The dollar retreated on Monday after a stellar run as the pick for U.S. Treasury secretary seemed to reassure the bond market about fiscal discipline, pulling yields lower and shaving some of the currency's rate advantage. Yields on 10-year Treasuries slipped to 4.343%, from 4.412% late on Friday, as President-elect Donald Trump's choice of fund manager Scott Bessent was welcomed by the bond market as an old Wall Street hand and fiscal conservative. However, Bessent has also openly favoured a strong dollar and supported tariffs, suggesting any pullback in the currency might be...
EUR/USD faces selling pressure near the psychological resistance of 1.0500 in Monday's European session after a solid opening that lost some steam as the US Dollar (USD) attempts to rebound. The US Dollar Index (DXY), which gauges the Greenback's value against six major currencies, broadly consolidates at around 107.00 as investors digest the selection of fund manager Scott Bessent for the role of Treasury Secretary by President-elect Donald Trump. The Greenback fell sharply early in the Asian session, as did 10-year US Treasury yields, in a warm welcome by bond markets given Bessent's old...
Oil dipped as Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent pushed for increased US production and Israel said it's potentially days away from a cease-fire deal with Lebanon's Hezbollah. Brent crude fell below $75 a barrel after jumping almost 6% last week on increased geopolitical risks in Ukraine and Iran. Bessent advised President-elect Donald Trump to push for millions of barrels a day more of oil production or its equivalent, according to the Wall Street Journal. That push comes at the same time OPEC is set to decide on whether to add extra barrels to the market and...
The dollar fell and US government bonds rallied after Donald Trump picked Scott Bessent to run the Treasury, a Wall Street veteran who investors expect will take the sting out of the administration's more aggressive trade and economic policy proposals. A gauge of the greenback fell as much as 0.6% on Monday, its biggest decline in over two weeks, with the euro rebounding from the weakest level since 2022 reached last week. The yield on 10-year Treasuries fell as much as eight basis points to 4.32%, the lowest level since mid November. Bessent, who runs macro hedge fund...
Gold tumbled as traders digested Donald Trump's pick of Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary and looked toward the Federal Reserve's next interest-rate decision. Bullion slid as much as 2.1%, after capping the biggest weekly rally in 20 months on Friday as an escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict bolstered the metal's haven appeal. Prices fell on Monday even as the dollar and US bond yields weakened, moves that typically benefit gold. Markets broadly welcomed the choice of Bessent for Treasury Secretary as a measured choice that would inject more stability into...