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Gold and silver prices jumped more than 1% on Monday as investors fled to safe-haven assets after an attack on Saudi oil facilities raised concerns over global energy supply and ratcheted tensions in the Middle East. Spot gold jumped 1.27%.

If you follow the markets, there’s been recent reason for optimism about a U.S.-China trade deal. Some investors are buying it — literally — with recent gains in stocks attributed to positive signals from the U.S. and China after a.

The shape and size of the European Central Bank’s new bond-buying program caught market participants off guard, with some now predicting it’ll be years until the euro zone is back to anything approaching normality. Starting in November, the ECB will.

The hash rate of the Bitcoin network (BTC), which represents the amount of computing power securing the blockchain protocol, has increased by around eight-fold since hitting its record high at $20,000 in 2017. According to data provided by Blockchain, the.

Sterling could soar as high as $1.50 if lawmakers agree a Brexit deal before the U.K. leaves the European Union, one strategist has told CNBC. Speaking on CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” on Thursday, Hans Redeker, global head of FX strategy.

Market overview FX: The dollar index lost 0.5% to 98.10, mainly due to a weakening against the EUR. EURUSD jumped to 1.1100 after a short-term decline to 1.0930 yesterday. European GBP, CHF, EUR are the leaders in growth. TRY is.

Stocks rose on Thursday, inching closer to record highs, as Wall Street digested a slew of U.S.-China trade news along with a large bond buying program from Europe’s central bank. The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded 162 higher, or 0.6%..

To say that Ethereum is weakening against the king of cryptocurrencies would be a huge understatement. The ETH/BTC pair is down by nearly 50% year-to-date as it languishes in bear territory for 17 months and counting. The sentiment is so.

The U.S. President has called on the Fed to reduce the key rate to zero or even lower so that the government could refinance its debt. In his latest attack on the Fed, Trump used his favourite method – raising.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects the U.S. to challenge Saudi Arabia’s position as the world’s leading oil exporter, after briefly overtaking the OPEC kingpin to claim the number one spot earlier this year. “Booming shale production has allowed the.

The European Central Bank (ECB) and its outgoing President Mario Draghi are caught in a “Catch 22”: The market is expecting so much stimulus on Thursday that it seems almost impossible to surprise on the upside. The economy is showing.

Market overview FX: The dollar index added 0.3% to 98.60, despite Trump’s comments to lower the rate. EURUSD returned to 1.1000 after falling from 1.1050 to 1.0980 yesterday. AUD and NZD are the leaders in growth, developing a rebound, while.