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FxWirePro: Gold trades lower on French First round election, good to sell on rallies

Apr 24, 2017 06:37 am UTC| Technicals

Gold declined almost $25 lowest in two weeks after centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron won the first round of French election. The yellow metal is currently trading around $1271.89. The yellow metal tumbled and touched...

FxWirePro: USD/TWD remains well supported below 30.30 mark, stay bearish

Apr 24, 2017 03:57 am UTC| Technicals

USD/TWD is currently trading around 30.27 marks. It made intraday high at 30.38 and low at 30.19 marks. Intraday bias remains bearish till the time pair holds key resistance at 30.47 marks. A daily close...

FxWirePro: Nikkei225 trades higher, good to buy on dips

Apr 24, 2017 03:15 am UTC| Technicals

Nikkei trades higher after first round elections in French. Centrist candidate Macron won 23.7% of the votes in the first round compared to 21.7% by Le Pen.The index is trading trading above 100- day EMA and is currently...

FxWirePro: USD/THB exhibits range bound movement, faces strong support at 34.30 mark

Apr 24, 2017 02:58 am UTC| Technicals

USD/THB is currently trading around 34.38 marks. It made intraday high at 34.38 and low at 34.30 marks. Intraday bias remains bullish till the time pair holds key support at 34.30 mark. On the top side, key...

FxWirePro: EUR/KRW hits fresh 2-month high at 1,238 mark, bias remains bullish

Apr 24, 2017 01:52 am UTC| Technicals

EUR/KRW is currently trading around 1,226 mark. Pair made intraday high at 1,238 and low at 1,223 levels. Intraday bias remains neutral till the time pair holds key support at 1,222 mark. A daily close below...

FxWirePro: Singapore dollar gains in early Asia ahead of Singapore’s CPI, core CPI data

Apr 24, 2017 01:03 am UTC| Technicals

USD/SGD is currently trading around 1.3935 marks. It made intraday high at 1.3969 and low at 1.3922 levels. Intraday bias remains bearish till the time pair holds key resistance at 1.3992 marks. A daily...

FxWirePro: GBP/USD neutral in the near-term, scope for downward resumption

Apr 21, 2017 16:29 pm UTC| Technicals

GBP/USD declined on Friday as sterling was weighted down after as weaker than expected UK retail sales pressured the currency recently buoyed by British Prime Minister Theresa Mays decision to call an early general...

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Economy

Federal Reserve Probes Big Banks Over Private Credit Exposure Amid Growing Systemic Risk Concerns

The Federal Reserve has launched a formal inquiry into major U.S. banks and their financial ties to the private credit sector, raising fresh concerns about systemic risk across the $1.8 trillion industry. The move comes as...

Middle East Conflict Threatens Global Economic Stability, World Bank Warns

The ongoing Middle East war is sending shockwaves through the global economy, and even a fragile ceasefire brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump may not be enough to prevent lasting damage, World Bank President Ajay...

U.S. Markets Post Strong Weekly Gains Despite Middle East Tensions and Rising Energy Prices

U.S. stock markets closed mixed on Friday as investors weighed a fragile Middle East ceasefire against an inflation report that came in better than feared. Despite Fridays uneven session, major indexes logged their...

Colombia and Ecuador Trade War Escalates With Retaliatory Tariffs

Tensions between Colombia and Ecuador have reached a breaking point after Colombia announced 100% retaliatory tariffs on Ecuadorian imports, intensifying an ongoing trade dispute between two ideologically divided...

Asia FX Weekly Gains Hold Amid U.S. Inflation Data and Iran Ceasefire Uncertainty

Most Asian currencies slipped slightly on Friday but remained on track to close the week in positive territory, as traders adopted a cautious stance ahead of the U.S. March Consumer Price Index (CPI) release and monitored...

Politics

Iran's Missile Arsenal Poses Ongoing Risk Despite U.S. Claims of Destruction

Recent U.S. intelligence assessments reveal that Iran still maintains thousands of operational ballistic missiles, directly contradicting the White Houses assertion that the regimes military capabilities have been...

Gaza Airstrike Kills Six at Bureij Camp Police Checkpoint

An Israeli airstrike struck a police checkpoint in the Bureij refugee camp, located in the central Gaza Strip, in the early hours of Saturday morning, killing at least six people and wounding several others, according to...

Iran-US Peace Talks Begin in Islamabad Amid Ceasefire Tensions

Irans delegation touched down in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Friday to begin high-stakes diplomatic negotiations with the United States, even as Tehran raised last-minute conditions that cast uncertainty over the proceedings....

Trump's Gaza Peace Plan Stalls as Billions in Pledged Funding Fails to Materialize

Donald Trumps ambitious Gaza reconstruction initiative is facing a serious setback, with his Board of Peace receiving only a fraction of the $17 billion pledged by international donors. According to sources familiar with...

Trump Vows to Reopen Strait of Hormuz Amid Historic Energy Crisis

President Donald Trump stated on Friday that the United States expects to reopen the Strait of Hormuz fairly soon, though he acknowledged the effort would not be straightforward. Speaking to reporters, Trump did not...

Science

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

NASA Artemis II: First Crewed Moon Mission Since Apollo Takes Four Astronauts on 10-Day Lunar Journey

NASAs Artemis II mission launched Wednesday, marking humanitys return to crewed lunar exploration for the first time since the Apollo era. Carrying four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft, this historic 10-day mission...

NASA's Artemis II Mission: First Crewed Lunar Journey Since Apollo

NASA's Artemis II Crew Arrives in Florida for Historic Moon Mission

The four astronauts chosen for NASAs Artemis II mission have touched down at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the beginning of final launch preparations for the first crewed lunar journey in over 50 years. NASA...

SpaceX Pivots Toward Moon City as Musk Reframes Long-Term Space Vision

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed a significant shift in the companys near-term space exploration strategy, announcing that SpaceX is now prioritizing the development of a self-growing city on the Moon rather than focusing...

Technology

San Francisco Suspect Arrested After Molotov Cocktail Attack on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's Home

San Francisco police arrested a 20-year-old suspect Friday following a pre-dawn attack on OpenAI CEO Sam Altmans residence in the citys North Beach neighborhood. According to the San Francisco Police Department, an...

SanDisk Joins Nasdaq-100, Replacing Atlassian on April 20

Nasdaq Inc. confirmed late Friday that SanDisk Corporation will enter the Nasdaq-100 Index, taking the spot previously held by Atlassian Corp Plc when markets open on Monday, April 20, 2026. The change signals a broader...

TSMC Posts Strong Q1 2025 Revenue, Riding AI Chip Demand Wave

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the worlds leading contract chipmaker, has reported first-quarter revenue of T$1.134 trillion (approximately $35.71 billion USD), surpassing analyst expectations and...

Lumentum Holdings Rides AI Wave With Order Book Filled Through 2028

Lumentum Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: LITE) is experiencing a surge in demand from the artificial intelligence sector, with its order pipeline now fully booked through 2028, according to a Bloomberg report published Thursday. The...

Anthropic's Mythos AI Model Sparks Emergency Cybersecurity Meeting With Top U.S. Bank CEOs

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell convened an urgent closed-door meeting with the chief executives of Americas largest banks this week, warning them about serious cybersecurity...