Oil was steady near $92 a barrel after dropping the most in eight weeks in the previous session on technical resistance and speculation the Saudis will start restoring output if prices get too high. West Texas Intermediate was subdued after a rollercoaster session on Thursday in which it...
Oil edged higher as a rapidly tightening market outweighed strength in the dollar and a risk-off tone in broader financial markets driven by the likelihood interest rates will stay higher for longer. West Texas Intermediate rose toward $91 a barrel after closing up 0.8% on Tuesday. The premium for near-term...
Japanese equities fell after US consumer confidence hit a four-month low, renewing worries over the world’s largest economy and the impact of higher borrowing costs. Topix Index fell 0.8% to 2,352.84 as of 9:01 a.m. Tokyo time Nikkei declined 1% to 32,007.30 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group contributed the most to...
The dollar traded near a 10-month high against its major peers on Wednesday as Treasury yields stayed elevated on the prospect of higher-for-longer U.S. rates, while the yen stumbled towards a closely-watched intervention zone. Sterling slid to a fresh six-month low of $1.2145 in early Asia...
Gold prices are flat in early Asian trade as U.S. Treasury yields surge to multiyear highs amid a recent bond selloff. Investors are adjusting to the expectation that the Federal Reserve is unlikely to ease policy next year, ANZ analysts say in a research note. Meanwhile,...
Bank of Japan policymakers agreed on the need to maintain ultra-loose monetary policy but were divided on how soon the central bank could end negative interest rates, minutes of its July meetingshowed on Wednesday. One member said there was "still a significantly long way to go"...
Oil’s march toward $100 a barrel remained on pause as the impact of a rapidly tightening market was offset by gains in the dollar that made crude more expensive for many buyers. West Texas Intermediate was steady near $90 a barrel after slipping 0.4% on Monday. Surges in...
Oil’s march toward $100 a barrel remained on pause as a rapidly tightening market was balanced concerns that central banks will keep interest rates higher for longer. West Texas Intermediate was steady near $90 a barrel after slipping 0.4% on Monday. Macroeconomic headwinds — including the risk of...
Gold held losses after the dollar rallied to its highest level this year and US bonds extended a selloff, as consensus for a likely higher-for-longer rate scenario continued to build momentum across markets. The yield on 10- and 30-year Treasury notes surged to new multiyear highs on Monday, with...
The dollar stood by 10-month highs against a basket of major currencies on Tuesday, supported by U.S. bond yields scaling 16-year peaks, while the yen tiptoed deeper into the intervention danger zone. A combination of resilient economic data, hawkish Federal Reserve rhetoric and a budget deficit...