The Turkish lira slumped to yet another all-time low Tuesday, extending its slide after the re-election of incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The Nasdaq Composite experienced a notable surge following Nvidia's strong sales forecast, fueled by the increasing demand for artificial intelligence technology. Nvidia's stock soared by 25%, subsequently uplifting other chip manufacturers and AI-connected firms. The importance of semiconductors in the AI landscape has been underscored as a key factor driving this trend.
GBP/USD has established a new weekly high at 1.2450 as Fed policymakers disagree on interest rate guidance. As attention shifts to US Employment, the US Dollar Index (DXY) displays some resilience after falling significantly to around 104.13.
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Chinese manufacturing activity grew more than expected in May, a private survey showed on Thursday, contrasting government data from earlier this week that pointed to a sustained decline in China’s biggest growth engines.
The short-term downward pressure faced by the Chinese currency does not point to further depreciation space in light of China's economic recovery pace, experts said.
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Most Asian currencies advanced on Thursday, while the dollar inched lower tracking comments from Federal Reserve officials touting a potential pause in the rate hike cycle in June.
On Thursday (June 1), spot gold narrowly oscillated during the Asian session, and is currently trading near $1961.77 per ounce.
On Wednesday, after the release of the Chicago PMI data, which was significantly weaker than expected, spot gold pulled up briefly on the $1,970 mark, then gave back some of its gains due to stronger U.S. employment data to close up 0.18% at $1,962.67 per ounce.
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On Wednesday (May 31), spot gold narrowly oscillating during the Asian session, and is currently trading near $1963.10 per ounce. U.S. bond yields continued to weaken to a new low of more than a week, providing support to gold prices, but supported by the market's expectations of the Federal Reserve rate hike in June, the dollar support to maintain the strength, so that the gold price gains are limited.
On Tuesday, boosted by the dollar and U.S. bond yields fell, spot gold fell before rising, intra-day gains once expanded to 1%, above the $1960 mark, and finally closed up 0.82% at $1958.83 per ounce. Spot silver rebounded relatively weakly, eventually closing down 0.04% at $23.18 per ounce.
USD/INR remains on the front foot for the third consecutive day even as it clings to mild gains around 82.70 amid early Wednesday in Europe. In doing so, the Indian Rupee (INR) pair not only justifies the US Dollar’s latest strength but also portrays the market’s cautious mood ahead of the Indian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the first quarter (Q1), as well as the US House voting on the debt-ceiling extension deal.
Alternatively, the dollar index held above 104 pts on Tuesday, near its highest levels in ten weeks, supported by strong economic data from the United States that reinforced expectations of further policy tightening and the news of that a tentative debt ceiling agreement was reached over the weekend.
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US Consumer Confidence fell to 102.3 from an upwardly revised 103.7 in April 2023.
The week ends with the stock exchanges strongly biased upwards, thanks to Nvidia’s quarterly earnings, which brought back optimism in the markets. Despite some negative events, such as Germany entering a recession or the contradictory macro data in the USA, the market is anticipating the end of the FED’s tightening cycle and therefore it is positioning itself in accordance with it.
Major US indices finished mixed in the US Tuesday session with AI-mania propping up the Nasdaq to a green finish while continuing debt ceiling jitters kept risk appetite muted for the broader market.
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