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Precious Metals on a Tear - Gold Trades at All-Time High Above $4,059, Silver Retests Record High, Palladium Makes Meteoric Gain to 2-Year High, Platinum Rises to 12-Year High; Global Stock Markets Mostly Bullish, S&P 500, NASDAQ 100, DAX 30, Nikkei 225 All Reach Record Highs
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) surprised the markets with a jumbo rate cut of 0.50% on Wednesday. This brought the benchmark interest rate to 2.5%, its lowest level since July 2022. The rate decision has sent the New Zealand Dollar to a 6-month low.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) surprised the markets with a jumbo rate cut of 0.50% on Wednesday. This brought the benchmark interest rate to 2.5%, its lowest level since July 2022. The rate decision has sent the New Zealand Dollar to a 6-month low.
Gold Trades at All-Time High Above $4,029; Silver Nears New 14-Year High; Precious Metals Platinum, Palladium Reach Multi-Year Highs; Reserve Bank of New Zealand Surprises With 0.50% Rate Cut; USD/JPY Breaks to New 50-Day High; Fed to Release FOMC Minutes Today; Global Stock Markets Mostly Bullish, US Indices Near Record Highs
Precious metals, notably Gold, continue to rise strongly, as Gold reaches record highs and heads towards $4,000.
Gold Trades at All-Time High of $3,875; Silver Trades Above $4.507 at a New 14-Year High; US Dollar a Bit Weaker as US Govt Shuts Down
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) maintained the cash rate at 3.60% at today’s meeting. The decision was widely expected but the Australian dollar has declined following the decision. The cash rate remains at its lowest level since April 2023.
Gold Trades at All-Time High Near $3,900; Silver Trades Above $47 at a New 14-Year High; Platinum at 12-Year High; US Dollar Weaker on Govt Shutdown Fear; RBA Keeps Rates on Hold
XRP (XRP) traded at $2.85 on Monday, up 5% from its local low of $2.70 reached on Friday Sept. 26. This recovery is fueled by increasing optimism around the possible approval of US-based spot XRP exchange-traded funds (ETF), expected in October.
Gold Trades at All-Time High Above $3,800; Silver Trades Above $47 at a 14-Year High; Platinum at Multi-Year High; Major US Equity Indices Rising; US Dollar Weaker
The European Central Bank recently released its monetary policy meeting minutes, showing that the bank’s policymakers supported the decision to continue with an accommodative monetary policy stance until March 2022.
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said recently that the latest surge in the number of COVID-19 infections has put the British economy in shambles, delaying the country’s recovery.
According to recently released electoral data, the Democratic Party will likely grab the two Georgia Senate seats that were in dispute, giving the party a trifecta for the first time since 2009.
According to Germany's Federal Statistical Office, retail sales rose by 5.6% (annually) in November, higher than expectations of 3.9% but lower than the previous month's 8.6% rise.
The British House of Commons approved the trade agreement with the European Union yesterday in a 521-73 vote, ending the Brexit saga just before the deadline.
The US House of Representatives decided to back President Trump’s proposal to give additional stimulus payments to Americans in need, which has been a recent point of contention between both parties.
The end of autumn 2020 will forever go down in the story of the Forex market.
The Bank of Japan recently released its monetary policy meeting minutes, in which policymakers discussed forms of making their monetary stimulus measures more sustainable.
The US Federal Reserve recently announced its decision to leave the cash rates unchanged, remaining in line with analysts' expectations.
The United Kingdom’s Office for National Statistics recently reported the country’s unemployment rate, which stands at 4.9 percent for the third quarter, and lower than expectations of 5.1 percent.
Amid moves that have amazed investors, gold futures are already heading towards a new milestone in the middle of the trading week. Just one day after surpassing $4000 per ounce for the first time, the gold price index is looking to reach $4100 per ounce. According to gold trading platforms, the yellow metal's index has risen to the resistance level of $4060 per ounce, the highest in the history of the gold trading market. Overall, the price of gold has risen by more than 4% this week, bringing its year-to-date increase to about 54%.
French political uncertainty has dominated sentiment, alongside a renewed recovery of the US dollar amid demand for it as a safe haven. Consequently, according to currency market trading, the EUR/USD pair tumbled to the 1.1598 support level, the currency pair's lowest in over a month. However, a temporary respite in Paris later provided short-term support, but bond market risks still loom over the Euro. According to reliable trading platforms, the EUR/USD price is stabilizing around the 1.1630 level at the beginning of today's session, Thursday.
While Gold and Silver are within the highest elements of apex values, Palladium has seen a speculative buying storm also take hold the past month, but it remains far below record price levels.
Silver is traversing around 49.0600 as of this writing with fast conditions prevailing as speculative storms remain active in the metals sector and record values are being challenged.
Bitcoin (BTC) got back to its winning ways over the past week as the top crypto joined gold in rallying to a new all-time high, hitting a price of $126,351 on Monday amid sustained heavy inflows into the U.S.-listed spot BTC ETFs.
Ongoing healthcare innovation, low valuations, and a history of beating earnings expectations create an interesting investment case. Can the breakout in Cigna Group continue?
Bitcoin price held steady above the important support level at $120,000, down from the year-to-date high of 126,260. BTC/USD remains about 13% above the lowest point in October this year.
The GBP/USD exchange rate remained in a tight range on Thursday morning as traders continued to focus on the ongoing US government shutdown. It pulled back to a low of 1.3400, down from the September high of 1.3725.
The EUR/USD exchange rate dropped below a key support level as traders watched the progress on the French political crisis and the latest Federal Reserve minutes. It wa trading at 1.1630, down from the year-to-date high of 1.1920.
The Australian Dollar has been falling in the past hour after forming and rejecting the upper trend line of a multi-day bearish price channel.
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