Hong Kong stocks closed higher on Wednesday amid speculation that Washington may hold back from slapping new tariffs on Chinese exports that are scheduled to kick in this weekend. At the close of...
U.S. stocks came off session lows to clinch modest gains on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve indicated it would keep interest rates at current levels through the whole of next year, concluding...
Oil futures finished lower on Wednesday after U.S. government data showed an unexpected climb in domestic supplies of crude oil, as well as sizable gains in gasoline and distillate...
Gold futures settled higher on Wednesday, then inched lower in electronic trading after the Federal Reserve held a key U.S. interest rate steady at a range of 1.5% to 1.75%, as expected. Following...
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Hong Kong stocks closed higher on Wednesday amid speculation that Washington may hold back from slapping new tariffs on Chinese exports that are scheduled to kick in this weekend.
At the close of trade, the Hang Seng index was up 0.8% at 26,645.43, hovering around the session™s high. Earlier in the day, the index hit its highest since Nov. 29. The Hang Seng China Enterprises index gained...
A key measure of U.S. consumer prices remained subdued in November, bolstering widespread expectations Federal Reserve policy makers will hold the line on interest rates.
The core consumer price index, which excludes volatile food and energy costs, rose 0.2% for a second month, and 2.3% from a year earlier, a Labor Department report showed Wednesday. Those figures matched the median...
Oil futures finished lower on Wednesday after U.S. government data showed an unexpected climb in domestic supplies of crude oil, as well as sizable gains in gasoline and distillate stockpiles.
Prices showed little reaction to the Federal Reserve™s decision to hold its benchmark interest rate unchanged in a range of 1.5% and 1.75%.
On Wednesday, West Texas Intermediate crude for January...
New Zealand authorities say conditions on White Island continue to prevent efforts to send search crews to recover the bodies of those killed in Monday's volcanic eruption.
Seismologists with New Zealand's GeoNet seismic monitoring agency said Wednesday there remains a 40-to-60 percent chance of another major eruption within the next 24 hours. Poisonous gas continues...
The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged and signaled no changes next year after its latest meeting to evaluate the economy.
The Fed's so-called dot plot shows no rate hikes in 2020 and just one in 2021. The "current stance of monetary policy is appropriate to support sustained expansion of economic activity," the Fed said Wednesday.
The U.S. appears...
Time | Country | IM | Figures | Previous | Forecast | Actual |
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02.00 | U.S | H | FOMC Economic Projections | - | - | - |
02.00 | U.S | H | FOMC Statement | - | - | - |
02.00 | U.S | H | Federal Funds Rate | 1.75% | 1.75% | 1.75% |
02.00 | U.S | L | Federal Budget Balance | -134.5B | -100.0B | -208.8B |
02.30 | U.S | H | FOMC Press Conference | - | - | - |
06.50 | JPN | L | Core Machinery Orders m/m | -2.9% | 0.7% | |
07.00 | AUD | L | MI Inflation Expectations | 4.0% | ||
14.00 | EUR | L | German Final CPI m/m | -0.8% | -0.8% | |
14.30 | CHF | L | PPI m/m (CHF) | -0.2% | -0.1% | |
15.30 | CHF | H | SNB Monetary Policy Assessment | - | - | - |
16.00 | EUR | L | Italian Quarterly Unemployment Rate | 9.9% | 9.8% | |
19.45 | EUR | M | Main Refinancing Rate | 0.00% | 0.00% | |
19.45 | EUR | H | Monetary Policy Statement | - | - | - |
20.30 | EUR | H | ECB Press Conference | - | - | - |
20.30 | U.S | M | Core PPI m/m | 0.3% | 0.2% | |
20.30 | U.S | M | PPI m/m | 0.4% | 0.2% | |
20.30 | U.S | L | Unemployment Claims | 203K | 213K | |
22.30 | U.S | L | Natural Gas Storage | -19B | -76B | |
All Day | GBP | H | Parliamentary Elections | - | - | - |
Confusion and uncertainty dominates the gold market as traders and investors continue to react to shifting trade sentiment between China and the U.S.
The latest Kitco News Weekly Gold Survey shows Wall Street analysts nearly caught in a three-way tie, while only a slight majority of retail investors remain bearish on gold.
"One day a trade deal with China is on and then the...