Market Overview - Page 120

The US labour market added 678K jobs outside the agricultural sector in February. This is higher than the expected 400K. In addition, last month’s estimates were improved, which also adds strength to the fresh data. Hourly earnings were virtually flat.

Wheat futures on the US CBOT are trading above $12.09 per bushel, more than 40% surge over the week and 85% over the year. The current price is an area of historical extremes. The world hasn’t seen wheat more expensive.

The single currency approached 1.1000 against US Dollar – its lowest since May 2020 – and is close to declining for the fourth week in a row. Investors fleeing into safe havens outside the eurozone continues to gain momentum. The.

The inflow of capital into gold as a safe haven was evident throughout February, reaching its climax last Thursday when the price was approaching $1975. Since then, the uptrend has remained in place, but the price has moved away from.

Euro area producer prices accelerated their rise in January – a significant early signal of a further increase in consumer inflation. A fresh Eurostat report showed that PPI rose by 5.2% in the first month of the year, twice as.

In times of crisis, after initial chaos and sell-off around the globe, the market quickly calculates the winners: both in February-March 2020 and last month, the market decline was general, but very soon the markets diverged in their dynamics. Events.

The US private sector created 475K jobs in February, compared to 509K and 780K in the previous two months. The growth is significantly above expectations (378K) and indicates the labour market’s strength, potentially clearing the way for the Fed to.

Brent crude prices have jumped 13% since the start of the week, trading above $110 a barrel at the time of writing. These are the highest levels since July 2014. Meanwhile, the ruble continues to retreat against the dollar and.

Wheat futures on the CBOE are up 16% since the start of the week, the biggest rally since the poor harvest in 2012. At one point yesterday, the weekly rise was close to 20%. The price level was the highest.

Oil prices are up more than 7.5% so far today, bringing Brent close to $101 a barrel. Futures for gas, which is traded in the US, add more than 5% on a sharp aggravation of the situation around Ukraine. Putin.

The New Zealand dollar has been adding around 1% since the start of the day following the third key rate hike of 0.25 percentage points to 1.0% and comments from the RBNZ on the need for further policy tightening. Wednesday.

The S&P500 futures are trading on Wednesday morning with a slight gain of 0.3% after rising 0.5% on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the main index lost about 1%, taking back the downward momentum in world markets on Monday, when there was no.