OPEC+ Kept Output Plan, USOIL Upbeat
OPEC and allies decided not to diverge from their production plan and agreed yesterday to add 400K barrels/day on January, as they have been doing since August
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OPEC and allies decided not to diverge from their production plan and agreed yesterday to add 400K barrels/day on January, as they have been doing since August
The pair stays on the back foot as investors continue to monitor Omicron developments and await key US Jobs report later in the day
Introduction Further to our previous article, the US10Y has failed to break through its neckline. I.e, the inverse head and shoulders has not been completed. An inverse head and shoulders is a reversal pattern and if completed suggests higher yields ahead. Thus, the failure to complete proposes the potential for a different paradigm. Below, we have a reference trough followed by a reference peak. Thereafter, a higher trough followed by…
Fed Chair Powell offered hawkish remarks during yesterday’s Senate testimony and created volatility in the markets, with the pair being soft today
The XAUUSD daily chart is not trending despite the emergence of the omicron covid variant. The news shook risk markets on Friday, but gold's price action was not able to capitalise. As the risk-off sentiment took hold, bulls pushed gold's price up. However, at the apex, they lost control to the bears, and the price closed well off of Friday's high (aqua arrow). Moreover, we have added a triple moving…
The emergence of the new Omicron Covid strain lead to a big market sell-off on Friday as participants sought safe-havens. Join FXCM Senior Market Specialists, Russell and Nikos, as they discuss what this means for markets. The two also talk about this week's important calendar items, including Fed Chair Powell's testimony on Capitol Hill, the OPEC+ meeting on Thursday, the NFP release on Friday, and more.
Oil prices stage a rebound at the start of the week, following Friday’s collapse due to new of a new Covid-19 variant, called Omciron
During this eventful week, we saw high Fed activity, a data dump from the US before the Thanksgiving holiday, quarterly results from high profile companies and intense risk aversion in the last trading day due to new Covid variant
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned of a newly found COVID-19 variant, sparking fresh fears sending stocks of major airline companies lower
The GER30 gapped down on open today, as a risk-off sentiment prevails. The catalyst is covid-19 developments. In Europe, countries are starting to reintroduce restrictions to deal with rising infections. On Wednesday, Italy announced new Covid measures, and Germany narrowly avoided another lockdown, preferring to see if stricter Covid passport rules help alleviate the situation. Moreover, concerns over a new Covid variant have added to the fears. The B.1.1.529, or…
Various members of the US central bank have been making hawkish remarks lately, fueling the Dollar’s advance, while yesterday’s minutes form the last policy decision were also on the hawkish side
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