Thursday, 22 October 2026
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The Saudi-led military coalition said that it has intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Houthis towards southern Saudi Arabia, the Time of Israel reported on Sunday.
VANCOUVER, BC, Oct. 3, 2026 /CNW/ -- Stock Preachers News Commentary - Big technology names pulled the Nasdaq Composite to a weekly gain while the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Russell 2000 closed the week in the red…
As of September 2026, major bank gold price forecasts for year-end 2026 have converged lower. J.P. Morgan is at $4,500. Wells Fargo is at $4,900-$5,100. Goldman Sachs is at $4,900, and UBS is at $5,500. Bank of America’…
The Aussie Dollar ended Friday’s session on a positive note, gaining 0.38% and 0.58% weekly as the US Dollar trimmed some of its weekly gains, while US data confirmed investors' expectations that the Federal Reserve wou…
DBS Group Research expects China’s exports to grow 25.7% year-on-year in September, supported by strong electronics demand and improving manufacturing PMIs.
Four sessions after its highest level since April 2025, the Dollar Index hasn't got back to it. The index trades near 102.25 and has made a lower high in each session since Wednesday.
Silver (XAG/USD) price rallies over 2.80% on Friday as buyers buy the dip at $59.17, pushing the white metal above $60.00 to hit a two-day high of $61.19. At the time of writing, XAG/USD trades at $60.86.
After a call with Russian President Putin, President Donald Trump said on Friday Russia will immediately supply more than 300K tons of diesel to the US and global markets. He put the next shipments at 500K tons in Novem…
Commerzbank analysts note Taiwan’s September trade surplus hit a record USD23.6bn, with exports surging 60.9% year-on-year on strong AI-related demand. The Central Bank of the Republic of China may lean more hawkish if …
On Friday, US President Donald Trump said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who agreed to immediately supply over 300K tons of diesel fuel to the US and the global market, add 500K tons for November, and d…
ING economists Adam Antoniak and David Havrlant expect Poland’s final September CPI, due Wednesday, to confirm headline inflation at 4% year-on-year, with core inflation easing and price growth concentrated in fuels and…
Gold (XAU/USD) price advances more than 1.40% on Friday, capitaliszng on a dip in US Treasury yields and a softer Greenback, as recent US data suggests households are becoming pessimistic about the economy, while invest…
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Oil trades little changed on Friday as traders weigh easing fears of an immediate US-Iran military escalation against persistent supply risks in the Strait of Hormuz. At the time of writing…
Commerzbank's Volkmar Baur highlights Japanese investors' net selling of foreign bonds and its implications for global yields. Although Japanese investors have recently returned as buyers of French bonds, their selling …
TD Securities’ Ryan McKay and Bart Melek highlight that CTAs (Commodity Trading Advisors) are covering Gold shorts, with positioning rising by around 7% of maximum historical size. They note renewed inflows into Chinese…
DBS Group Research anticipates India’s September inflation to rise to 5.7% year-on-year from 4.8%, driven by broad-based food price gains and higher non-food fuel costs. Core inflation is expected to tick up as uneven m…
The EUR/USD pair maintained its bearish route, edging lower for a fifth consecutive week. The pair traded as low as 1.1161 before trimming some losses, settling on Friday at around 1.1210. Financial markets were once ag…
The University of Michigan (UoM) will release the preliminary estimate of the United States (US) October Consumer Sentiment Index on Friday. The UoM report, which analyses US consumers’ feelings about their personal fin…
Spot gold was up 1.3% at $4,174.21 per ounce at 1241 GMT, after hitting its highest since June 23. Bullion held above its 21-day moving average and is up over 2% for the week so far.
Gold (XAU/USD) trades on the front foot on Friday but struggles to extend its advance as the US Dollar (USD) and US Treasury yields show signs of stabilisation following Thursday’s sharp pullback. At the time of writing…
United Overseas Bank (UOB) analysts Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann note that USD/CHF shows slightly increased downside momentum, with scope to test 0.8290 but limited odds of a sustained break lower. For the coming days…
The euro has taken a proper beating, but at 1.1200 the trade is starting to look less like a free-fall and more like a market that now needs another reason to keep selling.
MUFG's Derek Halpenny highlights Europe's economic resilience following Germany's upward Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth revisions but warns that potential European Union (EU) import restrictions and additional tari…
Societe Generale strategists note the National Bank of Romania (NBR) kept its policy rate at 6.50% and reinforced a hawkish stance as earlier inflation risks are now part of the baseline. Political conditions improved a…