 82, but it is still on track to achieve weekly gains, driven by supply concerns amid escalating unrest in Kazakhstan and outages in Libya. Investor sentiment was negatively affected, with the US economy adding 199,000 jobs less than analysts’ expectations in […]
Gold prices rose in trading on Tuesday, to recover from the worst selling in the yellow metal in 6 weeks, driven by bets that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates earlier than expected. The rise in the yellow metal prices came after a significant rise in US bond yields, which led to the worst […]
The Royal Bank of Canada has released a report on the World Energy Outlook in 2022, which reports analysts’ forecasts for the world’s oil, gas, electricity and minerals. The report, which was issued in mid-December, included an optimistic view of energy stocks in 2022, which will be strongly reflected in crude oil prices. The Royal […]
Oil prices extended their gains to about 1% during trading today, Wednesday, with Brent crude rising near $ 81, ahead of the release of official data on US crude stocks. Crude’s gains come, supported by the decisions of the OPEC + alliance, which eased the fears and pressures of the Omicron axis in oil demand. […]
Futures in the United States are cautiously mixed following the Fed’s induced retreat. US stock futures were narrowly mixed Thursday, with the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite set for another round of losses after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s most recent policy meeting signaled a faster pace for stimulus withdrawal and interest rate hikes, while traders looked […]
