Monday, 26 October 2026
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stressed on Thursday that Canada intends to remain a reliable international partner while strengthening its economic and technological sovereignty.
United States (US) Treasury Yields erase an earlier decline during the early European session on Thursday. Federal Reserve (Fed) interest rate hike and escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East could lift US T…
A months-long battle between two of the biggest names in the firearms market went public last week, signaling a contentious shareholder vote that’s rare in the close-knit gun industry.
As of May 7, 2026, the Japanese yen (JPY) has surged to a 10-week high, rising as much as 1.8% in minutes during Asian trading on May 6 and briefly breaking below 155.04 per dollar. This sharp spike has triggered fresh …
The NZD/USD pair gains some positive traction during the Asian session on Thursday in reaction to New Zealand's better-than-expected GDP print, snapping a three-day losing streak to its lowest level since July 9, touche…
The AUD/JPY cross trades in positive territory around 110.90 during the early European session on Thursday. Elevated energy prices due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East weigh on the Japanese Yen (JPY) against t…
The Indian Rupee (INR) finds some buying interest against the US Dollar after a weak opening on Thursday. According to a Reuters report, the Indian central bank has likely intervened to limit the decline in the Indian R…
The price for Gold stood at 13,226.30 Indian Rupees (INR) per gram, up compared with the INR 13,139.72 it cost on Wednesday.
Gold (XAU/USD) sticks to its modest recovery gains through the Asian session on Thursday, though it lacks bullish conviction and trades below the $4,300 mark. The US Dollar (USD) touches a fresh high since late July ami…
EUR/JPY declines after three days of gains, trading around 178.90 during Asian hours on Thursday. Technical analysis of the daily chart shows the currency cross trading within a descending channel, keeping the overall b…
Crux AI, the new cloud computing venture tied to Blackstone and Alphabet, is lining up a $22 billion loan from a group of 10 banks to finance purchases of Google’s custom artificial intelligence chips, according to Bloo…
On November 3, 2025, both the U.S. Department of Justice and Google filed their final post-trial briefs and proposed remedies in the Eastern District of Virginia antitrust case, setting up a critical showdown over how t…
New Zealand reports second-quarter growth later on Wednesday, or early on Thursday depending on where you are relative to the international date line, and the forecast is 0.1% for the quarter, down from 0.8% in the firs…
The European Central Bank (ECB) raised its deposit rate to 2.50% on September 10, and the Euro has fallen every session since. The Fed raised its own rate to 3.75-4.00% on Wednesday, by the same quarter point, and the d…
NZD/USD has dropped in six straight sessions. The run started near 0.5900 on September 8, went through both long-run averages near 0.5850 early in the run, and the last three sessions have been the biggest of the lot. T…
Spot Gold (XAU/USD) is closing Wednesday with losses, trading around $4,250 after hitting an intraday high of $4,366. The bright metal came under strong selling pressure after the United States (US) Federal Open Market …
Australia's central bank pays more than the Federal Reserve (Fed) does. The cash rate is 4.35%, the Fed's new range is 3.75-4.00% after Wednesday's quarter-point hike, and most of the big Australian banks expect the RBA…
The Bank of Japan meets on Friday, and the market has a quarter-point hike to 1.25% priced at 100%. The Yen has been falling anyway. USD/JPY is up three sessions in a row, Wednesday's gain was the biggest of the three, …
The U.S. dollar has been under pressure in recent months, driven by factors including trade policy uncertainty, interest rate fluctuations and geopolitical tensions. The U.S. Dollar Index — which tracks the strength of …
The Euro (EUR) trades just under 1.1500 against the US Dollar (USD) on Wednesday, through the pair of long-run averages that had held it up since early August. Both central banks in this pair have raised rates inside a …
Robusta coffee prices rose by $82/ton for November 2026 delivery, reaching $3,554/ton with a trading volume of over 15,600 contracts. This upward trend in robusta prices stems from concerns about short-term supply const…
Scotiabank strategists Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret report USD/CAD is steady near 1.39 as markets await the Federal Reserve (Fed) and the Bank of Canada’s (BoC) summary of deliberations. They note the BoC is likely to…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average trades just above 52,100 and has spent the morning going nowhere, on the day the Federal Reserve is expected to raise its rate for the first time since 2023. That is not indifference. A …
Scotiabank strategists Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret note the Euro (EUR) is consolidating in a tight range around the mid-1.15s as markets await the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). They note Eurozone Industrial P…