Dolar AS dan sebagian besar mata uang utama stagnan pada awal perdagangan hari Senin (18/9), kecuali sterling yang mengalami lonjakan, karena hari libur di Jepang dan sejumlah pertemuan bank sentral yang akan datang membuat pasar tidak bergerak. Pertemuan kebijakan Bank of Japan pada hari Jumat mendatang menjadi sorotan utama pekan ini di Asia, setelah Gubernur…
Oct 1 2024, 11:18 The Japanese Yen (JPY) continued to weaken for the second straight day after the release of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) Summary of Opinions from its September Monetary Policy Meeting, along with mixed economic data on Tuesday. The content of the summary indicated no immediate plans for additional interest rate hikes,…
The Nikkei index has the potential to rise in today’s trading after Wall Street rallied overnight. Nikkei futures on the SGX rose around 0.6% to 49,590, signaling a fairly positive start. On Tuesday, the Nikkei closed nearly flat at 49,303.45, so the market is still waiting for a new trigger for a clearer move. On…
Gold held near a record as traders looked ahead to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech Friday, which will come after a downward revision of US payrolls bolstered expectations the central bank will cut interest rates in September. Bullion has been trading in a relatively narrow range this week near Tuesday’s all-time high and remained above $2,500 an ounce…
Feb 6 2025, 07:40 Oil steadied near the lowest this year as President Donald Trump’s geopolitical positions and threats of tariffs on energy weighed on the outlook. West Texas Intermediate traded above $71 a barrel after falling 2.3% on Wednesday to cancel out all year-to-date gains, while Brent crude closed below $75. China is set to…
Asia-Pacific markets have extended gains on Wednesday after producer prices in the U.S. came in lower than expected for July. The producer price index — a measure of wholesale inflation — increased 0.1% last month. Economists expected the reading to show a monthly gain of 0.2% in July, in line with the previous month’s reading,…
