Market Overview - Page 371

If the year 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that anything is possible. No asset is safe from a sudden and unexpected crash in value. Monday, it was oil–which saw its price collapse to negative $40 per barrel. Tomorrow, it.

Russia and its leader President Vladimir Putin are facing an unprecedented challenge as the coronavirus outbreak accelerates in the country, the Kremlin’s spokesman told CNBC. “It’s a huge challenge and a huge danger for every nation in the world. It’s.

Billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio has described the coronavirus outbreak as an exciting turning point in history — one that could pave the way for greater societal progress. In a live LinkedIn interview Tuesday, the Bridgewater Associates founder highlighted.

The oil is still searching for its bottom. On Wednesday morning spot contracts declined by 18% to $19.5 at one point. From today, the CME exchange introduces options with a negative strike price on Crude futures, suggesting that the Monday.

Oil prices continued to plummet on Wednesday, with energy market participants increasingly concerned about a building supply glut and a lack of available storage. International benchmark Brent crude traded at $17.41 per barrel on Wednesday morning, down more than 10%..

When investors are scared, they turn to the U.S. dollar. As the coronavirus lockdown causes skyrocketing unemployment and heightens prospects of a deep recession, fear has fuelled the greenback toward its highest ever level. But there’s a growing view that.

Market overview SP500 loses 2.1% at the start of trading on Tuesday after falling 2.2% a day earlier. Investors are concerned about the increase in volatility in oil and the weak earning reports. The VIX Index is growing to 48.

Unexpectedly strong estimates of investors’ sentiment in Germany help the euro on Tuesday effectively resist the strengthening of the dollar. The April assessment of the ZEW sentiment index suddenly turned into a positive territory, reaching 28.2 against -49.5 a month.

Bitcoin lost more than 4% over the last 24 hours and trading around $6,900, under a critical round level. However, we are not yet talking about a massive sale, as evidenced by cautious purchases immediately after Bitcoin was below $6,900.

Nigeria may have one of the worst governments in the world. Even in good times, the country was in poor shape. But now, with oil prices falling to all-time lows, Nigeria is about to go the way of Venezuela and.

Bitcoin was in for a surprise plunge this Monday as investors assessed the situation in a worrisome oil market. The benchmark cryptocurrency fell by 4.30 percent to circa $6,748 per token shortly after the US oil futures price slipped into.

Global stocks fell on Tuesday, a day after U.S. crude oil prices turned negative for the first time, as dismal company earnings reports underlined worries about economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic. The dollar rose against a basket of peers.