The US dollar remained flat on Friday, but rose for the fifth consecutive week, setting a record for the longest consecutive rise in 15 months.
As the market continues to evolve, the NZD/USD pair is currently on a downward slope, teetering around 0.5930 as it awaits the upcoming US Initial Jobless Claims report. This trend follows a series of losses which have brought the pair to hit a low of 0.5903, a point not seen since November 2022.
Even amid economic difficulties, the growth in Retail Sales has been noted at 0.7%, a significant increase from the upwardly adjusted 0.1% acceleration seen in the preceding month. This performance surpasses the market forecast of 0.2%.
The EUR/GBP prolongs its losses to five consecutive trading days as sellers eye a challenge of the year-to-date (YTD) low of 0.8504, sponsored by overall Sterling (GBP) strength. Although UK’s inflation figures show signs of easing, is still high, warranting further tightening by the Bank of England (BoE). Therefore, the GBP remains strong, as witnessed by the EUR/GBP trading at 0.8530, down 0.17%.
Asian indices are looking to open soft in Thursday’s session after major US Indices extended their sell-off in Wednesdays session on stronger than expected US data and a “hawkish” FOMC minutes where Fed officials saw ‘upside risks’ to inflation possibly leading to more rate hikes.
Asian stocks tumbled as bank stocks retreated on Wall Street.
WCG Markets:2023-08-21
The US dollar index hovered near a two month high on Thursday, after the Federal Reserve meeting opened the door to further interest rate hikes, and this week's data showed resilience in the US economy; Gold prices hit a five month low, with factors such as rising US Treasury yields, a strong US dollar, and hawkish views of Federal Reserve officials on interest rates affecting investor sentiment.
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session, but still traded above and below the key $1,900 level, with both bulls and shorts unable to determine a clear direction. This comes after the Philadelphia Fed said its manufacturing survey data rose sharply into positive territory.
On Thursday, spot gold showed an inverted V-shaped trend, before the U.S. market due to the dollar lower once recovered the 1900 mark, but in the initial claims data highlighting the resilience of the U.S. labor market turned sharply down below the former low of $1891.68 per ounce, which was a new low since March 13, and ultimately closed down 0.13% at $1889.37 per ounce.
Please refer to the following table for the changes in the trading hours during the month of August 2023.
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WCG Markets:2023-08-18
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Spot gold extended overnight losses on Thursday (Aug 17) in Asia, hitting nearly five fresh lows at one point to $1,889.44 an ounce, as the minutes of the US Federal Reserve's July policy meeting highlighted that policymakers remain divided on the need to raise interest rates further.
On Wednesday, after the Fed minutes showed that most policymakers continue to prioritize the fight against inflation, spot gold extended intraday losses, fell below the previous low of $1893 per ounce, a new low since March this year, and finally closed down 0.49% at $1892.33 per ounce; spot silver on the whole first rose and then fell, and finally closed down 0.32% at $22.44 per ounce.
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