September 18, 2026 6:31 am
Key Moments XAG/USD trades around $65.80 per troy ounce, marking a second consecutive day of gains. The US 10-year Treasury yield eases to about 4.93% after briefly moving above 5.0% earlier in the week. Market-implied odds of an October Fed rate hike rise to 53.1%, up from 44% the previous day. Silver Gains as Oil […]
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Key Moments GBP/USD trades nearly unchanged around 1.3360 during early Asian hours on Friday as traders digest recent BoE and Fed decisions. The BoE kept its Bank Rate at 3.75% in a 6-3 vote, while the Fed lifted its benchmark rate to a 3.75%-4.0% range with a 25 bps hike. Markets are assigning a 53.1% […]
Read moreSeptember 18, 2026 5:56 am
Key Moments The People’s Bank of China set the USD/CNY central parity at 6.7521, below the prior session’s 6.7580 level. The new fixing contrasted with a 6.7065 estimate cited from Reuters. The PBoC continues to use multiple policy tools, with the Loan Prime Rate acting as China’s key benchmark for lending costs. Latest USD/CNY Central […]
Read moreSeptember 17, 2026 12:49 pm
Key Moments Broadcom Inc. (AVGO) traded at $345.00 in pre-market, up 1.62% as of Sep 17, 2026, 7:58 AM EDT, yet remains more than 30% below its highs. Revenue climbed from $27.45B in FY2021 to $63.89B in FY2025, with revenue growth at 48.7% as of Aug 2, 2026 and consensus pointing to continued rapid expansion. […]
Read moreSeptember 17, 2026 10:33 am
Key Moments Generac Holdings shares jumped 33.7% in pre-market trading after unveiling a long-term industrial backup power supply agreement with Amazon for its global data center network. The agreement includes initial deliveries totaling $2.4 billion across 2027 and 2028, with a total purchase target that could reach up to $8 billion over the life of […]
Read moreSeptember 17, 2026 10:17 am
Key Moments European wholesale gas benchmarks declined for a third straight session, touching their lowest levels in over one week. A 24-hour labor strike in France that had sharply reduced sendout from the Dunkirk LNG terminal has ended, allowing regasification rates to recover. EU gas storage has inched up to 68.5% capacity, still around 16 […]
Read moreSeptember 17, 2026 9:35 am
Key Moments Brent crude fell to $104.74 and WTI to $101.6, extending the prior session’s roughly $3 pullback. Additional Saudi cargoes via ship-to-ship transfers off Oman’s Sohar port have helped ease supply disruption fears. Diesel and gasoil benchmarks in Europe and the US recently settled at record highs amid tightening middle-distillate supplies. Oil Futures Extend […]
Read moreSeptember 17, 2026 8:31 am
Key Moments Applied Materials plans to invest $5 billion in India over the next decade, focusing on research, supply chain expansion, and workforce development. India has approved 12 projects and seen three chip-packaging plants start commercial production under its semiconductor incentive program. Commercial output from the $10 billion Tata Electronics fabrication plant in Gujarat has […]
Read moreSeptember 17, 2026 8:10 am
Key Moments Ripple (XRP) and Stellar (XLM) are extending a recovery on Thursday after bouncing from key technical support zones. Derivatives and on-chain indicators for both tokens are mixed, pointing to cautious positioning and limited conviction in a sustained move. XRP and XLM are trading just above clustered short-term supports but remain constrained by their […]
Read moreSeptember 17, 2026 6:58 am
Key Moments XAU/USD moved back above $4,300 while still trading close to the six-week low reached the previous day. The Federal Reserve signaled the likelihood of one additional rate hike this year, keeping Treasury yields elevated near the 5.0% level. Rising Middle East tensions and higher energy prices continued to bolster the US Dollar and […]
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