Oil prices rose Thursday as a bumper draw in U.S. oil inventories turned attention onto fundamentals given signs that the Israel-Iran ceasefire was holding. At 08:15 ET (12:15 GMT), Brent oil futures rose 0.7% to $66.89 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 0.7% to $65.39 a barrel. Both benchmarks climbed nearly 1% on Wednesday, recovering from losses earlier in the week after data showed resilient U.S. demand. U.S. inventories log outsized draw for second week Government data, released on Wednesday, showed that U.S. oil inventories shrank 5.8 million barrels...
Gold is regaining confidence on Thursday as the poor performance of the US Dollar (USD) becomes the dominant driver of price action. With XAU/USD trading near $3,340 in the European session at the time of writing, the yellow metal continues to display signs of resiliency. Despite a risk-on tone being adopted by global markets, declines in the Gold price have been limited. This is largely attributed to a decrease in confidence in the Greenback, which has come under scrutiny in recent months. Investors' focus has now shifted to the timing of when the Fed will begin to cut interest rates,...
The dollar sank to a three-year low while world stocks notched their second record high in three days as a report that Donald Trump was planning to choose the next Federal Reserve chief early fuelled fresh bets on U.S. rate cuts. Dollar selling was ongoing as U.S. trading picked up pace after the Wall Street Journal said the U.S. president - who has been urging the Fed to cut rates faster - was toying with the idea of selecting Chair Jerome Powell's replacement in the next few months ahead of his formal departure next May. It left the greenback (.DXY), opens new tab down nearly 0.5% on...