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Gold Falls on Worries in Markets, Before EU Summit
Precious-Gold dropped as worries in markets after Fitch downgrade to Japan and before an awaited informal EU summit tomorrow damped demand on the yellow metal.
Concerns increased after Japan had its credit ranking slashed by Fitch which revealed that Japan`s slackening response to tackling its public debt burden is the key reason behind the downgrade.
On the other hand, worries from the euro area continued amid speculations there would be frictions among European leaders at their meeting in Brussels tomorrow.
While the newly elected French President Francois Hollande will propose introducing Eurobonds to ease the tensions in European bond markets, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she will not be shy to reject Hollande`s idea of introducing Eurobonds.
Hence, with possible ...
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Oil falls below $109 on Iran talks progress
(Reuters) - Oil prices fell below $109 a barrel on Tuesday as hopes for a cooperation deal over Iran's disputed nuclear program eased concerns about major oil supply disruptions and as a report predicted more misery for the euro zone.
The United Nations nuclear agency chief said on Tuesday he expected to sign a cooperation deal with Iran "quite soon".
"(A) decision was made to conclude and sign the agreement...I can say it will be signed quite soon," Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told reporters at Vienna airport after returning from Tehran where he held talks with senior Iranian officials.
Brent oil prices reversed their earlier gains to trade 37 cents down at $108.44 a barrel by 0848 GMT and U.S. crude was also edging down 30 cents ...
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Brent steady near $109 ahead of EU summit, Iran talks
(Reuters) - Brent crude held steady near $109 on Tuesday, awaiting the results of two meetings to tackle Europe's debt crisis and Iran's nuclear programme, which could determine the future of global oil demand and supply.
EU leaders may introduce new measures to tackle the euro zone's worsening debt crisis during Wednesday's informal meeting to seek solutions to the Greek political crisis mired in conflict over debt and austerity policies.
Major powers will also meet Iran on Wednesday to discuss its nuclear programme, but tensions with the West remain high as the U.S. Senate unanimously approved a package of new economic sanctions on Iran's oil sector on Monday.
Brent crude edged up 7 cents to $108.88 a barrel by 0448 GMT, but is still about $20 down from March's high. U.S. crude for ...
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Gold eases after failing to breach $1,600 an ounce
(Reuters) - Gold prices slipped on Monday after early buying failed to lift prices past $1,600 an ounce, with investors still cautious about the precious metal as they awaited clearer signals on the euro-zone debt crisis.
Last week, gold slid to its lowest level since December, then rallied 4.5 percent late in the week. Buying resumed early on Monday but ran out of steam, as mild technical selling set in around the session high of $1,599 an ounce -- gold's priciest level in a week and a half.
Spot gold was down 0.08 percent at $1,590.80 an ounce at 3:43 p.m. EDT (1910 GMT), while U.S. gold futures for June delivery settled at $1,588.70 per ounce, down 0.2 percent from Friday.
A close above $1,605 an ounce would trigger significant buying, traders said, but after last week's tumultuous ...
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No News is good News, or?
MORNING BRIEFING: No News is good News, or?
What’s new:
Asia: Awaiting news from Greece and potential spill-over effects. JPY offered on speculation that BoJ will add stimulus to boost growth.
United States: Risk aversion moved flow from stocks to treasuries. 10yr generic fixed income futures in all-time highs at 133-27. USD weak on Friday.
G8: Another round of talk, but no action on Greece.
Europe: Slightly negative across the board in stocks. Only Spain managed to recover some of the losses, closing up 0.4%. EUR/USD re-visiting 1.28+ this morning.
Rates in Asia and Indices:
EUR/USD 1.2742 1.2813 -0.04 %
USD/CHF 0.9375 0.9422 -0.07 %
GBP/USD 1.5795 1.5839 -0.02 %
USD/JPY 79.03 79.31 -0.34 %
EUR/CHF 1.2010 ...
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BoJ Rate Decision the Highlight for Asia this Week
Asian markets are waiting heavy data during the upcoming week starting with the Bank of Japan decision and the release of HSBC flash Manufacturing PMI for China.
The Bank of Japan has left rates between 0.0% and 0.10%, in order to support the nation’s growth against the current instability and although inevitable will not change rates, investors await any move with more stimulus as the USDJPY falls below 80 levels again.
The Japanese economy showed signs of recovery where last week the decline in machinery orders slowed in March, as well as recording more-than-expected expansion during the first quarter to begin exiting deflation that faced the nation’s economy since 2011.
The BOJ is expected to keep the monetary policy unchanged and keep monitoring markets closely with a slight ...
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Markets Correct Some of the Weekly Losses Ahead of the G8 Summit
As the end of this week approaches, markets started to correct some of the losses incurred through the week. Investors started to close their bearish positions ahead of the coming week, before the G8 summit, which is taking place in the U.S, the thing that supported the euro to rebound over daily basis, cutting most of the losses.
Today, pessimism dominated the euro with the start of the session, where negativity was driven by the Greek downgrade, as Fitch Ratings cut the credit ranking of Greece by one notch to CCC from B- on concerns the nation might exit the euro as more and more Greeks are joining anti-austerity parties.
Moreover, Moody`s downgraded sixteen Spanish banks due to the current turmoil in the debt market in addition to the technical recession and rising unemployment, ...
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Markets Hold Ground, Awaiting Central Banks to Move
Taking a general look at markets before the end of this week, we can see that the bearishness started to lose momentum as traders are speculating now what tools Central Banks might provide to revive the slowing pace of recovery, especially the European Central Bank amid the current political instability in Greece, the confirmed recession in Spain and Italy and the deepening debt crisis.
Moreover, investors are still worried and concerned regarding the general trend in markets, where after the Federal Reserve reassured that a slowing recovery in the U.S. might trigger another round of quantitative easing, volatility dominated markets as predicting the coming moves became highly uncertain as Politicians failed to calm markets and the fueled debt crisis, leaving policymakers with a difficult ...
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Pound`s focus on United Kingdom Labor Sector, Inflation Report
The focus shifts from Greece and the political tension to the United Kingdom today, where the royal economy will provide markets will data regarding the performance of the labor sector amid the current economic situation and the spending cuts adopted by the British government, which attempts to trim the huge deficit the nation handles.
The performance of the labor sector is not expected to improve in April, where the claimant count rate, which measures the number of people claiming unemployment benefits in the royal economy, could have expanded in the month to 5.0% from the previous of 4.9%, as additional five thousand Britons could have applied for benefits in the related month.
Other bearish signs will be provided by the ILO unemployment report, where the joblessness in the United ...
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