Daily Archives: May 22, 2014

Gold: Precious metal extends its downward direction in the morning session

Gold Movement Gold prices traded lower by 0.16% against the USD in the 24 hour period ending 23:00GMT, at 1292.90 per ounce, as rally in the world equity markets weighed on the demand prospect of the metal as an alternate … Continue reading

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Crude Oil: EIA reported a more-than-expected fall in the US crude oil, last week

Crude Oil Movement Crude Oil prices advanced 0.90% against the USD for the 24 hour period ending 23:00GMT, closing at 103.81, after the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported 7.2-million-barrels drop the US crude supplies, last week. Analysts had expected a … Continue reading

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Silver: Silver steady in the Asian session

Silver Movement Silver prices declined marginally to USD 19.42 per ounce during the 24 hours ending 23:00GMT, amid soft industrial demand and a decline in the prices of gold. In the Asian session, at GMT0300, Silver is trading at 19.42, … Continue reading

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AUD/USD: Aussie trading higher following upbeat manufacturing data from China

AUDUSD Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the AUD strengthened 0.08% against the USD to close at 0.9245. LME Copper prices declined 1.2% or $81.5/MT to $6841.0/MT. Aluminium prices fell 0.4% or $7.5/MT to $1714.5/MT. In the Asian … Continue reading

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USD/CAD: Loonie trading a tad higher ahead of Canada’s retail sales data

USDCAD Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD rose marginally against the CAD to close at 1.0913, following the release of the Fed’s minutes from its policy meeting in April In the Asian session, at GMT0300, the … Continue reading

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USD/CHF: Swiss Franc extends its fall against the US Dollar in the Asian session

USDCHF Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD rose 0.13% against the CHF and closed at 0.8932. In economic news, M3 money supply growth in the Swiss economy slightly decelerated in April, after accelerating in the three … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: BoJ Kuroda confident on Japan achieving its 2.0% inflation target

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD strengthened 0.13% against the JPY and closed at 101.44, as the minutes from the Fed’s April policy meeting showed that policymakers would continue tapering the size of its QE … Continue reading

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GBP/USD: BoE closer to hiking interest rates, hint BoE’s minutes

GBPUSD Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the GBP rose 0.37% against the USD and closed at 1.6899 after data showed that annual retail sales in the UK economy rose at the fastest pace in 10 years in … Continue reading

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EUR/USD: US Dollar holds on to its gains, following the release of the Fed’s minutes

EURUSD Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the EUR declined 0.09% against the USD and closed at 1.3687, as the latter advanced after the minutes from the Fed’s 29-30 April policy meeting hinted towards a continuation in the … Continue reading

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