The prices of gold and silver changed direction and plunged last week despite the modest depreciation of the U.S dollar against leading currencies. Will gold and silver resume their downward trend? For the week of June 2nd to 6th, the…
The oil market slightly eased down as oil prices (WTI and Brent) moderately declined during last week. WTI slipped by 1.6%; Brent oil declined by 1%. As a result, the gap of Brent oil over WTI slightly widened by the…
The commodities market cooled down, while U.S equities rally during the previous week. This week, in the U.S several economic reports will be released including non-farm payroll, non-manufacturing and manufacturing PMI, factory orders and jobless claims. In Europe, ECB rate…
Gold and silver resumed their downward trend during last week. The recent testimony of FOMC Chair Yellen, in which she reiterated her view that the U.S economy is on the right track towards improvement, may have dragged down the prices…
Gold and silver slowly declined during last week only to bounce back on Friday soon after the U.S non-farm payroll report showed a 288k gain in jobs; the unemployment dropped to 6.3%. The FOMC decided earlier last week to taper…
Gold and silver didn’t do much and only slightly rose during last week. The U.S continued to show signs of slow recovery as the last non-farm payroll report was an improvement from previous months but wasn’t much better than expected. 192k jobs…
The gold and silver market continued to cool down during last week. In the U.S, several reports were published and showed mixed signal regarding the progress in its economy: new home sales fell by 3.3% during February; pending home sales…
The precious metals market cooled down again last week; energy commodities prices rallied; in the forex market the U.S dollar slightly appreciated against the Euro and Japanese yen and dropped against the Aussie dollar and Canadian dollar. This week many…
Gold and silver market moved in an unclear trend during last week. Their rally at the beginning of the week changed course and tumbled down at the end of the week following the U.S non-farm payroll report. The recent reports…
Gold and silver prices slipped during last week. The latest economic reports about the U.S and China may have contributed to the recent developments in the precious metals market: U.S new home sales jumped by 9.6%; pending home sales index…