
This week started with the talk of the United States banning Russian oil exports, so XBR/USD saw $130 a barrel. Then the ban became reality. What does it really mean for the market?
On Thursday, the yellow metal concluded down, with the number one precious commodity’s short-term prospects linked to a strengthening greenback, although traders closely watch the impact of the partial shutdown of the American cabinet as well as everlasting US-China trade clashes.
The vast majority of experts are still optimistic in their outlook for precious commodities due to the fact that a mixed picture for the economic outlook as well as key global issues, such as trade talks and Brexit uncertainty, power the appeal of gold.
Eventually, April delivery gold futures inched down by 0.3% being worth $1,285.90 an ounce. As for March delivery silver futures SIH9, they tumbled by 0.5% reaching $15.30 an ounce.
Besides this, the ICE U.S. Dollar Index DXY managed to ascend by 0.5% being worth 96.629. A strengthening evergreen buck can impact commodities priced in this currency – they can get less affordable to users of other currencies.
The evergreen buck moderately surged after Thursday’s data that disclosed that the weekly number of US citizens applying for unemployment benefits decreased below 200,000 – the first such a dive since 1969.
The jobless claims data states that the US labor market is still firm notwithstanding soaring economic uncertainty.
The everlasting shutdown of the American government along with risk that the trade clashes with China escalate should back the yellow metal, as some financial analysts pointed out.
On Thursday, American equities demonstrated mixed performance due to the fact that market participants kept wading through a pile of corporate earnings.
Besides this, experts are mostly separating the near-term conditions for the yellow metal from a mostly unwavering upbeat view for this year.
In addition to this, March delivery palladium futures PAH9 decreased by 2.1% reaching $1,280.70 an ounce.
April delivery platinum futures PLJ9 ascended by 1.1% showing $805 an ounce.
This week started with the talk of the United States banning Russian oil exports, so XBR/USD saw $130 a barrel. Then the ban became reality. What does it really mean for the market?
For a long time, traders considered American Non-farm Payrolls (NFP) the most important release in the market. However, the situation has changed. Now US CPI moves financial markets.
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics will release monthly average hourly earnings, non-farm employment change (NFP), and unemployment rate on November 5, 14:30 GMT+2.
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Today's main event for the markets is the FOMC Interest Rate Decision, where the US regulator is widely expected to keep the interest rate at the same level of 5.5%.
In today's market insights, we delve into Citibank's oil price predictions, the evolving competition between Huawei and Apple, the Saudi Arabia-Tesla partnership, and the upcoming rate decisions from the world's major central banks.
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