Market Overview - Page 68

US indices rose impressively on Tuesday, with the S&P500 up 1.1%, the Nasdaq100 up 1.75% and the Dow Jones 30 up 0.63%. Meanwhile, the VIX volatility index fell back below 14, and Bitcoin gained over 1.4%, at one point wiping.

The Yen has been under pressure, losing 3.5% against the Dollar and over 5.6% against the Euro since the beginning of the month. The EURJPY has risen to its highest level since September 2008. The USDJPY is trading above 143.50,.

Silver fell sharply last week but has recently shown encouraging signs of recovery. The tactical objectives of silver’s decline appear to have been achieved, and silver is now in demand, reinforcing confidence that the bulls have defended the long-term uptrend.  Last.

Events in Russia at the end of last week have once again set the stage for a price rebound from the lower end of the range seen in recent months. However, deteriorating global macroeconomic conditions leave us guessing as to.

The Euro suffered a setback after the June PMIs revealed a slowdown in economic activity. Analysts were caught off guard by the contraction in French services, which dropped from 52.5 to 48.0 – far below the forecast of 52.2. Manufacturing.

The Bank of England raised its key rate by 50bp to 5.00% – a sharper move than analysts who had made their forecasts earlier in the week had expected. However, it’s a logical move, given that the latest inflation data.

UK consumer inflation is in no hurry to recede. Fresh estimates for May showed prices up by 0.7%, following even stronger rises in the previous three months. Overall, the CPI rose by 4.2% between February and May. Year-over-year price growth.

After a very mixed start to June, platinum, silver and gold are moving into a friendly downtrend. However, a technical correction is unlikely to break the long-term bullish trend. Platinum has lost over 3% since the beginning of the month,.

Oil ended last week with growth, having found support at key price levels, but unlikely for long. Last week, WTI tested its 200-week moving average for the fifth time since the beginning of the year but managed to bounce back.

On Thursday, the ECB raised three key interest rates by 25 basis points, taking the benchmark lending rate to 4%, the highest since 2008. It also confirmed its intention to refuse to refinance coupons and maturing bonds, accelerating quantitative easing.

The Fed has paused its policy tightening while projecting two more rate hikes this year and no policy easing in the near future. This is more hawkish than the market expected, which anticipated a hike in July and a possible.

US producer prices fell stronger than expected, potentially reinforcing the dovish argument at the Fed. For May, PPI declined by 0.3% m/m, more than the expected 0.1%, and the index gained a modest 1.1% y/y after 2.3% a month earlier..