European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she will travel to Scotland this weekend to meet with US President Donald Trump, as both sides aim to reach a trade deal before the August 1 deadline when 30% tariffs on the bloc's exports are due to take effect. After months of negotiations and back-and-forth diplomacy between Brussels and Washington, D.C., the two sides have zeroed in on a deal last week that will see the EU face 15% tariffs on most of its trade. Limited exceptions are expected to apply to aviation, some medical devices and generic drugs, some alcoholic beverages,...
Gold (XAU/USD) attracted some dip buyers near $2,655 levels on Thursday and re-emerged near four-week highs touched the previous day. Cautious market sentiment, geopolitical risks, and concerns over US President-elect Donald Trump's tariff plans turned out to be key factors supporting the safe-haven commodity. Further, the flight to safety triggered a modest pullback in the US Treasury bond yields and drove some flows towards the precious metal for the third straight day. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve's (Fed) hawkish signal that it will slow the pace of interest rate cuts in 2025 helped...
WTI crude prices settled above $73 a barrel on Thursday, paring earlier losses as investors weighed a sharp rise in U.S. fuel inventories against concerns about tighter supplies. The latest EIA report showed a nearly 1 million-barrel drop in U.S. crude inventories last week, the seventh straight decline, but also a significant increase of 6.3 million barrels in gasoline and 6.1 million in distillates. Meanwhile, OPEC production fell in December after two months of growth, as UAE field maintenance offset gains, including an increase in Nigerian output. Russian oil production also fell...
The EUR/USD pair trades in negative territory for the third consecutive day around 1.0310 during the early European session on Thursday. The downbeat German November Factory Orders and the expectation of aggressive rate cuts by the European Central Bank (ECB) this year weigh on the Euro (EUR) against the Greenback. Later on Thursday, the Eurozone Retail Sales for November and the Fedspeak will be in focus. German Factory Orders sank lower unexpectedly in November, with the figure falling by 5.4% MoM in November, compared to a decline of 1.5% in the previous reading, the Federal Statistics...
Gold price (XAU/USD) drifts lower during the Asian session on Thursday and moves away from a four-week top, around the $2,670 area touched the previous day. The US Dollar (USD) stands firm near a two-year peak touched last week in the wake of the Federal Reserve's (Fed) hawkish shift, which, in turn, is seen as a key factor undermining the non-yielding yellow metal. In fact, the Fed indicated that it would slow the pace of interest rate cuts in 2025 amid a still resilient US economy, signs that the US labor market remained robust and sticky inflation. That said, concerns about US...
Silver price (XAG/USD) continues its upward momentum, rising for the sixth consecutive day to trade near $30.10 per troy ounce, close to three-week highs during Thursday's Asian session. The precious metal, often considered a safe-haven asset, gains support amid uncertainty surrounding inflation and potential tariffs under President-elect Trump's administration, as highlighted by the US Federal Reserve (Fed).In addition, robust growth in 2024 has boosted industrial demand for Silver, which is on track to surpass 700 million ounces (Moz) for the first time. This surge is driven by its...
China's official NBS Manufacturing PMI increased to 49.7 in June 2025 from May's 49.5, matching market expectations while marking the third consecutive month of contraction in factory activity.
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Both the STOXX 50 and STOXX 600 hovered around the flatline on Friday, as investors adopted a cautious stance ahead of further developments in trade talks between US President Trump and Chinese...
President Donald Trump locked horns with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell during a rare presidential visit to the U.S. central bank on Thursday, criticizing the cost of renovating two historical...